News of periodismo puro

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

Yesterdat 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

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Nicolás Dujovne: ‘This government’s economic programme is inflationary’

17-06-2022 08:00 Former economy minister Nicolás Dujovne on the Cambiemos administration, the IMF debt deals and Argentina’s ongoing struggle with inflation.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Eduardo ‘Wado’ de Pedro: ‘Talking of candidacies today is a lack of respect to society’

10-06-2022 17:00 Interior Minister Eduardo ‘Wado’ de Pedro on running for the Presidency, stuttering and bullying and the future of La Cámpora and Frente de Todos.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Hernán Lacunza: 'The healthy antidote for avoiding capital flight is confidence'

03-06-2022 10:27 Former economy minister Hernán Lacunza on the IMF debt agreement, eyeing short-term fetishes instead of solutions and capital flight.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Felipe Solá: ‘Cristina is dogmatic in her words but pragmatic in her actions’

27-05-2022 09:16 Former governor of Buenos Aires Province addresses his ouster as foreign minister, Peronist unity and his relationships with Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Jaime Duran Barba: ‘It’s perfectly possible for Milei to reach the run-off next year’

20-05-2022 10:00 Jaime Duran Barba, one of the region's most important political analysts and consultants, discusses Javier Milei's chances of being president, Latin American politics and Argentina's coalitions.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Esteban Bullrich: ‘When the future is uncertain, all you have is the present’

13-05-2022 12:21 Former senator and education minister Esteban Bullrich on being diagnosed with ALS, faith and why Argentina must overcome the ‘grieta’ rift that dominates the country’s politics.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Luciano Laspina: ‘The ideas Argentina needs today are similar to those pushed by Milei’

06-05-2022 00:01 Rosario-born economist and national deputy Luciano Laspina on Javier Milei, the Mauricio Macri government and the reforms Argentina needs to undertake.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Jeffrey Sachs: ‘Argentina needs the continuity of reasonable policies, not heroics’

29-04-2022 16:32 Renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs on Argentina’s IMF debt restructuring deal, the global economic impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and post-pandemic politics.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Ricardo López Murphy: 'Argentina’s economic regime is very absurd’

15-04-2022 15:10 Lawmaker, economist, former minister and ex-presidential candidate Ricardo López Murphy on Argentina’s struggles with inflation and the future of the opposition Juntos por el Cambio coalition.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Joseph Stiglitz: ‘The world needs the IMF – if we didn't have it, we'd invent it’

09-04-2022 00:21 Nobel Prize winner and influential economist Joseph Stiglitz on neoliberalism, Argentina’s IMF debt deal and his protégé, Economy Minister Martín Guzmán.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Martín Balza: ‘The Malvinas War is the only conflict in memory in which both sides respected the dignity of the adversary’

01-04-2022 12:00 Lieutenant-General Martín Balza, former chief-of-staff of Argentina’s Army, on the 40th anniversary of the Malvinas War, the conflict in Ukraine and ideology in the Armed Forces.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Sergio Massa: ‘I stopped basing my politics on articles or opinion polls a long time ago’

25-03-2022 12:00 Lower House speaker on tensions in the ruling coalition, the approval of the IMF debt deal and whether he’ll run for the Presidency in 2023.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Cecilia Todesca Bocco: ‘Labour rights do not explain Argentina’s macroeconomic problems'

18-03-2022 12:20 International Relations Secretary Cecilia Todesca Bocco on the freshly approved IMF deal, policies to deliver economic growth in Argentina and politics in the family.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Federico Sturzenegger: ‘Once the Central Bank is independent, the planets align’

10-03-2022 15:50 Economist Federico Sturzenegger on his time leading the Central Bank, Economy Minister Martín Guzmán and Argentina’s IMF debt deals in 2018 and 2022.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Patricia Bullrich: ‘Argentina needs convictions to come out of the crisis’

04-03-2022 17:50 PRO party chair, opposition leader and former security minister Patricia Bullrich on Argentina and the IMF, upheaval in the ruling coalition and Mauricio Macri’s future role.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Germán Martínez: ‘If we do things well, the IMF agreement will be settled in March’

25-02-2022 22:00 Germán Martínez, the ruling coalition’s whip in the lower house, discusses congressional approval of the IMF agreement, replacing Máximo Kirchner and the future of Frente de Todos.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

FINTECH

Central Bank chief Miguel Ángel Pesce: ‘Not all fintechs are the same’

04-02-2022 01:15 Central Bank chief Miguel Ángel Pesce responds to questions on fintech and their regulation in Argentina. Extract taken from recent interview with Perfil's Jorge Fontevecchia.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Miguel Ángel Pesce: ‘The IMF agreement reduces uncertainty’

