News of party

China's Xi handed historic third term as president

10-03-2023 12:06 Xi Jinping was handed a third term as Chinese president on Friday, capping a rise that has seen him become the country's most powerful leader in generations.

CARNAVAL RETURNS

'Rebirth' in Rio as carnaval street parties return

14-02-2023 11:14 This year marks the full comeback of the world's biggest carnival, and the first since the election loss of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right conservative whose critics accuse him of authoritarian tendencies and attacking numerous causes close to the carnival community's heart, from diversity to gay rights to the arts.

Brazil Elections

Lula candidate wins Brazil Senate chief post

02-02-2023 14:31 Rodrigo Pacheco, who was backed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was reelected the leader of Brazil's Senate Wednesday, fending off a challenge from a rival supported by far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro.

BRITISH POLITICS

Rishi Sunak wins race to become UK's new prime minister

24-10-2022 13:09 British politician Rishi Sunak was Monday elected Conservative leader and will become the UK's next prime minister, after rival Penny Mordaunt failed to secure the necessary 100 nominations from her fellow MPs.

PROFILE

Liz Truss's political 'journey' reaches Downing Street

08-09-2022 01:25 The UK's new prime minister, Liz Truss, takes power as a traditional, low-tax Conservative eurosceptic promising to turbo-charge economic growth. Her position is the polar opposite of how she started out.

British politics

New UK PM Truss promises to ride out economic storm

08-09-2022 01:01 Incoming British Prime Minister Liz Truss begins to set out plan to tackle soaring energy bills, as she tries to head off intense pressure of a cost-of-living crisis.

BRITISH POLITICS

Liz Truss to be next UK PM after winning Conservative Party vote

05-09-2022 08:52 Liz Truss will be the United Kingdom's next prime minister, after winning an internal leadership contest of the ruling Conservative party.

UK POLITICS

Sunak heads race to become UK PM as Tories trim candidates

14-07-2022 13:55 The race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and Britain's prime minister is down to five candidates after the second round of voting among Tory MPs on Thursday.

UNITED STATES

US abortion ruling roils midterm election campaign

01-07-2022 13:52 Supreme Court ruling upends race to crucial vote that will decide who controls Congress for rest of Biden’s term in office.

BRAZILIAN POLITICS

Brazil's Lula ties the knot months before presidential election

19-05-2022 12:57 Former Brazil president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the front-runner in the October elections, married fellow Workers' Party member and sociologist Rosangela da Silva on Wednesday.

Rosangela da Silva

Smiley and discreet: meet the sociologist who married Brazil's Lula

19-05-2022 12:45 Sociologist Rosangela da Silva and Lula, Brazil's president from 2003 to 2010, were married in a ceremony on Wednesday evening, the details of which were kept top-secret.

Colombia Elections 2022

Leftist Colombia candidate Gustavo Petro demands audit of vote count software

18-05-2022 17:59 The campaign team of leftist Gustavo Petro on Monday demanded an "immediate" audit of vote-counting software, less than two weeks before the first election round.

DIPLOMATIC SPAT

US congressman: ‘Argentina has lashed itself to Chinese Communist Party’

08-02-2022 22:48 US lawmaker Matt Gaetz says “Argentina has lashed itself to the Chinese Communist Party” in the wake of last week's Belt and Road initiative announcement.

Courts

Judge Casanello sends 'Olivosgate' probe to San Isidro

04-09-2021 09:57 Investigation into birthday party at Olivos presidential residence last year will be picked up by federal courts in San Isidro. President Alberto Fernández among the accused.

'OLIVOSGATE' SCANDAL

Alberto Fernández seeks solution to Olivos party legal woes

27-08-2021 21:08 President offers up two months of his salary as fine as prosecutor formally accuses him of violating his own Covid lockdown rules.

'OLIVOSGATE' SCANDAL

Prosecutor charges president with violating Covid-19 rules

27-08-2021 02:57 Prosecutors formally notifies president that he stands accused of breaking the mandatory quarantine and strict lockdown rules he himself introduced via decree.

'OLIVOSGATE' SCANDAL

President offers to donate two months of his salary after party scandal

27-08-2021 02:33 While it’s unlikely Fernández will be convicted of a crime, his plea to the judge outlines the extent of damage control his coalition has undertaken ahead of the midterm elections.

