Tag: Argentina elections 2023

• Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 08:37 UTC

  Argentine President not attending BRICS Summit

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández called off his trip to Johannesburg after learning that his country would not be -at least for now- joining the BRICS (a trade bloc made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) during the ongoing XV Summit, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, August 14th 2023 - 10:58 UTC

  Political earthquake: Libertarian candidate Javier Milei surges ahead in Argentina's elections

  

  The libertarian economist Javier Milei, leading the front “La Libertad Avanza,” (far-right) has emerged as the frontrunner in Argentina's Open, Mandatory, and Simultaneous Primary (PASO) elections, as indicated by the initial provisional scrutiny results released on Sunday.

• Sunday, June 25th 2023 - 20:34 UTC

  One of these 13 people will be Argentina's next president

  

  After Saturday's deadline for registering candidacies, there are only 13 contenders left, one of whom will be Argentina's next president comes Dec. 10.

• Saturday, June 24th 2023 - 10:58 UTC

  Presidential elections: Argentina's ruling party lines up behind Massa

  

  Mighty Economy Minister Sergio Massa will be a presidential candidate in Argentina's upcoming mandatory, open, and simultaneous primary (PASO) elections on behalf of the ruling Unión por la Patria (UP) front, with Cabinet Chief Agustín Rossi as his running mate, it was announced Friday in Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, April 22nd 2023 - 10:54 UTC

  Argentina: How did the President's announcement hit the foreign exchange market?

  

  President Alberto Fernández's announcement Friday that he would not seek reelection this year triggered the US dollar further up against the Argentine peso, reaching AR$437 / AR$442 (buy/sale) at the “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) exchange rate. Meanwhile, the official rate stood at AR$217/AR$225 (buy/sale), for a gap of 102.26% between the two quotations.

• Friday, April 14th 2023 - 09:25 UTC

  Scioli insists he will make new attempt to reach Casa Rosada

  

  Former Argentine Vice President Daniel Scioli insisted Thursday that he would make another attempt to reach Casa Rosada after losing the 2015 runoff to Mauricio Macri.

• Saturday, August 6th 2022 - 12:15 UTC

  Macri tells G7 ambassadors his alliance is ready for 2023

  

  Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri told G-7 ambassadors in Buenos Aires that his political alliance Juntos por el Cambio (Together for Change - JxC) was “ready” for 2023.