04-02-2022 01:08 Miguel Ángel Pesce, head of Argentina’s Central Bank, on the IMF deal, the currency swap with China and President Alberto Fernández’s chances of re-election.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Horacio Rodríguez Larreta: 'I’m not seeking absolute leadership'

21-01-2022 22:00 Buenos Aires City mayor and likely 2023 presidential candidate on the IMF, economic policy, Mauricio Macri and why he’s not seeking the “absolute leadership” of Juntos por el Cambio.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Santiago Cafiero: ‘The principle of non-intervention guides Argentina’s foreign policy’

14-01-2022 20:00 Argentina’s foreign minister discusses his relationship with President Alberto Fernández, the nation’s ties with the United States and debt talks with the International Monetary Fund.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Alberto Fernández: ‘We went to extremes and lost the centrist vote’

31-12-2021 12:47 The president granted this interview after conversing with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. He began a long interview after a day full of tension, topped by the defeat of the Budget bill in Congress.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Horacio Rosatti: ‘How vulnerable people are treated defines a society’

18-12-2021 00:01 In his first interview since becoming Supreme Court Chief Justice, Horacio Rosatti discusses his political background, speaking up and reform of the nation’s highest tribunal.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Aníbal Fernández: ‘The worst for Alberto has already happened’

10-12-2021 23:30 Security Minister Aníbal Fernández on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, his provocative rhetoric, political experience and why Argentina is beginning a new stage of government with a newly empowered Alberto Fernández.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Gabriela Cerruti: ‘Cristina expresses herself how she wants, when she wants’

03-12-2021 23:16 Presidential Spokesperson Gabriela Cerruti discusses the creation of her post, attempting to represent all sectors of the ruling coalition and how the media interprets Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Rogelio Frigerio: ‘Juntos por el Cambio needs a more federal leadership’

26-11-2021 23:29 Fresh off the back of a convincing victory in the recent midterms, former interior minister Rogelio Frigerio discusses provincial politics, broadening the opposition coalition’s leadership and why Peronism only united for the election.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Martín Guzmán: ‘We want an agreement with IMF before March’

12-11-2021 00:01 Economy Minister Martín Guzmán discusses Argentina's talks with the International Monetary Fund at a crucial moment for the ruling Frente de Todos coalition – just days before the midterm elections.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

José Mujica: ‘Things cannot function when one half of the country is against the other half’

22-10-2021 22:15 Former Uruguay president José ‘Pepe’ Mujica on heroes and leaders, fanaticism and feminism, Argentina and the River Plate and the meaning of his life.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Facundo Manes: ‘I didn’t become a candidate to represent what lost in 2019’

09-10-2021 12:46 Fresh from an impressive political debut in the recent PASO primaries, neuroscientist Facundo Manes discusses his run for national deputy, the ‘new’ Radicalism and differences within the opposition coalition.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Gerardo Morales: ‘I wouldn’t vote for Mauricio Macri again, no’

02-10-2021 08:36 Jujuy Governor Gerardo Morales on Radicalism, his fellow opposition leaders, the 2021 elections and why cannabis will soon mean more to his province than lithium and renewable energies.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Javier Milei: ‘The more people are against the ropes, the more they will embrace freedom’

25-09-2021 11:02 In a feature-length interview, economist Javier Milei discusses his stunning PASO primaries result, political origins and experience with psychotherapy.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Julio María Sanguinetti: ‘The Kirchners were very tough on us Uruguayans’

27-08-2021 21:37 Former Uruguay president Julio María Sanguinetti on his nation and Argentina’s parallel lives and paths, political debate and disagreement, and sending a civic message.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Matías Kulfas: ‘To lower inflation you need multi-sector agreements and clear objectives’

13-08-2021 22:36 Productive Development Minister Matías Kulfas on trying to lower inflation, the IMF agreement and the role of the state.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

María Eugenia Vidal: ‘Losing an election was an enormous learning curve’

07-08-2021 09:42 Former Buenos Aires Province governor, now running in the Federal Capital for national deputy, on tensions in the opposition coalition, her presidential ambitions and what she learnt from losing an election.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Miguel Pichetto: ‘Argentina’s true debate is between capitalism and ideologies glorifying poverty’

30-07-2021 23:36 Former senator and vice-presidential candidate, who today serves as the nation’s auditor general, discusses Republican Peronism, the upcoming elections and “political discipline is essential.”

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Mariano Macri: ‘Unmasking Mauricio is fundamental for me’

24-07-2021 00:14 Mariano Macri, the younger brother of former president Mauricio Macri, on their father Franco, SOCMA and why “politics and business life are not compatible.”

