Tag: argentina elections

• Thursday, October 22nd 2026 - 02:24 UTC

  A partial win in Hamburg could help Milei in 2027, an analysis suggests

  

  Argentina has slim chances of persuading the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to halt the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands by invoking its sovereign rights, but it could secure a partial victory on environmental grounds that would help President Javier Milei ahead of the 2027 election, according to an analysis by an international law academic published on The Conversation.

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• Wednesday, September 16th 2026 - 17:12 UTC

  Kirchner's defense seeks to lift her ban from office before the 2027 elections

  

  Lawyers for former Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said on Tuesday they have added a new element to the petition they are pursuing before the UN Human Rights Committee, seeking to overturn her final conviction in the Vialidad case and, more immediately, to set aside the lifetime ban from public office that prevents her from running in next year's presidential election.

• Friday, August 14th 2026 - 10:43 UTC

  A year from the presidential vote, Argentina's parties begin to define alliances

  

  With little more than a year to go before Argentina's presidential elections of October 2027, the governing party and the main opposition force began this week to realign their positions. La Libertad Avanza, the party of President Javier Milei, resumed talks with former president Mauricio Macri's PRO, while the various currents of Peronism agreed a truce aimed at blocking the electoral reform the government is promoting.

• Tuesday, October 8th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Peronist Party in search of a new (or old) leader

  

  After former President Alberto Fernández was forced to resign as chairman of the Peronist Party given the domestic violence and corruption scandals in which he is involved, the vacancy opened up a new front that may well decide the future of Argentine politics in the years to come. While former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner intends to fill the void, La Rioja Governor Ricardo Quintela came forward as a new option.

• Monday, October 2nd 2023 - 10:49 UTC

  No clear winners after first presidential debate in Argentina

  

  The first presidential debate between the five contenders for the Argentine presidency was held on Sunday in Santiago del Estero, without any of the candidates outperforming the others. However, Patricia Bullrich of the opposition coalition Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) was criticized for her stiffness on stage and for failing to explain how she would bring about the changes the country so desperately needs.

• Tuesday, September 5th 2023 - 11:30 UTC

  Argentina: There is no stopping Milei, poll shows

  

  Libertarian Congressman Javier Milei remained the top contender for the Oct. 22 presidential elections, according to a survey by the consulting firm Opinaia released Monday in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, August 21st 2023 - 11:23 UTC

  Argentina: Who can fix the political and economic problems?

  

  To most people's surprise, the divisive libertarian populist Javier Milei won Argentina's presidential primary. Milei took around 30% of the vote, triumphing in 16 out of the country's 24 provinces.

• Thursday, August 10th 2023 - 11:37 UTC

  Killing of 11-yr-old girl halts all political rallying in Argentina

  

  All candidates, presidential or otherwise, have suspended their campaign closing rallies for Sunday's Simultaneous, Open, and Mandatory Primary (PASO) elections after Morena Domínguez, an 11-year-old girl, was killed Wednesday when motorbike robbers took her backpack at 7.20 am on her way to school in Lanús, a municipality in the province of Buenos Aires just south of the Argentine capital.

• Monday, May 15th 2023 - 10:49 UTC

  Three governors reelected in Argentina

  

  The governors of the Argentine provinces of La Pampa, Salta, and Tierra del Fuego were reelected Sunday. Meanwhile and following a Federal Supreme Court ruling, San Juan and Tucumán had to postpone their gubernatorial elections, but the former voted for local authorities anyway, while the latter adjourned the process altogether.

• Tuesday, May 9th 2023 - 10:48 UTC

  Argentina: Milei picks Vice-Presidential candidate

  

  Argentine Libertarian Deputy Javier Milei has announced that fellow Congresswoman Victoria Villarruel will be his running mate.