News of october

Transport unions call 24-hour strike for October 30

09-10-2024 08:52 Day-long transport strike set for October 30; Will affect trains, planes, ships and possibly buses too.

MIDDLE EAST CRISIS

Argentines commemorate first anniversary of brutal Hamas attack

07-10-2024 21:51 Thousands of people gathered in Buenos Aires on Monday to mark the first anniversary of Hamas’ brutal attack on Israel last October 7.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

ICC seeks Gaza 'war crimes' arrest warrant for Netanyahu, Hamas leaders

20-05-2024 10:41 Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, applies for arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top Hamas leaders on suspicion of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Israel's Shiri Bibas: unwitting face of hostages

06-03-2024 14:31 Poignant images of an anguished Shiri Bibas clutching her two red-headed boys as she was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 have turned her into the face of the Israeli hostages seized that day.

ELECTION 2023

Massa closes campaign with declaration that crisis ‘is passing’

17-10-2023 21:51 Economy minister and ruling coalition presidential candidate leads Peronist Loyalty Day ceremony as he closes campaign for Casa Rosada; Sergio Massa declares worst of crisis is passing and says nation is being revitalised from "Buenos Aires, to the north of Argentina and Patagonia."

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Florencio Randazzo: ‘If Milei is so awful, you should ask the politicians what happened’

23-09-2023 05:55 Florencio Randazzo, vice-presidential candidate for Hacemos por Nuestro País, on why he is “ashamed” of the current government, how the main coalitions benefit from polarisation and why Javier Milei’s rhetoric isn’t so irrational.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

argentina

Opposition leads in analysis of polls, says Clarín poll

25-06-2023 21:37 Juntos por el Cambio has taken the lead in an analysis of polls ahead of the August 13 presidential primary, Clarín reports.

POLITICS: ELECTIONS 2023

Fernández withdraws candidacy, but doesn't plan to step aside

22-04-2023 11:52 President Alberto Fernández, who will not seek a new mandate, is betting on the PASO primaries and will challenge the candidate put forth by Kirchnerism. Economy Minister Sergio Massa is still considering his options and is not yet ready to go public with his intentions.

by Rosario Ayerdi

POLITICS

How Alberto Fernández resigned himself to not seeking re-election

21-04-2023 14:48 The president has given up his candidacy but not his pen. The video announcing his decision was edited through the night – but Alberto Fernández did not tell Cristina Fernández de Kirchner or Sergio Massa beforehand.

by Rosario Ayerdi

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Martín Redrado: ‘We believe shock policies are what's needed’

31-03-2023 15:30 Economist and Strategic Affairs Secretary for the Buenos Aires City Government discusses his current role, the need for “shock” policies after the election and why he is convinced Horacio Rodríguez Larreta should be Argentina’s next president.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

As I see it

What now for Mauricio Macri?

31-03-2023 14:08 Now that Macri has made public his decision to sit out the next presidential elections, his friends, enemies and the many whose opinions about him are mixed are asking what he intends to do in the coming months and years.

by James Neilson