At some point, when you monitor the politics of Argentina, you suddenly realize that most of the time the whole deal amounts to one big power struggle in the Peronist “movement.”
Two weeks ago it would have been impossible to predict that the Mercosur summit that met in Mendoza on Friday would end with the suspension of one of its members, Paraguay.
It’s not too difficult to make connections between the truck drivers union headed by Hugo Moyano and a breakaway construction workers union faction calling itself Los Dragones that ransacked the Cerro del Dragón oilfield in Chubut province...
Last Sunday was like old times when local soccer was more organized — when all top division matches were played at the same time and fans were able to watch their teams always...
From a point of view of China’s rulers, among them Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, countries like Argentina and Brazil are there to provide raw materials to keep their growing industries...