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Domingo Cavallo: ‘It'd be good if the government had a bad election’

17-07-2021 09:18 Economist, former government minister and ex-Central Bank chief warns that Argentina’s economy is “very badly oriented” and calls for a “major reorganisation.”

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Hugo Moyano: ‘We’ve always defended workers to the death’

09-07-2021 20:32 Veteran teamster and union leader Hugo Moyano riffs on his meteoric rise through the labour movement, relationships with Argentina’s presidents and why he is targeted for being on the side of the worker.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Martín Lousteau: ‘Juntos por el Cambio cannot just react to government initiatives’

02-07-2021 23:18 Senator Martín Lousteau on the Juntos por el Cambio, Radicalism, Facundo Manes and why primaries can be enriching.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Juan Guaidó: ‘We’re not depending on the good faith of a dictatorship’

26-06-2021 00:01 Venezuela, says Juan Guaidó, remains gripped by crisis and needs a plan of national salvation. The opposition leader, recognised by more than 60 nations as the country's interim president, on the need for free and fair elections, Argentina’s diplomatic stance and the position of Pope Francis.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

UIA leader Daniel Funes de Rioja: ‘I want ideas, not an ideology'

19-06-2021 09:30 Daniel Funes de Rioja, who currently serves as president of the influential Argentine Industrial Union (Unión Industrial Argentina) business group on inflation, economic policies and his ‘Triple C’ strategy.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Daniel Scioli: 'Don’t underestimate Alberto Fernández'

12-06-2021 00:00 Former vice-president, governor of Buenos Aires Province and presidential candidate on Alberto Fernández, the upcoming midterms and rebuilding bilateral relations as ambassador to Brazil.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Julio Cobos: ‘If Bullrich runs, Rodríguez Larreta must present his candidate’

05-06-2021 00:12 Radical Senator Julio Cobos, who served as vice-president in Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's first term in office, on the origins of the grieta rift, his party’s role in the opposition coalition and what a nation wants from a president.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Fabián 'Pepín' Rodríguez Simón: ‘I have no faith in justice, today it’s a tool for persecution.’

29-05-2021 11:33 Fabián 'Pepín' Rodríguez Simón – judicial operator or victim of political persecution? In this feature interview with Jorge Fontevecchia, the fugitive former Macri government official explains why he is seeking asylum across the Río de la Plata in Uruguay.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Daniel Gollán: ‘These are extraordinary situations demanding extraordinary measures’

15-05-2021 12:01 Buenos Aires Province Health Minister on the geopolitics of Covid-19 vaccines, what lies ahead and “extraordinary measures in extraordinary situations.”

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Fernán Quirós: 'The average age of people in ICUs has gone down in this wave'

08-05-2021 00:30 Dr. Fernán Quirós discusses Covid-19 infections, deaths and the state of intensive care units. The Buenos Aires City Health Minister, who says he has a continuous dialogue with Health Minister Carla Vizzotti, says the most essential thing during the pandemic is to seek agreement and cooperation.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Health Minister Carla Vizzotti: 'What’s happening is a catastrophe'

01-05-2021 00:07 In a week of record deaths from Covid-19, the minister responsible for Argentina’s health system responds: Why there was no shutdown for Easter; Why classrooms should be shut now; What happened to the vaccine orders; What of lab links and relationships with Ginés González García and Hugo Sigman; The role of the media. A feature-length interview with Health Minister Carla Vizzotti.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW – PERIODISMO PURO

Rafael Bielsa: ‘Alberto Fernández is very far from being a puppet’

10-04-2021 07:42 Rafael Bielsa, Argentina’s current Ambassador to Chile, on the pandemic, the president, Peronism and bilateral relations.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW: PERIODISMO PURO

Niall Ferguson: ‘It's silly for the left to claim that austerity is conservative’

03-04-2021 07:49 Scottish historian, professor and brilliant polemicist Niall Ferguson on the coronavirus pandemic, the global economic outlook and the causes of Argentina’s economic failure.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW: PERIODISMO PURO

Pedro Cahn: ‘If things get out of hand, more lockdowns may be necessary’

03-04-2021 07:14 Dr Pedro Cahn is the Scientific Director of Fundación Huésped, a major NGO devoted to the fight against HIV/AIDS. During the coronavirus pandemic, he has served as part of an expert committee advising the Presidency and the Health Ministry on how to combat the transmission of Covid-19.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

News of periodismo puro

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

Nicolás Dujovne: ‘This government’s economic programme is inflationary’

Eduardo ‘Wado’ de Pedro: ‘Talking of candidacies today is a lack of respect to society’

Hernán Lacunza: 'The healthy antidote for avoiding capital flight is confidence'

