25/05/2012 | Editorial Spanish

¿Azul, negro y verde? II

25/05/2012 | Editorial English

Trains Begging Answers

The Trenes de Buenos Aires (TBA) suburban railway concession has now shared the fate of Spanish Repsol’s majority shareholding in YPF but without any promise of shale oil wealth on the horizon — no wonder, then, that the removal of the concession was announced...

25/05/2012 | Columnist

Travelling back to 776 BC

Although some scrolls from the period have been found, a lot of what was written about that very first Olympiad in 776 BC must be considered as legend. But think for a moment that you have...

24/05/2012 | Editorial Spanish

¿Bomba o pirotecnia?

24/05/2012 | Editorial English

Bomb or fireworks?

If the lethal 1992-4 terrorist bomb attacks against the Israeli Embassy and the AMIA Jewish community centre have not been clarified after two decades, we can hardly expect instant enlightenment about the explosive device discovered on Wednesday at the...

24/05/2012 | Columnist

War against the blue greenback

In the UK, people bemoan the pound sterling’s excessive strength or humiliating weakness because, despite having long since lost the top spot it once held in the international...

23/05/2012 | Editorial Spanish

¿Al final del túnel?

23/05/2012 | Columnist

A Rock and ghost ships

April 2 is long gone from the calender and we are now bracing for June 14, the anniversary of the Argentine military surrender to end the 74-day war of 1982. Meanwhile, London and Buenos...

23/05/2012 | Editorial English

At the end of the tunnel?

Thanks to a provisional subway wage bonus agreement, citizens should be able to commute normally until Friday’s public holiday kicks in but this should not be confused with living happily ever after — neither in the long, medium or even extremely short...

23/05/2012 | Analysis

Secular or Islamist? Egypt chooses a president