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‘Dollarization is a mirage’: 170 economists reject Milei’s plan

Dollarizing Argentina’s economy would cause spiraling inflation, recurrent recessions, and high unemployment without solving the country’s...

11.09.2023 5

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Tango dancers wow Buenos Aires at world championships

As the sun set behind the Buenos Aires Obelisk, dozens of tango dancers from around the world turned the avenue Diagonal Norte into a milonga on...

05.09.2023 40

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Argentina’s primaries: how did coalitions do across the country?

By Amy Booth and Molly Troup Libertarian economist Javier Milei of La Libertad Avanza (LLA) emerged as the candidate with the most votes in...

14.08.2023 10

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Patricia Bullrich: the security and order hawk with a Peronist past

Presidential candidate. Security minister. National deputy. Hockey champion. Peronist militant. Montonera? Patricia Bullrich, leader of the right-wing...

14.08.2023 50

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Here’s why Argentina’s primary elections are so important

This Sunday, Argentines will head to the ballot boxes to choose each coalition’s candidates for this year’s presidential elections in primary...

11.08.2023 40

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NASA Administrator: ‘We want Argentina as a partner in our space projects’

NASA, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, wants to partner with Argentina on space projects, its Administrator Bill Nelson said...

28.07.2023 40

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Militarized borders, tasers and tech: Larreta unveils security platform

Opposition presidential primary candidate Horacio Rodríguez Larreta said on Thursday morning that he would militarize Argentina’s borders, ramp up...

20.07.2023 20

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Former Herald editor Robert Cox given honorary doctorate by Rosario University

Former Buenos Aires Herald editor Robert Cox’s outstanding bravery in covering crimes against humanity during the most brutal period of...

08.07.2023 30

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‘Afro-descendant and Indigenous people are invisibilized here’

Commissioner Margarette May Macaulay, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), spoke to the Herald during a visit to...

30.06.2023 3

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Human rights secretariat files lawsuit over Jujuy protest crackdown

Argentina’s Human Rights Secretariat has filed a criminal complaint against the Jujuy provincial government after a series of roadblocks and...

28.06.2023 4

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Regulator orders Edesur to pay AR$417 million over power outages

Argentina’s National Electricity Regulatory Body (ENRE, by its Spanish initials) has announced that it will order power company Edesur to pay its...

27.06.2023 8

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Argentina 2023 elections: these are the candidates

By Amy Booth and Estefania Pozzo The deadline for Argentina’s parties and coalitions to register candidates for president, vice president, and...

25.06.2023 10

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“He was in the dance”: politicians react to Massa presidential run

Coalition-mates and trade unionists have congratulated Economy Minister Sergio Massa and Chief of Staff Agustín Rossi after Friday night’s surprise...

24.06.2023 7

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Unión por la Patria announces Massa and Rossi as only presidential ticket

By Amy Booth, Facundo Iglesia and Estefanía Pozzo Ruling coalition Unión por la Patria (UxP) has announced that Economy Minister Sergio Massa will...

24.06.2023 40

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Open Newsroom: a Herald event about how we cover the Argentine news

It can be complicated explaining what’s happening in Argentina to people who aren’t from here. Economic crises come one after the other, protests...

07.06.2023 10

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Rodríguez Larreta says JxC discussing alliances with Schiaretti, Espert and Stolbizer

Buenos Aires City Mayor and presidential candidate Horacio Rodríguez said on Sunday that his opposition coalition Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) has been...

05.06.2023 10

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Chief of Staff Agustín Rossi launches presidential campaign

Chief of Staff Agustín Rossi will run for the ruling Frente de Todos (FdT) coalition’s presidential nomination, he announced via social media on...

30.05.2023 20

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Government further tightens access to financial dollar market

24.05.2023 20

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Women’s Ministers express solidarity with Thelma Fardín

Argentina’s Women, Gender and Diversity Minister Ayelén Mazzina has signed a joint statement with her Brazilian counterpart, Women’s Minister...

20.05.2023 20

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Tucumán Governor pulls out of provincial elections after Supreme Court suspension

Tucumán province’s Governor Juan Manzur announced on Thursday night that he was pulling out of the local elections. The move came after Tuesday’s...

12.05.2023 9

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Election suspension: Fernández attacks Supreme Court on TV

President Alberto Fernández took to Argentina’s public television channel on Wednesday noon to attack the Supreme Court’s announcement yesterday...

10.05.2023 10

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AmCham president calls to limit ‘disproportionate growth’ of state in Argentina

Facundo Gómez Minujín, President of the United States Chamber of Commerce in Argentina (Amcham Argentina), criticized President Alberto...

09.05.2023 5

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British Embassy in Argentina celebrates coronation of King Charles III

Hundreds of politicians, civil society and business leaders, and representatives of the Anglo-Argentine community gathered in the Residence of the...

06.05.2023 10

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High society: 350kg drug seizure in Salta reflects Argentina’s growing cocaine use

The discovery of nearly 350 kilos of cocaine in a tanker in Salta province earlier this week is a symptom of a drug trade that is becoming more...

30.04.2023 5

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Dr. Arboleda: “Climate change and extreme heat are contributing to dengue”

Dr. Nelson Arboleda is the director of the Office of the Americas at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. With previous roles at the...

29.04.2023 20

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IMF head acknowledges drought “harming people significantly”

International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva explicitly acknowledged the severity of the drought’s impact on...

13.04.2023 10

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Mendoza votes Mapuches aren’t “Indigenous people of Argentina”

Mendoza provincial legislature on Wednesday evening passed a resolution stating that the Mapuche people “should not be considered Argentine...

31.03.2023 20

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Fernández asked Biden for support to “revise” IMF program

President Alberto Fernández asked his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden to support Argentina to ask the IMF for a renegotiation of its 2022 Extended Fund...

30.03.2023 10

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 Minimum wage to rise 27% by June

Minimum wage increases approved by the Minimum Vital and Mobile Salary Council last week were published in the Official Bulletin today.  Paid in...

28.03.2023 7

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Meet the team

Today marks the official relaunch of what I believe to be the most influential English-language newspaper in South America, and it is an enormous...

24.03.2023 20

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Herald favorites: Ice cream shops around Buenos Aires

Ice cream shops are known as heladerías in Spanish, like an Italian gelatería, but with an H. That’s no coincidence: many Argentine heladerías...

17.03.2023 9

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Government to file criminal complaints against Edesur after wave of outages

Argentina’s Energy Secretariat has told the National Electricity Regulatory Body (ENRE) to file criminal complaints against the board of power...

16.03.2023 10

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Argentina complains to Brazil over trade barriers

Argentina’s ambassador in Brazil, Daniel Scioli, has filed a complaint with Brazilian authorities for a series of obstacles to Argentine exports...

16.03.2023 10

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Herald favorites: Buenos Aires’ best bookstores

In Buenos Aires, you can hardly toss out your old yerba mate leaves without splashing someone who was too engrossed in a book to be paying attention....

03.03.2023 8

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Why Dibu Martínez didn’t repeat his dick move at The Best awards

Legendary Argentina goalie Emi “el Dibu” Martínez didn’t repeat his infamous World Cup Golden Glove gesture at FIFA’s The Best awards in...

02.03.2023 8

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Ukrainian chargé d’affaires thanks Argentina for aid

Ukraine’s chargé d’affaires in Argentina, Sergiy Nebrat, today thanked Argentina for its humanitarian aid at a Ukraine solidarity event in the...

24.02.2023 5

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