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Jorge Cortés

Political leaders and officials mourn death of Hipólito Yrigoyen mayor

22-08-2019 12:18 Hipólito Yrigoyen mayor Jorge Cortés died in a car accident Wednesday after a meeting of PJ officials with Axel Kicillof.

ELECTION 2019

Macri fumbles PASO

17-08-2019 09:59 How did that happen? Well, unemployment is higher than in 2015. Poverty is higher than 2015. Inflation is higher than in 2015. Voters are having a hard time making ends meet. Top all that with the massive utility rate hikes and what do you get? Electoral defeat, that’s what.

by Martín Gambarotta

PASO FALL-OUT

'We need more time to reflect,' says Vidal after PASO loss to Kicillof

12-08-2019 16:34 Buenos Aires Province Governor María Eugenia Vidal admits her government has to 'listen' to voters in the province in run-up to October's decisive vote, after steep loss to Kirchnerite hopeful Axel Kicillof.

PASO

Macri asks Argentina to ‘vote for the future’ in PASOs

10-08-2019 10:17 ‘The country we want is in the future, not in the past,’ declares president at closing rally, as Juntos por el Cambio strives to boost Governor Vidal’s changes of re-election in Buenos Aires Province.

PASO

In dual rallies, Frente de Todos vows ‘an Argentina everyone deserves’

09-08-2019 18:50 With Fernández in Córdoba and Fernández de Kirchner and Kicillof in the province, Frente de Todos ends its PASO campaign with a round of final attacks on President Macri and his allies.

PASO

Negative PASO result for Macri would unleash market turmoil, warn analysts

07-08-2019 17:30 Domestic and international observers fear economic backlash, should Alberto Fernández finish more than five points ahead of President Macri and his allies in this weekend's primaries.

by Lucas Robinson

2019 Election

Macri closes Buenos Aires campaign ahead of PASO

07-08-2019 00:06 Juntos por el Cambio’s Buenos Aires candidates held their final pre-PASO rally in Caballito Tuesday to make their case to porteños.

PASO

Campaigns gear up for final PASO sprint

05-08-2019 15:27 The primary's final week will see Macri campaign in the City and the 'Fernández-Fernández' ticket reuniting in Rosario.

ELECTION 2019

New poll: Macri and Vidal trail opponents among voters in BA province

24-07-2019 14:06 Synopsis survey of 1,390 voters in Buenos Aires Province places Macri 8.6 points behind Fernández, with Governor Vidal 1.8 points behind challenger Axel Kicillof.

ELECTION 2019

Axel Kicillof dismisses labels, takes aim at critics in sweeping interview

22-07-2019 09:31 Candidate to become Buenos Aires Province governor denies he was ever part of a 'Trotskyist or Marxist' party in interview with Perfil's Jorge Fontevecchia.

Buenos Aires province

Vidal, Kicillof up the ante ahead of neck-and-neck provincial race

20-07-2019 09:43 As Axel Kicillof steps up efforts, Governor Vidal must surpass her 2015 result and overcome political differences with mayors.

2019 Elections

New polls indicate virtual tie in run-off between Macri and Fernández

12-07-2019 08:00 Polls by Management & Fit and Isonomía show minimal difference between Macri and Fernández, Vidal four points ahead of Kicillof

2019 elections

Campaigning heats up with signs of highly polarised election

11-07-2019 12:00 President Macri's official coalition launch event dominated by references to inheritance left by Fernández de Kirchner administration.

2019 Elections

Vidal suspects Máximo Kirchner will seek presidency in 2023

08-07-2019 10:08 Governor of Buenos Aires province María Eugenia Vidal speaks out against challenge by Kirchnerite gubernatorial candidate Axel Kicillof: 'La Cámpora will govern. It won't influence, it will govern'.

Copa América

Peru upsets Chile and will face Brazil in Copa América final

04-07-2019 12:29 The Peruvian side, which was in danger of being eliminated in the group stage, beat Chile 3-0.

