Argentina

• Saturday, April 17th 2021 - 12:20 UTC

  Argentine President Fernández sticks to restrictive measures and clashes with Buenos Aires mayor

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday stood by his decision to shut down all schools for two weeks, among other restrictive measures aimed at curbing the spread of the Covid-19 infections.

• Saturday, April 17th 2021 - 12:07 UTC

  Uruguayan President seizes Pfizer vaccines Argentine neglected, press reports

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou successfully carried out a personal negotiation with the Pfizer laboratory in Buenos Aires in December as talks between the Argentine government and the manufacturers of the vaccine began to stall, it was reported.

• Friday, April 16th 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  Cost of living in Argentina rises 4.8% in March alone

  

  Argentina's Consumer Price Index (CPI-Cost of living) rose 4.8% during March, 1.2 percentage points above February's 3.6%, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) announced Thursday.

• Friday, April 16th 2021 - 08:45 UTC

  Argentina reinstates beef exports registry

  

  Argentina's government Thursday created a registry of beef exporters among other measures to curb under-invoicing, which authorities fear has been going on for a while now.

• Thursday, April 15th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentina: curfew extended, on-site schooling banned in Buenos Aires amid coronavirus second wave

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday announced further restrictions for the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) in a manoeuvre to curb the so-called second wave of the covid-19 disease.

• Thursday, April 15th 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  Argentine laboratory seeks to manufacture Sputnik V vaccine locally

  

  The Argentine firm Laboratorios Richmond Wednesday launched the Financial Trust “Project V.I.D.A. (Project and Immunization for Argentine Development),” to seek financing for the development of the plant where the Russian-designed Sputnik V vaccine is to be manufactured locally.

• Thursday, April 15th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  Argentina to receive over 800,000 doses of AstraZeneca; Denmark stop giving that vaccine

  

  The Argentine government has announced a shipment of 864,000 doses of the AstraZeneca anti-covid-19 vaccine is due at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza airport onboard a KLM flight this coming Sunday morning.

• Wednesday, April 14th 2021 - 14:30 UTC

  Parole granted to former Argentine Public Works Secretary jailed for hiding bags with corruption money

  

  An Argentine court Tuesday granted parole to Former Argentine Public Works Secretary José López, who is serving a 7.5-year jail sentence for his involvement in what became known as the bags of money case.

• Wednesday, April 14th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  Argentine Vice-President and aides acquitted in Central Bank “future dollar” case

  

  Argentina's top penal court of appeals Tuesday acquitted former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (2008-2015) and her aide Axel Kiciloff of all charges in the so-called future dollar case, because there had been no damage to the State, and that economic policy issues are not subject to prosecution.

• Wednesday, April 14th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Argentine president tells US envoy there will be no new Chinese base

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday told US National Security Council advisor Juan Gonzalez that “there will be no foreign bases,” it was reported.