Alberto Fernández’s chief of staff, Juan Manzur, will leave his role next week to run for the position of vice-governor of Tucumán, his home province. Manzur, who has been in his role since September 2021, will run on a ticket with current vice governor Osvaldo Jaldo. “We are …
President Alberto Fernández has kickstarted the election year once and for all over the past 24 hours. In an interview on Monday morning on Urbana Play FM, he didn’t rule out competing in the Frente de Todos primaries, to seek another term in office. He also refused to …
Ex-President Mauricio Macri and Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodriguez Larreta met in Cumelén Country Club, in Villa la Angostura, where the former leader usually spends his holidays. Last week, Macri also met with PRO President Patricia Bullrich, in a series of gatherings that are likely to outline the …
Leaders from ruling coalition Frente de Todos, including Máximo Kirchner, Sergio Massa, Wado de Pedro, Cecilia Moreau, Mayra Mendoza and Martín Insaurralde, gathered on Tuesday evening at a party meeting in Merlo, in Buenos Aires Province. Representatives from several districts of the province, including Cañuelas, Tigre, Avellaneda, Ezeiza …
The Argentine Business Association and a group of 500 business leaders have issued statements asking Congress to halt a bill put forward by President Alberto Fernández to impeach the Supreme Court. Both statements were released on January 19, a week before the impeachment bill is scheduled for debate …
Opposition deputy Luciano Laspina could be on the hook for the sum of one piglet after apparently losing a bizarre bet on inflation to colleague, Carlos Heller. During a house session last June, Laspina said “We’ll have an inflation of more than 100%, I’m betting a piglet on …
Yesterday evening, President Alberto Fernández formally announced that lawmakers would be called to special congressional sessions from January 23 to February 28 in order to debate 27 bills, including several politically charged issues such as the bid to impeach the Supreme Court. Four of the bills are about …
Leaders of opposition coalition Juntos por el Cambio have announced plans to boycott the government’s legislative agenda for the duration of its impeachment bid against the supreme court. “For as long as this abuse against the Supreme Court of Justice continues, we will not give quorum or viability …
Buenos Aires mayor and opposition figurehead, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, has appointed top economist Martín Redrado to his team in a move signalling his possible cabinet lineup if he were to win the 2023 presidential elections. Redrado will join his government in the newly-created role of Secretary of Strategic …
