That immortal saying popularised by Miguel de Cervantes in Don Quixote – that “second parts never were good” – could well apply to Marcelo Gallardo’s second spell in charge of River Plate.... Read more »

The final passage of President Javier Milei’s Labour Modernisation bill is imminent. During legislative debate, in both chambers of Congress, the government has argued in favour of the need to reduce labour... Read more »

Chile for decades finessed the geopolitical rivalry between China, its top trading partner, and the US, its leading foreign investor. Those days seem to be over. Just days ahead of a summit of... Read more »

Latin America stands to benefit from US President Donald Trump’s greater involvement, said Paraguay President Santiago Peña, who has emerged as one of the staunchest US allies in the region. “When the... Read more »

More than 200 Venezuelan political prisoners were on hunger strike Sunday to demand their release under a new amnesty law that excludes many of them. The amnesty was approved by Venezuela’s congress... Read more »

Argentina’s lower house of Congress passed President Javier Milei’s signature labour reform bill, a key step in the libertarian’s ambitious agenda that could help the nation return to global markets.  In a... Read more »

  FULL WEEK FOR CONGRESS The lower house Chamber of Deputies on Thursday debated the Labour Modernisation bill approved by the Senate earlier in the month against a backdrop of protests immediately... Read more »

Argentine football has a problem. Not the everyday gripes we air out – Claudio ‘Chiqui’ Tapia, stupid league formats, referees favouring certain clubs, and so on and so forth – but one... Read more »

With the Javier Milei administration beginning to effectively throw around its recently attained legislative weight, Argentina is deepening the trench lines of the latest iteration of ‘la grieta,’ the country’s unique brand... Read more »