All eyes on Buenos Aires Province but with five weekends still to go before voters redefine its irrelevant legislative branch this column will delay its focus until nearer the time – instead... Read more »
All social orders, including those devised by individuals who make much of their egalitarian sentiments, are elitist by nature. People at the top invariably justify their good fortune by alluding to their... Read more »
Every week that passes, a new scandal emerges. It must be the heat of the campaign. The latest “victim” is the controversial Justice Minister, Mariano Cúneo Libarona, who appeared on a hidden... Read more »
A robot explores the dark, cold, deep sea floor of the South Atlantic, transmitting images of vibrant coral and fish never seen before as scientists give live commentary via YouTube. And Argentines... Read more »
The electoral season is proving particularly messy since Javier Milei’s libertarian coalition sparked the implosion and successive fragmentation of Argentina’s dysfunctional political system. To many, the economic problem with Argentina isn’t some... Read more »
The incoming US Ambassador to Buenos Aires, Peter Lamelas, could not make up his mind in his Senate testimony this week whether it was “a problem” or “an opportunity” for Argentina that... Read more »
In many countries, among them the United States, politics has degenerated into a mud-wrestling match between the loony right and the loony left. This has often been the case in Argentina, where... Read more »
“OK, I’ll step aside but I’m taking others down with me.” Such was Santiago Caputo’s threatening leitmotiv in recent days as part of the unprecedented tussle with Karina Milei’s main operators, the cousins... Read more »
Argentina, like much of the world, is undergoing a process of job redefinition. Transport and delivery platforms like Uber and Rappi, previously linked mainly to the informally employed and those without a... Read more »
Food insecurity affecting the country’s children and adolescents is a structural problem observed in the current economic cycle, according to a new report. The study, based on data collected by UCA Catholic... Read more »