News of speech

Alberto and CFK expose their differences yet again – but with good manners

04-06-2022 10:41 President and the vice-president re-appear together at event marking 100 years of YPF; There were smiles – but also warnings from both sides.

by Rosario Ayerdi

POLITICS

Fernández de Kirchner tells president to embrace 'conflict' and govern

04-06-2022 09:21 Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, speaking at an event marking the 100th anniversary of state energy firm YPF, declares that it is impossible to “govern without conflict” in Argentina and calls on President Fernández to embrace the challenge.

SOCIAL MEDIA TAKEOVER

Free speech or hate speech? Fears for Musk's Twitter

29-04-2022 08:56 Elon Musk, the world's richest man, has sealed a deal to buy Twitter for US$44 billion, potentially delivering him personal control of one of the most influential social media platforms on the planet.

PROFILE

Elon Musk: smasher of elites or self-serving pragmatist?

29-04-2022 08:49 Critics say his passion for unfettered conversation has often appeared less profound when his own interests have been at stake.

Julian Assange

UK court formally issues order to extradite Julian Assange to US

20-04-2022 10:50 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange step closer to extradition after UK court approves Washington's request to see him face trial on US soil.

'WAR ON INFLATION'

President Fernández calls for extraordinary steps to tackle inflation

19-03-2022 19:09 Peronist leader says his ministers would start rolling out new measures immediately against inflation.

NEW CONGRESS SESSIONS

Fernández slams Macri in speech to Congress, prompting opposition walkout

04-03-2022 23:07 Opposition PRO party lawmakers walk out on speech to Congress after president once again attacks Macri for agreeing an “unpayable foreign debt” with IMF.

IMF DEBT DEAL

Argentina has reached a deal with IMF staff, says president

01-03-2022 22:01 President Alberto Fernández announces government has reached an agreement with the staff of the International Monetary Fund on details needed to refinance the country’s loan with the Washington organisation.

SENATOR STEPS DOWN

Esteban Bullrich bows out of Congress with emotional speech

10-12-2021 23:15 Senator Esteban Bullrich delivers an emotional farewell speech in upper house after confirming his resignation due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

CRIME & SECURITY

Gang attacks offices of Clarín newspaper with molotov cocktails

23-11-2021 16:07 Political leaders, press groups condemn attack on offices of Clarín newspaper in Barracas. At least nine homemade incendiary devices were thrown at building’s entrance by attackers.

57th IDEA COLLOQUIUM

Fernández warns business leaders over ‘incomprehensible’ price rises

15-10-2021 18:24 President Alberto Fernández, Economy Minister Martín Guzmán and Pope Francis among the names addressing 57th IDEA colloquium.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Bolsonaro critics face 'intimidation campaign' in Brazil

22-03-2021 14:36 Lawyers and human-rights activists warn Brazil is seeing a surge in legal and extra-legal moves to stifle dissent against President Jair Bolsonaro.

EDITORIAL

Two can also be a crowd

06-03-2021 09:46 The convergence between president and vice-president, consolidated this week in favour of the latter’s line, carries the price of those who have always written off Alberto Fernández as a puppet standing vindicated.

THE WEEK

What we learned this week: February 27 to March 6

06-03-2021 09:42 Stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

POLITICS & THE PANDEMIC

The year of the jab

06-03-2021 09:29 The president’s speech was not all about Covid. Fernández drove home the message – with the five members of the Supreme Court looking on remotely – that he is not satisfied with the performance of the judicial branch.

by Martín Gambarotta

AND THAT REMINDS ME...

State of the nation

06-03-2021 09:24 Last Monday was not “100 percent Cristina” – the spirit of her perhaps but not the letter. More credit should go to Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero.

by Michael Soltys

state of the nation address

Fernández reiterates call for judicial reform in speech to Congress

01-03-2021 17:15 President Alberto Fernández reiterates his call for broad judicial reform and warns IMF he won't accept a "recessive adjustment" as he delivers speech opening new congressional sessions.

UNIQUE HANDOVER IN WASHINGTON

Insurrection, impeachment, infamy, inauguration

23-01-2021 09:11 On a strange, security-heavy inauguration day in Washington, Joe Biden vows to unite a country in the face a series of unprecedented crises.

by Julia Logue

TRUMP ERA IS OVER

Trump leaves White House, skipping Biden's inauguration

20-01-2021 10:44 President Donald Trump left the White House for the last time on Wednesday, skipping the inauguration of his successor Joe Biden in an extraordinary break with tradition. Before departing, he offered one final speech, asking Americans to "remember us."

SOCIAL MEDIA

The fallacy of 'deplatforming' Donald Trump

16-01-2021 08:11 Regardless of whether the decisions made by Mark Zuckerbeg and Jack Dorsey were right or wrong, the Trump ban lays bare the absolute fallacy behind arguments used by the major platforms in the past.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Data journalism

How to hunt down a hate group on the Internet

06-01-2021 05:00 In the second of two articles on hate speech and online communication, technology expert Julio López explores how to become involved in the fight against messages of discrimination and prejudice on social networks.

by Julio López

Hate & social media

Hate groups flourish on social networks in Argentina

05-01-2021 05:00 In the first of a two-part series on hate speech and online communication, technology expert Julio López explores how easy it is for messages of discrimination and prejudice to spread on social networks.

by Julio López, via PERFIL

US ELECTION 2020

Biden declares victory in US election, calls on nation to mend divisions

07-11-2020 23:47 "It’s time to put away the harsh rhetoric," declares US president-elect, as he calls on the United States to reconcile after a bitterly fought campaign against Donald Trump.

US ELECTION 2020

Pitching for Biden, Obama urges voters to cast Trump out of office

22-10-2020 01:05 “What we do these next 13 days will matter for decades to come,” declares former US president as he blasts Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and fitness for the job.

OCTOBER 17 ANNIVERSARY

Fernández vows to put Argentina ‘back on its feet’ in Peronist loyalty day speech

19-10-2020 16:24 President Alberto Fernández told his political backers and supporters on Saturday that he wants to rid Argentina of “hatred” and put the country “back on its feet.”

AS I SEE IT

On the lookout for dangerous thoughts

17-10-2020 09:23 Though militant Kirchnerites and their leftist allies may be every bit as strident as members of the woke brigades who enjoy ruining the careers of those who do not share all their views, here in Argentina their foes, veterans of decades of on intellectual conflict, are proving to be less easy to cow.

by James Neilson

US 2020 Election

Facebook moves to target misinformation before election

03-09-2020 11:32 Facebook will place new restrictions on political advertising the week before the United States presidential election as a way of targeting misinformation about Covid-19 and voting.