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Monday, 22 March, 2021

Global InsightBenedict Mander
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s dominance in Argentina becomes apparent
VP is leading the administration’s campaign ahead of midterm elections after VIP vaccines scandal hits President Alberto Fernández
Monday, 1 March, 2021

How To Spend It
Travel news: a mirrored house in Mexico...
...and other adventures to reflect on
Wednesday, 24 February, 2021

ReviewFiction
Genre round-up — the best new crime thrillers
Sergio Olguín’s latest gripping tale, tenacious heroines, plus murders in Africa
Monday, 22 February, 2021

Global InsightMichael Stott
Alberto Fernández, Latin America’s unlikely leader
Undeterred by dire economy, Argentina’s president seeks bigger regional role
Saturday, 20 February, 2021

Argentina’s health minister fired in ‘VIP vaccines’ scandal
Ginés González García personally helped get jabs for government allies
Monday, 15 February, 2021

FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
EU to allow UK data flow, commodities boom, China's box office
Brussels set to allow EU data into the UK, prices signal a new commodity 'supercycle'
Sunday, 14 February, 2021

Carlos Menem, former Argentine president, dies aged 90
Flamboyant leader embraced free-market doctrine and liberalised the economy
Sunday, 14 February, 2021

Argentina’s powerful vice-president pushes for delay to IMF debt deal
Cristina Fernández and her allies want to wait until pandemic is over
Monday, 8 February, 2021

Oil & Gas industry
Argentina’s largest oil group swerves $6.2bn debt default
State-controlled YPF reaches agreement with creditors in fillip for country’s energy sector
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Wednesday, 30 December, 2020

Argentina legalises abortion
Pro-choice activists celebrate after Senate approves reform in all-night session
Sunday, 27 December, 2020

Argentine feminists pin hopes on Peronist duo to pass abortion bill
Fernández administration seeks to get legislation past senate hurdle this week
Wednesday, 9 December, 2020

News in-depthCapital markets
Creditors to Argentina’s provinces fight to avoid painful restructurings
Lenders form committee to push for better deals than those secured at national level
Sunday, 29 November, 2020

Argentine economy
Argentina damps hopes of quick deal with IMF
Economy minister Martín Guzmán says government is in no rush for new programme
Thursday, 26 November, 2020

ObituaryDiego Maradona
Diego Maradona, Argentine football great, 1960-2020
Supreme player who led his country to victory at 1986 World Cup in a tumultuous life on and off the pitch
Wednesday, 25 November, 2020

Diego Maradona
Football world mourns death of Argentine legend Diego Maradona
Player with few peers on the pitch struggled with addiction throughout his life
Monday, 16 November, 2020

Peronist senators in Argentina demand concessions from IMF
Letter sent by lawmakers loyal to vice-president has raised concerns about negotiations
Tuesday, 10 November, 2020

News in-depthCurrencies
Argentina investors still nervous after state efforts to support peso
Fund managers forecast the currency will suffer further without broad reform plan
Tuesday, 27 October, 2020

Rich residents map escape route from Argentina’s ‘money trap’
Proposed wealth tax to help tackle poverty and inequality threatens to accelerate exodus to Uruguay
Monday, 26 October, 2020

Energy sector
Further reading
Renewable energy; Navalny; Shipwrecks; and much more.
Monday, 26 October, 2020

News in-depthGlobal Insight
It is premature for Latin America’s left to celebrate a new ‘Pink Tide’
Evo Morales’ party makes a comeback in Bolivia ahead of elections in Ecuador, Peru and Chile
Friday, 23 October, 2020

Argentina bondholders accuse government of undermining recovery
Rebuke comes as bond prices are mired in distressed territory just months after restructuring deal
Friday, 16 October, 2020

ObituaryJoaquín Salvador Lavado Tejón
Quino, cartoonist, 1932-2020
Creator of the precocious Mafalda, a beloved icon of Hispanic culture who poked fun at politics and power
Tuesday, 13 October, 2020

News in-depth
Argentina on ‘collision course’ towards currency devaluation
Gap between official and black market exchange rates continues to widen
Thursday, 1 October, 2020

News in-depthArgentine politics
Argentina judicial reforms will shield Cristina Fernández, say critics
Detractors claim measures will protect the vice-president and former leader from accountability
Monday, 28 September, 2020

Argentina bonds ‘back in hot water’ just weeks after restructuring deal
Economic worries trigger worst start for reshuffled EM debt in two decades, say analysts