Felipe Solá: ‘Cristina is dogmatic in her words but pragmatic in her actions’

Jaime Duran Barba: ‘It’s perfectly possible for Milei to reach the run-off next year’

Esteban Bullrich: ‘When the future is uncertain, all you have is the present’

Luciano Laspina: ‘The ideas Argentina needs today are similar to those pushed by Milei’

Jeffrey Sachs: ‘Argentina needs the continuity of reasonable policies, not heroics’

Ricardo López Murphy: 'Argentina’s economic regime is very absurd’

Joseph Stiglitz: ‘The world needs the IMF – if we didn't have it, we'd invent it’

Martín Balza: ‘The Malvinas War is the only conflict in memory in which both sides respected the dignity of the adversary’

Sergio Massa: ‘I stopped basing my politics on articles or opinion polls a long time ago’

Cecilia Todesca Bocco: ‘Labour rights do not explain Argentina’s macroeconomic problems'

Federico Sturzenegger: ‘Once the Central Bank is independent, the planets align’

Patricia Bullrich: ‘Argentina needs convictions to come out of the crisis’

Germán Martínez: ‘If we do things well, the IMF agreement will be settled in March’

Central Bank chief Miguel Ángel Pesce: ‘Not all fintechs are the same’

Miguel Ángel Pesce: ‘The IMF agreement reduces uncertainty’

Horacio Rodríguez Larreta: 'I’m not seeking absolute leadership'

Santiago Cafiero: ‘The principle of non-intervention guides Argentina’s foreign policy’

Alberto Fernández: ‘We went to extremes and lost the centrist vote’

Horacio Rosatti: ‘How vulnerable people are treated defines a society’

Aníbal Fernández: ‘The worst for Alberto has already happened’

Gabriela Cerruti: ‘Cristina expresses herself how she wants, when she wants’

Rogelio Frigerio: ‘Juntos por el Cambio needs a more federal leadership’

Martín Guzmán: ‘We want an agreement with IMF before March’

José Mujica: ‘Things cannot function when one half of the country is against the other half’

Facundo Manes: ‘I didn’t become a candidate to represent what lost in 2019’

Gerardo Morales: ‘I wouldn’t vote for Mauricio Macri again, no’

Javier Milei: ‘The more people are against the ropes, the more they will embrace freedom’

Julio María Sanguinetti: ‘The Kirchners were very tough on us Uruguayans’

Matías Kulfas: ‘To lower inflation you need multi-sector agreements and clear objectives’

María Eugenia Vidal: ‘Losing an election was an enormous learning curve’

Miguel Pichetto: ‘Argentina’s true debate is between capitalism and ideologies glorifying poverty’

Mariano Macri: ‘Unmasking Mauricio is fundamental for me’

Domingo Cavallo: ‘It'd be good if the government had a bad election’

Hugo Moyano: ‘We’ve always defended workers to the death’

Martín Lousteau: ‘Juntos por el Cambio cannot just react to government initiatives’

Juan Guaidó: ‘We’re not depending on the good faith of a dictatorship’

UIA leader Daniel Funes de Rioja: ‘I want ideas, not an ideology'

Daniel Scioli: 'Don’t underestimate Alberto Fernández'

Julio Cobos: ‘If Bullrich runs, Rodríguez Larreta must present his candidate’

Fabián 'Pepín' Rodríguez Simón: ‘I have no faith in justice, today it’s a tool for persecution.’

Daniel Gollán: ‘These are extraordinary situations demanding extraordinary measures’

Fernán Quirós: 'The average age of people in ICUs has gone down in this wave'

Health Minister Carla Vizzotti: 'What’s happening is a catastrophe'

Rafael Bielsa: ‘Alberto Fernández is very far from being a puppet’

Niall Ferguson: ‘It's silly for the left to claim that austerity is conservative’

Pedro Cahn: ‘If things get out of hand, more lockdowns may be necessary’

Fernández calls for Argentina's incorporation into the BRICS group

Tragedy in Recoleta: Five killed in tower block fire

The Supreme Court has Cristina in its sights

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s ‘stupid state,’ piqueteros and inflation

Hypocrisy rules!

Por qué un empresario propone colocar "estatuas de Cristina Kirchner en cada rincón de Uruguay"

Gimena Macri está embarazada y hará debutar como abuelo a Mauricio Macri

Corte en el Obelisco: mujeres piqueteras se concentran para anunciar “CFK, con nosotras no”

Feinmann cruzó a Kicillof por el lenguaje inclusivo: "Si quieren ser alguien importante, no hablen como él"

Un misil ruso falló e impactó contra la base de lanzamiento: la secuencia quedó registrada en video