News of vidal

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.