News of power

Porteños take protest to energy firm's doors after prolonged power cuts

16-03-2023 09:49 Residents renew protests across the capital and its outskirts amid prolonged power cuts. Blackouts, which have struck in the middle of an unprecedented heatwave, have left more than 100,000 homes in the dark.

Oil production

Shale oil exports to spur Argentina's trade surplus, official says

07-03-2023 17:07 Booming oil production out of shale patch Vaca Muerta will create surpluses in energy trade for Argentina to the tune of US$8 billion within a few years, says top official.

Copper boom?

Argentina’s copper rush lures top power generator Central Puerto

07-03-2023 11:11 One of Argentina’s biggest power producers is trying to get in on the nation’s copper boom as the rush for key metals in the global energy transition accelerates.

TEMPERATURES SOAR

Buenos Aires on red alert amid extreme 'heatwave'

03-03-2023 13:20 Buenos Aires and its surroundings remain under red alert for extreme temperatures; Heat wave comes following widespread blackout on Wednesday that left around 40% of country's families without power for hours.

MASSIVE OUTAGE

Sabotage suspected in fire that cut power to half of Argentina

02-03-2023 19:03 Burn patterns at the scene imply saboteurs set fire to land right beneath the power line, according to a top government official.

CORTE DE LUZ

Calls for investigation after power cut plunges millions into darkness

01-03-2023 23:49 A massive power cut caused by a fire near high-voltage power lines affected millions of people across the country for at least two hours, authorities stated; Economy Minister Sergio Massa hints at foul play, calls for in-depth investigation into events leading up to outage.

EXCHANGE MARKET

Argentina’s elaborate ploy to lure tourists has begun

21-12-2022 16:55 In a bid to boost tourism dollars in Argentina, the government is allowing travellers access to an exchange rate that nearly doubles their purchasing power.

FEATURE COLUMN

Cristina candidate, Sergio candidate

03-12-2022 05:02 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner may well have embarked upon a path which will lead to her presidential run. Sergio Massa, looking further ahead, maintains that he will not run. But if his economic experiment succeeds, he may become the natural Frente de Todos candidate for 2023.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

ENERGY & INFRASTRUCTURE

China nuclear deal held up over Argentina’s reactor fuel demand

19-09-2022 09:35 Buenos Aires insists on the right to manufacture the fuel; Outcome of negotiations could weigh on global nuclear market.

FEATURE

Inflation is upending politics in the most unequal region on Earth

15-09-2022 02:22 In Latin America, persistent high inflation is widening the gap between rich and poor in what is already the world’s most unequal region.

POLITICS

The Last Albertistas

01-07-2022 09:55 Who are President Alberto Fernández's last remaining soldiers in the Cabinet?

by Rodis Recalt

Latin America

Honduran hydroelectric executive jailed for environmentalist murder

22-06-2022 10:43 Senior executive of hydroelectric dam in Honduras given prison sentence of more than 22 years for his role in 2016 murder of Berta Cáceres.

ECONOMY & POLITICS

Government to raise income tax floor following pressure from Massa

26-05-2022 23:31 The government will raise the income tax floor for all employees in the fourth category, with both the Christmas and mid-year bonuses exempt from taxation, according to reports.

Politics

Waiting for Alberto and Cristina to figure it out

15-04-2022 01:40 The civil war between the Albertistas and Kirchneristas has paralysed Argentina’s political agenda.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

AGRICULTURE

Diesel shortages wreak havoc as top soy exporter starts harvest

07-04-2022 21:31 Argentina is grappling with shortages of diesel fuel that powers tractors and trucks just as the soybean and corn harvests pick up.

nuclear deal

Argentina signs agreement to build fourth nuclear power plant

04-02-2022 03:22 New nuclear power plant, Atucha III, requires an investment of more than US$8 billion and will create 7,000 new jobs, according to the government. Announcement made on eve of president’s visit to China.

IMF DEBT DEAL

Curbing Argentina’s US$11-billion energy bill key for new IMF deal

28-01-2022 19:18 If the IMF deal is to succeed, the government will have to unwind a politically sensitive strategy of spending billions on energy subsidies.

EDITORIAL

Power politics

15-01-2022 02:00 If the government cannot scale back the subsidy mountain for billing which is a virtual invitation to squander energy, an IMF agreement will be an even longer shot than it seems now – a deadlock where both the problem and its solution is increasingly seen as “geopolitical.”

SOARING TEMPERATURES

700,000 left without power in Argentina as temperatures soar

11-01-2022 23:12 Approximately 700,000 users across Greater Buenos Aires suffered a lengthy power cut on Tuesday as temperatures hit sweltering highs, soaring above 40 degrees Celsius.

ECONOMIC CRISES

2001 to 2021: Ticking time bomb

03-12-2021 23:41 Fast forward to today from 2001 and Argentina’s massive debt pile is still front and centre of the political discussion, as is the IMF and the possibility of default.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

BLOOMBERG

Buenos Aires landfill leads Latin America in turning methane into power

05-11-2021 14:18 As COP26 redoubles efforts against methane gas, Ceamse's new plant in Buenos Aires Province is turning trash into power.

