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ONE-TRICK-PONY: President of Argentina Javier Milei speaking at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, US / Pic: Gage Skidmore/flickr/CC
Features / 13 December 2025
13 December 2025

Marxist economist JULIO GAMBINA tells Bert Schouwenburg why voters backed Javier Milei despite soaring poverty, how Washington is shaping Argentina’s future, and why the unions and wider left have yet to form a force capable of halting the far-right project

Argentinian President Javier Milei
Latin America / 26 November 2025
26 November 2025

As President Javier Milei is set to unveil a radical rollback of Argentina’s labour laws, unions warn of an unprecedented assault on workers’ rights, says BERT SCHOUWENBURG

President-elect of Argentina Alberto Fernandez
Features / 21 November 2019
21 November 2019
What does the election of Alberto Fernandez as president mean for the future of Argentinians? BERT SCHOUWENBURG reports from Buenos Aires
A police officer in riot gear waits outside the the Antonio
Features / 29 November 2018
29 November 2018
BERT SCHOUWENBURG from Action for Argentina looks ahead to the planned protests at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires
5 June 2018
5 June 2018
In an industry characterised by exploitation, SINTRAINAGRO has become the most powerful union representing banana workers in Latin America, says BERT SCHOUWENBERG