2019 Elections

Camaño to face former ally Massa as BA province candidate

23-06-2019 16:57 Graciela Camaño will lead Roberto Lavagna's coalition on the ballot for Buenos Aires province, while former Bolivar mayor Eduardo Bucca is set to challenge María Eugenia Vidal for the governorship.

AS I SEE IT

Fun time for politicians

08-06-2019 10:51 Politicians like electioneering so much that they have put in place a series of obstacles candidates must jump over before reaching the finishing straight.

by James Neilson

2019 Elections

'Defend change': Macri launches social media blitz

02-06-2019 08:44 In past elections, Macri's PRO Party has shown a particular savviness with social media in comparison to more traditional parties like the Peronists.

KEY STORIES

May 27th-June 2nd: What we learned this week

01-06-2019 11:59 The stories that caught our eye from the last seven days.

EDITORIAL

Editorial: Young blood, old ghosts

20-10-2018 08:58 We now turn from all this healthy positive spirit to the morbidly negative picture of local politics.

IRREGULARITIES IN VIDAL'S CAMPAIGN

Editorial: Scandalous campaign financing

28-07-2018 11:56 The most popular and respected politician in the country has nos longer her hands clean.

EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION

Economic turbulence prompts re-election uncertainty for Macri

04-06-2018 11:56 The latest IPSOS Argentina survey in May found that Argentines are cutting personal spending and worrying about issues like the dollar and IMF deal. In this context, Macri has a 55-percent chance of re-election.

by Brenda Lynch

CRITICISM POORS IN

BA Governor Vidal: 'Nobody born poor in Argentina makes it to university'

01-06-2018 10:59 María Eugenia Vidal’s statements to the Rotary Club on Wednesday were met with dismay and disapproval.

KEY STORIES FROM THE LAST SEVEN DAYS

April 23rd-28th: what we learned this week

28-04-2018 11:01 From the visit of the Chilean president, Piñera, to the shift of the dollar and the protest at the opening of the Book Fair

ECONOMIC QUESTIONS

Money acting funny

28-04-2018 10:24 Macri is using María Eugenia Vidal’s initiative in waiving provincial taxation to pressure her colleagues to emulate her, thus placing the ball in their court.

by Michael Soltys

SOCIALIST GOVERNOR

'Macri is passing the buck onto provinces': Santa Fe governor Lifschitz

24-04-2018 11:47 The national government wants provincial governments to partly cover the costs of the temporary pricing mechanism it announced last week that will allow consumers to pay their Winter utility bills in delayed installments.

As BA City seals wage deal

BA province teachers to set up protest camp near Gov't House

26-03-2018 23:14 From Tuesday, BA province teachers will camp in front of Government House in La Plata.

GAMBLING AND BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE

Vidal hedges bets in bid to tackle gambling in BA province

17-03-2018 10:12 During her election campaign, Governor María Eugenia Vidal vowed to tackle the problem, but she is finding that lengthy licences and pushback from the racing industry have stacked the odds against her.

by Federico Poore

BA PROVINCE

Vidal gov’t to meet teachers unions as wage stand-off continues

16-03-2018 10:26 Teachers led a two-day strike at public schools in early March, complaining that the Vidal government’s wage offer falls far short of the 20-percent annual inflation that economists predict for 2018.

Amid drought

Vidal to farmers: “You won’t walk this path alone”

13-03-2018 10:02 The ongoing drought across Argentina’s agricultural heartland, the Pampa, could slash one percentage point off Gross Domestic Product growth in 2018, economists warn.

18 days before school starts

Collective bargaining talks between teachers and Vidal gov't to begin Thursday

14-02-2018 13:20 Unions oppose the inclusion of a trigger clause in the deal and have already expressed their intention to reject the 15-percent hike offered by the María Eugenia Vidal provincial government.

ELECTION FUNDING

Campaign spending: Cambiemos spent three times more than CFK in BA province

23-11-2017 13:57 President Macri's coalition outspent Unidad Ciudadana three-to-one in Argentina's most crucial district: Buenos Aires province. CFK's new party was uneligible for public campaign funding.