News of party

'We can't pay' – CFK puts US$45-billion IMF debt talks into doubt

27-03-2021 07:21 With Economy Minister Martín Guzmán in Washington for meetings with IMF staff members, Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner makes explosive intervention into restructuring talks.

Coronavirus vaccine

Uruguay revokes residence of Argentine who hosted 'illegal party'

23-03-2021 14:50 Uruguay revokes temporary residence of Argentine citizen after police raided an illegal party attended by more than 500 people at a private home in Maldonado department.

April congress

New era beckons for Cuba, without a Castro in power

17-03-2021 12:46 Cuba will emerge from the April congress of its all-powerful Communist Party without a Castro at the helm for the first time in over 60 years.

PERIODISMO PURO – INTERVIEW

Diego Santilli: ‘I’d like Horacio Rodríguez Larreta as our presidential candidate’

13-03-2021 06:01 Buenos Aires City Deputy Mayor Diego Santilli on the future of the Juntos por el Cambio coalition, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta’s “hands-on” leadership and security in the nation’s capital.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

COLOMBIA

Tribunal charges former FARC members with war crimes

29-01-2021 17:53 Eight high-ranking members of Colombia's now-defunct FARC guerilla movement, including serving politicians, are being charged with war crimes, a court said Thursday.

Coronavirus Pandemic

Authorities crack down on illegal parties amid struggle against Covid-19

27-01-2021 10:24 With summer in full swing, officials have ramped up their efforts to stop illegal parties across Buenos Aires Province, breaking up two large gatherings over the weekend.

Coronavirus pandemic

Police raid swingers party – and guests confuse officer with stripper

11-01-2021 19:08 In scenes that seem to have been ripped straight out a comedy movie, police officers in Buenos Aires Province raided a secret swingers’ party this weekend – only for attendees to mistake one officer for a stripper.

FROM WHERE I STAND

The finish-line is in sight

21-11-2020 08:42 It has certainly been a rough ride, but the finishing line is in sight and there are feeble signs that Republican legislators are questioning, although not yet challenging, Trump’s leadership of the party.

by Robert Cox

US ELECTION 2020

GOP shreds Democrats’ Senate hopes by holding key states

05-11-2020 14:24 The polls, the pandemic and the piles of campaign cash had Democrats tasting victory in the Senate heading into Tuesday’s election. But that may turn out to be an illusion, and Republicans are on the verge of extending their six-year control in the chamber.

US ELECTION 2020

Kanye West notches around 60,000 votes in US election

04-11-2020 15:34 Hip hop star saw his highest numbers in Tennessee, where some 10,000 people cast their ballots for him. West hints at bid for White House in 2024.

ANTI-SEMITISM SCANDAL

UK's Labour suspends Corbyn after 'day of shame' over anti-Semitism

29-10-2020 14:41 Labour suspends former leader Jeremy Corbyn, after a government watchdog found his office broke equality law through its "inexcusable" handling of anti-Semitism complaints.

POLITICS & THE PANDEMIC

Unemployment, the other pandemic

26-09-2020 10:15 Will this relentless agitation unleash the kind of volatility that rattles the very standing of the government, less than a year after winning the elections?

by Martín Gambarotta

Lava Jato

Brazil's Lula faces new charge of money-laundering

15-09-2020 08:24 Prosecutors in sprawling 'Lava Jato' corruption investigation charge former president with money-laundering, less than a year after the country's top court ordered him freed from jail while he appealed his conviction in another case.

UNITED STATES

US progressives say primary wins latest sign of momentum shift

05-08-2020 22:36 Progressive Democrats in the United States celebrated two primary victories Wednesday, claiming the protests over George Floyd’s death and a renewed focus on racial and economic justice have given their candidates new momentum after some rough patches this year.

POLITICS & THE PANDEMIC

Justice (reform) for all

01-08-2020 10:04 The judicial reform bill will truly test the ruling coalition's capacity for the first time since President Fernández took office late last year.

by Martín Gambarotta

Life during quarantine

Party on – Pandemic-hit entertainers, events businesses reinvent themselves

18-06-2020 17:27 The ban on gatherings that has been in place since March 20 has bankrupted hundreds of party halls, reinvented others and opened up a range of virtual celebrations, a modality that is on its way to transcending the pandemic.

PROTEST IN BUENOS AIRES

Demonstrators march on US Chamber of Commerce over death of George Floyd

06-06-2020 09:40 The rally, called by the left-wing Frente de Izquierda Unidad, was in support of the “popular uprising” being witnessed in the United States, organisers said.

Coronavirus pandemic

Grandfather of man who ignored quarantine rules dies from coronavirus

01-04-2020 16:52 Shocking case in Moreno as 71-year-old grandfather passes away. Late victim is believed to have been infected by his own grandson – who ignored mandatory quarantine rules after returning from the United States to attend a party.

