News of primaries

Interval or interregnum?

01-10-2021 23:00 With multiple scenarios lurking in an uncertain future, what can the past tell us as to what to expect?

by Michael Soltys

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

Fernández hopes reshuffle will put lid on political crisis

20-09-2021 14:27 President Alberto Fernández has announced a new Cabinet in a bid to smother a political crisis that pitted him bitterly against his own vice-president.

Cabinet moves were decided by president, says Máximo Kirchner

20-09-2021 08:57 Cabinet reshuffle and other ministerial appointments based on decision of President Alberto Fernández, declares Máximo Kirchner. 

Kirchnerites reaping the whirlwind

18-09-2021 00:01 For there to be any chance of the country emerging relatively unscathed from the mess Cristina, with the help of easily bamboozled voters, has got it into, Alberto would have to start behaving like a genuine president.

by James Neilson

Sore losers

18-09-2021 00:01 The structural issues facing the Argentine political system are substantially more profound than the superficial and lightweight Alberto Fernández.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

President’s press secretary Biondi resigns after CFK criticism

17-09-2021 19:17 Communications & Press Secretary Juan Pablo Biondi resigns, less than a day after Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner accused him of carrying out “operations” in the media against her.

Government forecasts 33% inflation, 4% growth in 2022 Budget

17-09-2021 14:07 Economy Minister Martín Guzmán meets deadline, submitting Budget bill to Congress at the last possible moment in the dead of night, as crisis raged in the ruling coalition.

CFK ally describes president as ‘squatter’ in leaked WhatsApp audio

16-09-2021 18:00 Outgoing national deputy Fernanda Vallejos (Frente de Todos-Buenos Aires Province) poured fuel on the flames of the ruling coalition’s post-PASO crisis this week with strident criticism of President Alberto Fernández.

Alberto Fernández vows to unify coalition after offers to quit

16-09-2021 14:42 President Alberto Fernández vowed to keep his broad ruling coalition unified on Thursday, a day after several cabinet ministers offered to quit their posts.   

Interior Minister Eduardo 'Wado' de Pedro offers resignation, others set to follow

15-09-2021 14:25 Interior Minister Eduardo ‘Wado’ de Pedro offers resignation to President Alberto Fernández; As many as four other Cabinet officials also expected to quit.

Guzmán's position as economy minister not at risk, despite PASO defeat

14-09-2021 17:08 Government sources insist that results of PASO primaries show that blame needs to be shared around and assure that economy minister will remain in place.

by Fernando Nolé

Facing up to defeat

14-09-2021 10:09 The defeat was logical enough, but in Argentina, the logical does not always happen.

by Rosendo Fraga

Argentine bonds, stocks gain after vote signals change ahead

13-09-2021 21:00 Prices for the government’s most traded dollar-denominated bond jumped almost four percent to the highest since January, while the cost to insure its debt against default fell to a three-week low. The Global X MSCI Argentina exchange-traded fund added 2.2 percent. 

PASO primaries 2021: Winners and losers

13-09-2021 10:34 Horacio Rodríguez Larreta emerges strengthened from PASO primaries; President Alberto Fernández and Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner perhaps the night's biggest losers.

Government suffers heavy defeat in PASO primaries

13-09-2021 02:37 Frente de Todos suffers heavy defeats in City, Córdoba and Mendoza, while losing in heartlands including Buenos Aires and Santa Fe. Balance of power now up for grabs in the Senate, sparking concern in the Casa Rosada.

by James Grainger

PASO: First results hint at strong showing for opposition

12-09-2021 22:23 First results hint at strong performance for opposition coalition in Sunday's primaries, with Juntos candidates holding strong leads over Frente de Todos rivals in Buenos Aires City and Province.

The PASO primaries could be a non-event – or a game changer

12-09-2021 19:06 Primary election will serve as early test on the political strength of President Alberto Fernández’s ruling coalition.

Argentina heads to polls for key PASO primaries

10-09-2021 15:09 After weeks of campaigning and a pandemic-induced postponement, Argentina finally heads to polls for the 2021 PASO primaries.

What’s at stake in Argentina’s PASO primaries?

10-09-2021 14:12 Argentines take to the polls on September 12 in a PASO primary vote that will measure the political strength of the federal Peronist government and the opposition ahead of midterm elections on November 14.