There comes a time in Argentina’s political story line when nothing a ruler can do is worth a thing. True to form, there have been times when rulers did very little to no good, or even the very contrary (check 1976-83, for instance, in your history books). But in other times it seems political dialogue [...]

All of a sudden, food is on the table. Hold on, isn’t that supposed to be good for a “former third World” and/or “developing” and/or “emerging” country like Argentina? It should be, unless what you are discussing is not how much food you’ll serve your family every evening but how much the dish will cost [...]

Fasten your seatbelts: Argentina is getting started. If a country reputed worldwide for looking civilized but living in a constant state of political crisis needed something to bring its own flavour to the global economic quagmire, that is an early midterm vote. Especially when the pundits who claim to know tell you that this vote [...]

The word history only gained autonomy from the word story around the year 1500. This petty nuance that arrives late in history and language can help to grasp the government of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on its first anniversary. Mrs. Kirchner was making the headlines here and abroad on 10th December last year for going down [...]