ELECTION IN THE UK

UK PM Boris Johnson hails 'powerful new mandate' for Brexit after election

13-12-2019 01:26 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he would not lead Britain's main opposition Labour party at the next general election, after predictions of a crushing defeat at nationwide polls.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Bolsonaro launches new political party as old one implodes

25-11-2019 09:00 At odds with the party leadership that nominated him for the presidency, Bolsonaro left the Social Liberal Party earlier this month to create his own new grouping

BREAKING NEWS

Brazil judge orders ex-president Lula's release from jail

08-11-2019 16:45 Judge authorises release of jailed ex-president, after a Supreme Court ruling paved the way for thousands of convicts to be freed.

URUGUAY ELECTION

Uruguay presidential election heads for run-off, Martínez wins first round

27-10-2019 22:01 Uruguay's presidential election concluded Sunday night without any candidate earning an outright majority of votes. Leading candidates Daniel Martínez of the Frente Amplio and Partido Nacional’s Luis Lacalle Pou will face off in a November 24 run-off.

URUGUAY ELECTIONS

Uruguay’s left-wing party faces its toughest election in 15 years

25-10-2019 21:17 Uruguayan national elections on October 27 are predicted to lead to a run-off between the leftist Broad Front, which has been in power since 2005, and the centre-right National Party.

CANADIAN ELECTION

Canada's Trudeau wins re-election, but now leads a divided nation

22-10-2019 17:48 Trudeau was re-elected in a stronger-than-expected showing in Monday's national elections. But while his Liberal Party took the most seats in Parliament, it lost its majority and will have to rely on an opposition party to get anything passed.

BREXIT

UK PM Johnson says 'great new deal' reached with EU on Brexit

17-10-2019 08:22 All eyes in London will now turn to whether Johnson, who has vowed to take Britain out of the EU by the end of the month, has enough support to push through the agreement in the House of Commons.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Austria rejects EU-Mercosur trade deal over Amazon fires

19-09-2019 09:49 Key committee in Austrian Parliament rejects draft free-trade agreement between EU and Mercosur over concerns about fires in the Amazon.

ANARCHY IN THE UK

Major defeat for British PM as lawmakers seize Brexit agenda

03-09-2019 19:42 In a 328 to 301 vote, MPs voted to take control of Parliament's business in a bid to prevent a no-deal Brexit in October.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

US progressives defy the odds in battle for Democratic Party’s soul

24-08-2019 16:04 In the United States, Democratic candidates for the House and the Senate are being challenged by a new surge of progressive, grassroots activists. Cori Bush and Roza Calderón detail the challenges of taking on established politicians and explain why Congress is failing Americans.

by James Grainger

EUROPE

Italian PM Conte to resign after League party pulls backing

20-08-2019 13:15 Conte's decided to step down after a potential no-confidence sought by far-right Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini.

2019 Elections

Lavagna and Urtubey pen letter criticising polarisation

23-07-2019 21:11 The letter accused Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Mauricio Macri of using polarisation as a tactic to silence Consenso Federal’s campaign.

PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL

Fernández calls Lula's arrest 'stain on Brazil' as he visits leader in jail

05-07-2019 10:15 Presidential hopeful says he sees events in Brazil "with concern" and argues Lula's conviction is not on steady ground, as he casts shadow over future of EU-Mercosur deal.

OMAR PEROTTI

Santa Fe: Governor-elect throws support behind Fernández-Fernández

26-06-2019 11:07 Peronist candidate for governor Omar Perotti secured control of Santa Fe on June 16 against the Progressives, who had ruled the province for three terms.

'BLUE BALLOT'

Convicted anti-abortion doctor confirms congressional run

25-06-2019 19:10 Leandro Rodríguez Lastra was found guilty last month of misconduct by a Cipoletti court for failing to carry out a legally-warranted abortion on a woman who had been raped.

2019 Elections

Massa confirms alliance with Fernández-Fernández faction

12-06-2019 09:35 Sergio Massa splits from Alternativa Federal alliance after weeks of rumours and just days before the Electoral College end-date for candidacies.

BREXIT BRITAIN

Conservative rivals battle as UK PM May exits, defeated by Brexit

07-06-2019 09:52 Theresa May formally steps down as Conservative Party leader today, defeated by the Brexit conundrum. No public event is planned to mark the occasion as her time at the helm ends, not with a bang but a whimper.

BRITISH POLITICS

UK Prime Minister Theresa May announces she will resign on June 7

24-05-2019 08:55 Decision ends a dramatic three-year tenure of near-constant crisis over Brexit and increases likelihood of Britain crashing out of the EU later this year.