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ELECTIONS 2025

Juan Pablo Valdés coasts to victory in Corrientes Province

Yesterday 16:41 Ruling party candidate and brother of the current governor, Gustavo Valdés, clears 50% threshold to avoid run-off; Peronism finishes second, with La Libertad Avanza a disappointing fourth.

CAMPAIGN COMMENTS

Swimming against the current

30-08-2025 06:04 The undecided in Corrientes could just top up Juan Pablo Valdés over the 40 percent needed to ensure first-round victory, although the current Zeitgeist of voter apathy would make it likelier for them to sit this one out.

by Michael Soltys

FEATURE

Challenging overfishing: The craft fishers of Peninsula Valdés

26-07-2025 06:02 At Península Valdés in Argentina’s south, a group of artisanal fishers practise a daily craft which runs counter to the voracity of extractive industry. From a fishing province, they are rescuing a trade requiring patience and risk in a protected area many today view as under threat. A look at it’s like to work in a North Patagonian gulf, in crystal-clear waters, where whales follow motorboats as dogs run after the wheels of a lorry.

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

IMF official steps back from Argentina talks in feud with Milei

12-09-2024 13:34 IMF's top negotiator with Argentina delegates talks to colleagues after drawing the ire of President Javier Milei.

POLITICS

Corrientes security minister resigns post amid missing child case

12-07-2024 15:28 Buenaventura Duarte has tendered his resignation to Corrientes Province Governor Gustavo Valdés, with national deputy Alfredo Vallejos set to replace him.

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

IMF backs negotiator who drew Milei’s ire in Argentina aid talks

11-07-2024 15:48 Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva "has full confidence" in top negotiator Rodrigo Valdés despite criticism from President Javeir Milei.

WARNING FROM FUND

IMF warns Argentina not to dawdle on incremental economic reform

14-10-2023 07:47 Argentina has no time to make gradual economic adjustments as it faces soaring consumer prices and its sixth recession in a decade, says top IMF official.