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Alberto Fernández eyes progress in Bali at G20 summit

14-11-2022 13:37 Russia-Ukraine talks and IMF surcharges on the agenda for the president, who will attend event hosted by US leader Joe Biden and hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese Premier Xi Jingping.

Patricia Bullrich: ‘Alberto Fernández, after the role he has played, cannot run again’

12-11-2022 07:24 PRO party chair and 2023 presidential hopeful on candidacies, Mauricio Macri’s role moving forward and the failed attack on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Victoria Tolosa Paz sets priorities: ‘There can be no excessive overlap of social plans’

17-10-2022 17:32 New Social Development Minister is settling into her new office, anticipating a new line for her stewardship. “You’re going to have to go out to work if you want to earn more than a minimum wage,” assures Victoria Tolosa Paz. New official feels that she has the support of all internal sectors within Frente de Todos and that they will only manage to be electorally competitive if they can succeed in “sorting out the lives of those with work and those without.”

by Rosario Ayerdi

Argentina mulls tighter wheat export controls as crop withers

13-10-2022 16:49 Argentina is considering tightening the screws on wheat exports as a drought withers plants.

Sergio Massa: from buying time to running out of time

01-10-2022 07:00 No-one should doubt Massa’s courage in taking on the Economy Ministry at a time of extreme crisis, nor his ambition, despite claiming he’s taking his final steps in the political realm. He’s eyeing 2023 and 2027. Both Fernándezes know this, and they don’t like it.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Students square off with City Hall as school seizure movement grows

29-09-2022 20:19 No end in sight to tensions, with as many as 20 schools throughout Buenos Aires now occupied by student demonstrators; City education minister points finger at Kirchnerism and warns parents will pay for losses.

by Sam Forster

Central Bank set to hike rates again on price spike

01-09-2022 01:54 Central Bank set to increase benchmark Leliq rate again next month as annual inflation rises above 70%.

Survey: Almost half of women in Argentina have experienced gender violence

30-08-2022 22:07 Study, carried out by the Women, Gender & Diversity Ministry Ministry and part of an EU-UN initiative, quizzed more than 12,000 people across 12 provinces nationwide.

Biting (or braving) the bullet

19-08-2022 13:24 The renunciation of populist utility bill freezes should be hailed. The Frente de Todos government is at least knocking on the door of the real world even if it has yet to make an entrance.

Argentina asked crop exporters to bring US$1 billion next week

12-08-2022 14:34 Government asks top crop export and processing firms to make sales equivalent to US$1 billion over the next week as it seeks to bolster Central Bank reserves.

Farmers stage 24-hour strike against government, citing 'tax pressure'

13-07-2022 12:26 Farmers in Argentina ceased sales for 24 hours on Wednesday as agricultural industry leaders criticised government policy, tax pressures and fuel shortages.

Batakis: Argentina will honour economic goals agreed with IMF

11-07-2022 13:34 New Economy Minister Silvina Batakis tells the press that ​​Argentina is “not going to spend more than we have," but experts warn that “seeing is believing.”

Last supper with Guzmán

08-07-2022 09:38 Guzmán backed the laws which increased taxes but not those increasing spending … to reduce or not to reduce the deficit is the question separating the vice-president and the ex-minister.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Trade secretary dumped with Scioli and La Cámpora defining Batakis’ team

07-07-2022 01:24 Guillermo Hang leaves post after just over six weeks in role; New economy minister’s team begins to take shape.

Batakis takes reins of Argentina’s economy as markets tumble

04-07-2022 21:34 Silvina Batakis declares that she "believes in fiscal balance" as she is sworn-in as economy minister.

Markets react negatively to change of economy minister

04-07-2022 17:30 The peso depreciated sharply against the dollar in the informal market on Monday as investors reacted to the appointment of Silvina Batakis as economy minister.

Fernández taps Batakis as economy minister to tackle crisis

03-07-2022 22:38 President Alberto Fernández taps Silvina Batakis as the country’s new economy minister to replace Martīn Guzmán, who resigned his post a day earlier.

Cristina achieves her goal: sacking Alberto's economic team

03-07-2022 09:41 In recent weeks, the pressure bearing down on Martín Guzmán had intensified – both from the markets and from the Kirchnerite wing of the government.

Default jitters mount in Argentina as local yields top 70%

27-06-2022 13:12 Two years after Argentina emerged from its latest default, a debt crisis in brewing once again.

Daniel Scioli: ‘In 2015, I proposed Wado as my running-mate to Cristina’

24-06-2022 09:17 Argentina’s newly installed productive development minister discusses bilateral relations with Brazil and its upcoming election, his return to the Cabinet and Frente de Todos’ chances in 2023.

by Jorge Fontevecchia