News of policy

US MIDTERMS

A blue House ain’t strong enough to see off Trump’s foreign policy

10-11-2018 09:26 With the Democrats reflecting a diverse electorate, the Republican Party has instead reshaped itself into a Trumpian version of the traditionally conservative GOP.

by Carolina Barros

TECHNOLOGY AND THE MEDIA

Fake news and the online battle for the truth

01-09-2018 08:41 The rise of the Internet and social media has dramatically altered access to information across the globe. But it has also increased the proliferation of false information, with some experts fearing we have entered a new ‘posttruth’ age.

IMMIGRATION AND THE UNITED STATES

Deadline to reunite immigrant families rapidly approaching

07-07-2018 09:55 Donald Trump won the US presidential race with the most anti-immigration platform witnessed in the United States in decades.

EDITORIAL

Editorial: Empowerment over eviction

14-04-2018 10:47 Politics regarding slums were always controversial. What should the government do about them?

RIGHT ON REVOLT

The man on the Right has a job on the Left

24-03-2018 12:13 If you were to argue before an audience that some major political changes of the 20th century had come from the Right, you might have to leave the room in haste under a barrage of unfriendly remarks from the leftist representation.

by Andrew Graham-Yooll

LOBBYING AND BILATERAL RELATIONS

New pro-Argentina initiatives spring up in Washington

24-02-2018 12:40 Macri administration's reset with the United States backed by series of new programmes and schemes, yet questions remain over lobbying.

by Santiago del Carril

UNITED STATES AND GUN VIOLENCE

Murder, outrage, then impasse: gun crime’s repeating cycle in the US

17-02-2018 13:25 Is the US ready to adopt major new reforms to stop tragedies?

Government reform package

Key tax reform in the works for October

02-09-2017 10:33 The announcement was unexpected. Government officials had previously said they would begin tackling Argentina’s distorted tributary structure in 2018.

by Francisco Aldaya