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Until last month the Argentine taxi unions enjoyed a triumph that has now proved to be short-lived. The union, after losing the firs legal battle when they were unable to ban Uber, had obtained a made-to-measure municipal law. The legislators of the city of Buenos Aires (in a move backed by forces aligned with center-right President Mauricio Macri)…

In the wake of the worst protests in France since the 1960s, Macron has now done what he said he would not do: namely, reverse a tax hike on diesel which was the proverbial "straw that broke the camel's back" for the longsuffering French taxpayers.

We must remember the statements of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalni, who said that Russia is financing the regime of Nicolás Maduro, adding that the Kremlin will not recover the USD $8.8 billion dollars granted in credits to Caracas.

Diesel moves France. Whereas in the United States, diesel is increasingly a rarity, used mainly to fuel heavy trucks, drivers in France and much of Europe, have diesel cars. In past generations, diesel was believed to be more environmentally friendly. It turns out, today, that that is not the case. Diesel is actually far worse for the environment…

Raúl Alfonsín, known as "the father of democracy" arrived to the presidency in 1983 with a clear slogan: "with democracy you eat, you heal and you educate." The former president, from the Radical Party, and the first to defeat Peronism in national elections, considered that the democratic system was the guarantee for Argentines to improve their…