Chaos In Power

Vive la résistance?

24-09-2021 21:44 Minister Guzmán’s courage and President Alberto’s newfound heroism could be part of the ‘resistance’ against the onslaught of Kirchnerism within the ranks of the Frente de Todos.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

CULTURE

Funding gap forces British Council to scale back

09-09-2021 14:12 The British Council, which promotes UK cultural and language relations overseas, will scale back its work in 20 countries due to a pandemic funding shortfall. Offices in a number of nations to be shuttered, including Chile and Uruguay, according to reports.

NUCLEAR ENERGY

Government advances plans to build two new nuclear power plants

21-08-2021 21:30 Argentina is advancing towards the construction of two new nuclear power plants – one with Chinese Hualong technology and another Candu reactor combining national knowhow and Canadian support.

by Ariel Stemphelet

VACCINE DIPLOMACY

Russia’s global vaccine ambitions stumble during supply shortage

30-07-2021 17:09 The Kremlin’s ambitions to win soft-power dividends around the world from Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine are being hampered by delays in delivering Sputnik V to foreign buyers clamouring for supplies.

Bloomberg

Yields topping 14% lure investors to world’s best utility bond

14-07-2021 10:14 The world’s best performing utility bonds come from an unlikely corner of emerging markets – Argentina.

ENVIRONMENT

Chile inaugurates Latin America's first thermosolar plant

11-06-2021 00:55 Chile inaugurated Cerro Dominador, Latin America's first-ever thermosolar energy plant, as a step in the country's quest for carbon-neutrality by 2050.

Bloomberg

Crypto mining booms on cheap, subsidised energy in Argentina

31-05-2021 10:41 Bitcoin miners are capitalising on the inefficiencies of the country’s interventionist economy to reap outsize returns, fuelled by memories of currency busts and powered by government-subsidised electricity.

FEATURE

Parallel power: Kicillof, La Cámpora, Instituto Patria

22-05-2021 10:46 La Cámpora, Axel Kicillof and the Instituto Patria are gaining power within Argentina’s government. Who’s who, what are their differences and what future clashes lie ahead.

by Juan Luis González

Power & money

Using Guzmán to undermine Alberto

01-05-2021 00:40 It goes without saying that if a minister is unable to dismiss an underling, a third-line official within his hierarchical structure, it’s the minister who should be abandoning ship. But it's not the economy minister’s authority that’s really at stake – it’s Alberto’s.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Political decrepitude

Inevitability

24-04-2021 10:04 There’s only one word to describe the political use of the exponential surge in Covid-19 infections and the measures being taken to counter it: inevitable.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

News of power

Porteños take protest to energy firm's doors after prolonged power cuts

Shale oil exports to spur Argentina's trade surplus, official says

Argentina’s copper rush lures top power generator Central Puerto

Buenos Aires on red alert amid extreme 'heatwave'

Sabotage suspected in fire that cut power to half of Argentina

Calls for investigation after power cut plunges millions into darkness

Argentina’s elaborate ploy to lure tourists has begun

Cristina candidate, Sergio candidate

China nuclear deal held up over Argentina’s reactor fuel demand

Inflation is upending politics in the most unequal region on Earth

The Last Albertistas

Honduran hydroelectric executive jailed for environmentalist murder

Government to raise income tax floor following pressure from Massa

Waiting for Alberto and Cristina to figure it out

Diesel shortages wreak havoc as top soy exporter starts harvest

Argentina signs agreement to build fourth nuclear power plant

Curbing Argentina’s US$11-billion energy bill key for new IMF deal

Power politics

700,000 left without power in Argentina as temperatures soar

2001 to 2021: Ticking time bomb

Buenos Aires landfill leads Latin America in turning methane into power

Vive la résistance?

Funding gap forces British Council to scale back

Government advances plans to build two new nuclear power plants

Russia’s global vaccine ambitions stumble during supply shortage

Yields topping 14% lure investors to world’s best utility bond

Chile inaugurates Latin America's first thermosolar plant

Crypto mining booms on cheap, subsidised energy in Argentina

Parallel power: Kicillof, La Cámpora, Instituto Patria

Using Guzmán to undermine Alberto

Inevitability

Fernández asks Biden for IMF support in White House meeting

Reports: Pope hospitalised with 'respiratory and cardiac problems'

Rosario: A city under threat from murderous drug gangs

Inside the bilateral: What did Alberto and Joe say to each other?

Massa looks for oxygen until June and next IMF audit

Se desinfla el "operativo clamor" para Cristina Kirchner

El senador republicano Ted Cruz acusó a CFK de "corrupta" y ella lo cruzó en Twitter

Un ex ingeniero de Google predijo que se conseguirá la inmortalidad en 8 años

Escándalo y críticas a Larreta por obra de contenido erótico en un museo porteño

Anses lanza una línea de crédito para Semana Santa: cuáles son los requisitos para acceder