News of ministers

Lula to mix old and new allies to solve Brazil’s cabinet puzzle

31-10-2022 15:37 Incoming leftist leader has vowed that his government won’t be dominated by his Workers’ Party, but will include representatives of all the groups that helped him attain a third term.

AND THAT REMINDS ME…

Changing horses in midstream

15-10-2022 06:26 With the exits of Gómez Alcorta and Moroni in the first half of this month, President Fernández has now parted company with fully three-quarters of his original 20-strong Cabinet.

by Michael Soltys

CABINET CHANGES

Faithful five: the Cabinet allies who’ve stayed with Alberto Fernández

11-10-2022 16:10 President Alberto Fernández is nearing almost three years in office, but his team is much changed. Since then, 16 ministers and one secretary have left or changed their posts, leaving just five of the original crew remaining.

ANALYSIS

Alberto, the solitary president who ‘resists with endurance’

11-10-2022 14:25 The president set about his latest Cabinet reshuffle on his own. He did not want to pick up the phone and generate a consensus on key portfolios such as Social Development and Labour.

by Ramón Indart

CONSTITUTIONAL VOTE

Chile President Boric reshuffles Cabinet after referendum rout

08-09-2022 01:50 Chile President Gabriel Boric fires interior minister and removes one of his chief advisers in a sweeping cabinet shake-up, tacking to the political centre after voters overwhelmingly rejected a new constitution that his government had backed in a referendum.

British Politics

Sunak or Truss to be Britain's next PM

20-07-2022 15:06 Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss compete to become Britain’s Prime Minister, Tories will vote early September.

AND THAT REMINDS ME…

Foreign to the Ministry

25-03-2022 11:48 Caf is to international relations what decaf is to coffee.

by Michael Soltys

POLITICAL TENSIONS IN PERU

Peruvian Congress rejects attempt to impeach President Castillo

08-12-2021 08:55 Peruvian lawmakers reject a motion to start impeachment proceedings against Pedro Castillo, just five months into his presidency.

G20 Leaders Summit

Brazil’s Bolsonaro gets G20 cold shoulder as Amazon fires rage

30-10-2021 08:23 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been under constant attack from the Amazon rainforest’s soaring deforestation, is set to be given the cold shoulder at the G20 summit in Rome.

Peruvian politics

Peru president announces PM will step down, triggering resignation of Cabinet

06-10-2021 21:10 President Pedro Castillo announced on October 6 the resignation of his prime minister and his entire cabinet, two months after taking office, in a surprise message to Peru broadcast on state television.

New era in Peru

Peruvian Congress approves Castillo's cabinet after lengthy debate

29-08-2021 10:38 Having survived the first big test of his presidency, 51-year-old former rural schoolteacher Pedro Castillo thanks Congress on Twitter after his Cabinet wins approval from lawmakers.

PASO PRIMARIES / MIDTERMS

Fernández tells ministers running for office to resign posts

29-07-2021 18:18 President Alberto Fernández tells Cabinet ministers and government officials that the "ethical" choice is for PASO candidates to resign, as they will not be able to fully concentrate on their jobs while campaigning.

G20 SUMMIT

United States urges Covid cooperation at G20, China sounds cautious tone

29-06-2021 21:15 The United States led calls at a G20 meeting Tuesday for greater global cooperation in light of the coronavirus crisis as China insisted that multilateralism should not just be a slogan.

And that reminds me…

When beef is a beef

22-05-2021 09:51 Back in 2006 the dollars from the commodity price boom perhaps gave Argentina the luxury of being able to sacrifice one of its export markets but that luxury does not exist today.

by Michael Soltys

And that reminds me...

The name of the rose

15-05-2021 15:33 All politics is local, it is often said, and socialism does have its pockets in Argentina, of which the late Lifschitz represented by far the largest, the province of Santa Fe.

by Michael Soltys

And that reminds me...

Nothing more supreme than uncertainty

08-05-2021 00:01 Guzmán is not the first economy minister to be humiliated by political priorities and nor will he be the last.

by Michael Soltys

AND THAT REMINDS ME…

Death be not proud

01-05-2021 00:46 Mario Meoni was not the first Argentine minister to die in office – my newsroom memories stretch all the way back to the Raúl Alfonsín presidency which lost two successive Defence ministers in just nine months.

by Michael Soltys

Global pandemic

Brazil surpasses 300,000 Covid-19 deaths

25-03-2021 14:50 A total of 300,685 people in Brazil have now died of Covid-19, with Argentina's giant neighbour struggling to deal with an explosion of cases blamed on a local variant of the virus that is believed to be more contagious.

THE WEEK

Justice for Al(-berto)

13-03-2021 08:09 It's clear words no longer suffice and that Kirchnerites want to see results on the judicial front.

by Martín Gambarotta

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Health Minister Vizzotti into isolation after testing positive for coronavirus

27-02-2021 07:12 The diagnosis could complicate things severely for the government, given the newly appointed minister’s role and how many other officials she has been in contact with of late.