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Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:54:00 GMT
Argentina: Experts advise further restrictions necessary to curb coronavirus spread
Argentine Cabinet Santiago Cafiero and Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Monday met online with a committee of experts to assess the country's current covid situation. The recommendation was, as expected, harsher restrictions.

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:20:00 GMT
Argentine Government to discuss further restrictions as coronavirus cases soar
Argentina's Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero and Health Minister Carla Vizzotti are to hold a meeting Monday to discuss additional measures as the spread of the coronavirus pandemic seems increasingly out of control.

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Argentine Journalist Mauro Viale dies of covid-19 aged 73
Famous Argentine TV-radio host and former sportscaster Mauro Viale has died in Buenos Aires at the age of 73 due to covid-19 complications, it was reported. He had received the first dose of the vaccine against the Covid-19 cor...

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 10:53:00 GMT
Argentine inflation forecast at 46% for year 2021, 3.9% for March alone
Argentina's Central Bank Friday announced the yearly inflation for 2021 was expected to reach 46%, while figures for the past month of March were around 3.9%. The official peso/US dollar exchange rate was foreseen at $ 115/ US$...

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 10:03:00 GMT
Prince Philip's death in times of virtual life and social media
The death of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic and the growing popularity of social media and online contact, has led to a scenario completely different from the one seen at the last...

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 08:30:00 GMT
Argentina strongly opposes UK's firing of missiles in the Falklands
Argentina Friday expressed its government's utmost rejection of the announcement by British authorities that missiles were to be launched at the Falkland Islands. The Foreign Ministry warned that the “alleged defensive condit...

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 10:56:00 GMT
Argentine Senate passes Income Tax reform with all votes but one
Argentina's Upper House Thursday passed by 66 votes in favour and one abstention the tax reforms proposed by the government of President Alberto Fernández, which would rid workers with a monthly gross income of 150,000 pesos (...

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 10:55:00 GMT
Argentine officers accused for torturing own troops during 1982 war
The Federal Court of Appeals of Comodoro Rivadavia Thursday upheld in a 2-1 vote the arraignment of former Argentine officers Eduardo Gassino, Belisario Affranchino Rumi, Gustavo Calderini and Miguel Ángel Garde for “imposit...

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 10:54:00 GMT
Brazil Vice-President dubs Argentina “an eternal beggar”
In a statement supporting the government's proposed fiscal adjustment, Brazil's Vice President Hamilton Mourao Thursday labelled Argentina an “eternal beggar,” which might spark another diplomatic incident, of which the adm...

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 10:30:00 GMT
Argentina's INDEC figures “encouraging” for government, still not for people
While inflation grows rampant and people lose some or all of their income in the middle of the coronavirus restrictions, Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) Thursday released a new economic report wh...



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