Argentina
Sat, 20 Feb 2021 09:42:00 GMTArgentine health minister resigns over VIP vaccination scandal eroding public trust in the inoculation program
Argentina's current Deputy Health minister Carla Vizzotti, will be appointed Minister on Saturday following the Friday resignation of Ginés González García, who had organized at the ministry a VIP Covid-19 vaccination hall f...
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 09:50:00 GMTBondholders criticize Argentina erratic economic policies, subordinated to politics
Creditors have criticized the current Argentine government of the country for what it describes as "erratic" economic policies claiming they are impeding growth and weighing on bond prices five months after the government restr...
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 08:50:00 GMTFearful of inflation Argentina claims consumer corporations are holding back production volumes
With inflation far from target and increasing consumer prices, Argentina is investigating firms including Danone, Procter & Gamble, Fargo, miller Cañuelas, abattoir Paledini and Unilever, along with food producers like Bunge, ...
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:01:00 GMTArgentina's death toll, 50,432; batch of AstraZeneca vaccine from India expected Wednesday
Argentina on Tuesday reported 4,003 new COVID-19 cases and 106 deaths in the past 24 hours, raising the total caseload to 2,033,060 and the death toll to 50,432, the health authorities said. Since the first case was detected on...
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 08:48:00 GMTRe-wilding Project: the Jaguar has returned to South America wetlands after 70 years
The largest predator in South America, the jaguar, has returned to the Iberá wetlands in Argentina 70 years after the species was driven to local extinction through hunting and habitat loss. Currently, only about 200 jaguars r...
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:02:00 GMTArgentina's October midterm elections condition IMF debt deal
Argentina’s powerful vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her allies in the leftwing administration want to postpone a crucial US$ 44bn debt deal with the IMF until the pandemic has eased, officials said, avoidi...
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 07:34:00 GMTCovid-19: Argentina's death toll reached 50,327 on Monday
Argentina's Health Ministry on Monday said 91 COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours have raised the country's total death toll to 50,327. According to the ministry, tests have detected 3,259 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the...
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:54:00 GMTFalklands defined as British Independent Overseas Territory by US Navy triggers reaction in Buenos Aires
The Argentine government expressed deep concern following a report in the official twitter from the United States Commander Submarine Force Atlantic, (Comsublant) in which it reveals that it had recently operated in the South A...
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:38:00 GMTEx president Carlos Menem, political wizard and bon vivant dies aged 90
Former Argentine president Carlos Menem died at the age of 90 on Sunday in a clinic in Buenos Aires, where he was admitted in December with a urinary tract infection. The president ruled Argentina during a time of short-lived e...
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 09:49:00 GMTJanuary inflation in Argentina, 4%, questioning government 2021 targets
Argentina's Consumer Price Index, CPI rose in January for the second month running 4%, questioning the government's target of 30% inflation in 2021. In effect twelve-month inflation reached 38,5% in January, following on the 4%...