Argentina

Saturday, October 10th 2020 - 09:20 UTC
Controversy in Buenos Aires City over live facial recognition to identify minors

Human Rights Watch wants the city of Buenos Aires to stop using live facial recognition to identify children accused of committing crimes, the rights group said on Friday. New York-based Human Rights Watch said Buenos Aires started using the technology in 2019, making Argentina the only country in the world to deploy it against people under the age of 18.
Saturday, October 10th 2020 - 09:20 UTC
“If you want to be respected when visiting the Falklands, we must respect the Islanders”, Malvinas Families president

The recent approval by the Falklands' elected government of a framework guidance for assessing when a visitor should be considered a ‘prohibited person’, can be considered an effort to address disappointing past experiences and a long-standing debate in the Islands.
Thursday, October 8th 2020 - 09:03 UTC
Argentina: hogs from an overturned truck slaughtered in the highway by thieves

A truck carrying live pigs turned over in the Argentine province of Buenos Aires, and neighbors and other cars looted the cargo and in some cases slaughtered the animals in the highway. The accident took place in the access of Coronale Vidal, some 300 kilometers from the city of Buenos Aires.
Thursday, October 8th 2020 - 09:00 UTC
Leading Kirchnerite diplomat resigns and openly criticizes president Fernandez

The resignation of the Argentine ambassador to Russia, Alicia Castro, in protest over the decision of the government of President Alberto Fernandez to condemn the Venezuelan regime for repeated human rights violations, “constitutes a dramatic turn in our foreign policy and does not differ at all with what would have been voted by ex-president Macri”.
Tuesday, October 6th 2020 - 09:55 UTC
Argentina with the highest rate of positive Covid-19 tests, according to Our World in Data

Argentina has the world's highest rate of positive COVID-19 tests, according to Oxford-linked tracker Our World In Data, with nearly six out of 10 yielding an infection, a reflection of low testing levels and loose enforcement of lockdown rules.
Monday, October 5th 2020 - 09:30 UTC
Argentine navy second state of the art OPV, launched in France

The Argentine navy second Ocean Patrol Vessel, OPV, named ARA Piedrabuena was launched last week in Piriou’s shipyards in Concarneau, France. This is the second of four OPVs acquired by the Argentine navy.
Friday, October 2nd 2020 - 09:51 UTC
IMF mission expected next week in Argentina, announced minister Guzmán

Argentina's Economy Minister Martin Guzman said on Thursday that a mission from the International Monetary Fund will arrive in the country next week as the country looks to negotiate a new program with the organization.
Friday, October 2nd 2020 - 09:05 UTC
Argentina lowers export taxes on soy for three months, hoping farmers will sell their crops

Argentina plans to temporarily cut soybean and soy meal export taxes by 3 percentage points to 30% to help stimulate export revenue as the country struggles with recession and dwindling foreign reserves, it was announced on Thursday.
Friday, October 2nd 2020 - 09:01 UTC
Argentine central bank will promote Chinese Yuan for foreign trade negotiations

Argentina's central bank said on Thursday that it would allow a managed float of the peso currency and abandon its current “uniform daily devaluation” strategy as it seeks to adapt its monetary policy amid sharpening economic turmoil.
Thursday, October 1st 2020 - 09:30 UTC
Some 18 million Argentines, 40,9% of the population live in poverty, with prospects of worse times ahead

Nearly half of Argentina’s population was living in poverty in the second quarter, a sharp increase from last year, as the country’s longstanding economic crisis deepened due to the coronavirus pandemic, researchers estimated on Wednesday.