14/06/2016 | Transparencia
The Corrupt Zigzag, an Argentine Dance
Argentina is changing political direction again, in a century-old zigzag from left to right and back. Traumatic though this obsessive ritual is, what is most amazing is that the language almost never changes: The powers that be are corrupt. Throw them out.
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21/03/2016 | En Profundidad
The Long Shadow of Argentina’s Dictatorship
When President Obama lands in Buenos Aires this week, he will be arriving on the eve of one of the most traumatic dates in our history. On March 24, Argentina commemorates the 40th anniversary of a military coup that “disappeared” thousands of people, a deep trauma in Argentina’s national psyche.
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06/11/2015 | En Profundidad
Argentina - A Post-Peronist President at Last?
The last time Argentina was scheduled to hold a presidential runoff election was 12 years ago. That occasion was very unusual in that the winning candidate, intimidated by the thin margin of his victory, decided to quit the field. Rather than risk losing in the second round of voting, he chose to step down, leaving the presidency to the candidate who had been the runner-up in the first round.
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10/02/2015 | En Profundidad
How Argentina ‘Suicides’ the Truth
Political “suicides” are so common in Argentina that a special word has been invented for them.
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04/02/2014 | Economia y Finanzas
Peso panic and rocketing prices shake the throne of Argentina's Queen Cristina
Argentina's president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, and her ministers blame foreign 'vultures' for an economic meltdown as power cuts hit Buenos Aires and goods vanish from supermarket shelves
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20/03/2013 | Dossier Francisco I
The Pope and Argentina’s President: Friends at Last?
The first head of state received by Pope Francis was President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of his native Argentina. The meeting Monday was outwardly warm and relaxed, the two exchanging gifts in front of the cameras before retiring for a private lunch.
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22/08/2007 | En Profundidad
Argentina Cries Foul Against Chavez
Nestor and Cristina Kirchner, President and First Lady-Senator of Argentina, should love Venezuela's Hugo Chavez unequivocally. After all, Chavez is using Venezuela's petroleum riches to shore up Argentina's struggling economy, buying $1 billion of the country's bonds and investing $400 million in a natural gas plant to bolster Buenos Aires' energy needs.
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