Jorge Asís, Author at The Essential

Jorge Asís

Jorge Asís was a star columnist of the Clarín daily in the 70s, a best-selling novelist in the 80s, a diplomat of Carlos Menem’s government in the 90s, and an early critic of the Kirchner and Macri administrations this century. His political commentary features on Argentine TV and his JorgeAsisDigital news portal.

Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta, months before the birth of Peronism

75 years from the birth of Peronism (and anti-Peronism)

22nd October 2020

Argentina's working-class movement struggles to keep its myth alive, with excuses as its best asset and adversaries looking livelier

Alberto Fernández and Mauricio Claver-Carone, backed by Trump for the IADB presidency

Fernández picks fight with Trump in IADB election

20th August 2020

President wants to postpone vote until after US election to back adviser Gustavo Béliz against Cuban-American Mauricio Claver-Carone

Alberto Fernández with Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero and Secretary General Julio Vitobello, two key men in his entourage

Alberto Fernández’s ethnocentric entourage

28th May 2020

More important than his ministers, Alberto Fernández's inner circle is only second to Cristina Kirchner in terms of influence with the President

The Army regained a role with the pandemic, but does not hold a lot of influence with the president

Army raises profile in the region, except for Argentina

23rd April 2020

The military regained a role with the pandemic, but still does not hold the growing influence seen across Latin America