'OLIVOSGATE' SCANDAL

Courts to formally accuse Fernández of violating Covid-19 rules

25-08-2021 17:02 President Alberto Fernández will be formally accused by the courts with violating his own Covid-19 quarantine rules before the weekend, according to judicial sources.

Scandal

Partying in Olivos

14-08-2021 07:22 The line between being an able negotiator with the capacity to speak “eye to eye” with almost anyone, and becoming a charlatan is a fine one, particularly in politics.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Politics & the pandemic

Fernández under fire for Olivos birthday party during lockdown

13-08-2021 21:18 President offers mea culpa after photo emerges showing illegal birthday party for First Lady Fabiola Yáñez took place at presidential residence last year during strict coronavirus lockdown.

PASO PRIMARIES

Ruling coalition quietly works to define PASO line-up

08-07-2021 16:30 With just two weeks to go until lists need to be defined, party leaders are analysing their potential candidates. Victoria Tolosa Paz, Martín Insaurralde favourites to top list in Buenos Aires Province.

CCP CENTENARY

Xi hails 'irreversible' rise of China at 100th birthday of Communist Party

01-07-2021 11:28 In the summer of 1921 Mao and a clutch of Marxist-Leninist thinkers in Shanghai founded the Communist Party, which has since morphed into one of the world's most powerful political organisations. It now counts around 95 million members, garnered over a century of war, famine and turmoil, and more recently a surge to superpower status butting up against Western rivals, led by the United States.

PRESS FREEDOM

El Salvador's new Legislative Assembly removes tax break for newspapers

05-05-2021 18:36 El Salvador's Legislative Assembly, dominated by allies of President Nayib Bukele, has approved a bill that would remove tax break that benefits newspapers and other publications.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

As Castro reign ends, Cuba is mired in a debt debacle once again

27-04-2021 12:39 With hardly enough cash to pay for food imports now as Raúl Castro gives up his last vestiges of power – bringing an end to six decades of Castro family rule – Cuba can’t make good on the debt repayment deals that had been hailed as a sign of its return to the international stage just a few years earlier.

News of party

China's Xi handed historic third term as president

'Rebirth' in Rio as carnaval street parties return

Lula candidate wins Brazil Senate chief post

Rishi Sunak wins race to become UK's new prime minister

Liz Truss's political 'journey' reaches Downing Street

New UK PM Truss promises to ride out economic storm

Liz Truss to be next UK PM after winning Conservative Party vote

Sunak heads race to become UK PM as Tories trim candidates

US abortion ruling roils midterm election campaign

Brazil's Lula ties the knot months before presidential election

Smiley and discreet: meet the sociologist who married Brazil's Lula

Leftist Colombia candidate Gustavo Petro demands audit of vote count software

US congressman: ‘Argentina has lashed itself to Chinese Communist Party’

Judge Casanello sends 'Olivosgate' probe to San Isidro

Alberto Fernández seeks solution to Olivos party legal woes

Prosecutor charges president with violating Covid-19 rules

President offers to donate two months of his salary after party scandal

Courts to formally accuse Fernández of violating Covid-19 rules

Partying in Olivos

Fernández under fire for Olivos birthday party during lockdown

Ruling coalition quietly works to define PASO line-up

Xi hails 'irreversible' rise of China at 100th birthday of Communist Party

El Salvador's new Legislative Assembly removes tax break for newspapers

As Castro reign ends, Cuba is mired in a debt debacle once again

Growing concern over rise in dengue and chikungunya cases

Argentina default on foreign currency debt 'imminent,' says Fitch

Inside Macri's withdrawal and what it means for PRO's presidential hopefuls

Alberto Fernández lands in New York ahead of Biden bilateral

Scaloni prepares to ring the changes for Argentina's friendly against Curaçao

Cómo es El Marquesado, el terreno que le cedieron al MTE de Grabois en Mar del Plata

Banco Nación ofrece créditos de hasta $1 millón con tasa del 40%

La fachada de los espías rusos que se hacían pasar por argentinos

Euro blue hoy: el minuto a minuto de la cotización de este martes

"Planera, xenófoba y racista": fuerte cruce entre Grabois y Cristina Pérez