por Federico Poore Buenos Aires Times, 17-03-2018 Mar del Plata, the country’s bestknown seaside city, has it all: beaches, sweeping coastlines, churros, its own film festival… and seven gaming halls. No printing mistake here. There are four bingo halls and three casinos that stay open well past the summer tourist season, drawing in thousands of […]
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por Federico Poore Buenos Aires Times, 23-12-2017 Gaming tzar Cristóbal López, one of the most feared businessmen in Argentina, is likely to spend Christmas in jail. The 61-year-old business leader, who has close ties to former presidents Néstor and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, turned himself to federal authorities on Thursday after a judge ordered his […]
Over the past 18 months, a number of high-profile officials from Kirchnerite administrations have found themselves passing through the doors of the Comodoro Py federal courthouse. Warrants and arrest orders now being issued by the dozens, often on cases that have laid dormant for years. But why is the Judiciary only picking up the pace […]
Despite the victory, there’s a huge challenge ahead for the Macri government, which can be summarised in one phrase: with great power comes great responsibility. por Federico Poore Buenos Aires Times, 29-10-2017 One week on from his impressive win in the midterm elections, President Mauricio Macri finds himself in a position of strength. As the […]
A few months ago, former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was odds-on to win the senatorial race in Buenos Aires province. Now, as a string of headlines deliver positive news for the Mauricio Macri administration and her legal woes mount up, her candidacy looks to be staggering toward the finish line. With just a week […]