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Alberto on the psychiatrist’s couch

06-03-2021 08:28 Is Alberto his own man or just a dutiful servant who is willing to go to any extreme to ingratiate himself with an employer who has plenty of good reasons to despise him?

by James Neilson

What we learned this week: December 26 to January 2

02-01-2021 08:48 Our pick of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Fernández de Kirchner calls for political pact to end Argentina’s currency woes

27-10-2020 00:20 Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner called Tuesday for a grand political agreement to resolve Argentina’s mounting currency crisis, a move that was mostly met with incredulity among the opposition.

Judge orders ex-Colombian president Uribe freed from house arrest

11-10-2020 08:43 Judge orders release of former president, in a case that has divided Colombia and exposed lingering tensions over its peace accord for ending a half-century conflict with leftist guerrillas.

Argentina’s burnout syndrome

29-08-2020 08:28 The lack of social contact, confinement, and a current state of alert given protracted panic is causing anxiety and cognitively wearing down our population, making the future recovery even more uncertain.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Ex-Colombia president Uribe resigning Senate seat amid probe

19-08-2020 09:21 Uribe posted his resignation letter on Twitter, denouncing the court’s decision to place him under house arrest while the probe advances as a violation of his rights that “eliminates any expectation of being able to return to the Senate.”

Anxiety and anguish in Buenos Aires as lockdown returns

04-07-2020 08:57 The Buenos Aires metropolitan area returned to a strict quarantine this week and many citizens are growing increasingly uncomfortable.

Cristina & Macri’s pornographic obsession with the dollar

06-06-2020 08:38 Monetary debasement is a policy that every Argentine government since the return of democracy has collaborated with, and those “smart” enough to play the game have always stored their wealth as far as they can from Argentine pesos, Macri and Cristina included.

by Agustino Fontevecchia