Argentina

• Wednesday, November 30th 2022 - 18:55 UTC

  Increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Argentina calls for precaution, not alarm

  

  Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Wednesday issued a series of recommendations given the increase in the number of COVID-19 infections nationwide.

• Wednesday, November 30th 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  Argentina: CFK likens court trying her to “a firing squad”

  

  Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) likened the court to a firing squad in her “Last Words” Tuesday before judgment is passed in the case against her for alleged acts of corruption during her two-term presidency (2008-2015) regarding spending by the National Highway Administration (DNV).

• Wednesday, November 30th 2022 - 08:02 UTC

  Argentine scientists foresee return of COVID-19 protocols

  

  Argentine healthcare professionals are pushing for the return of mandatory facemasks and a speedy update of people's vaccination schemes in light of the increasing number of COVID-19 cases nationwide.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 23:13 UTC

  Argentina's first-ever openly gay minister resigns

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday accepted the resignation of the country's first-ever openly gay cabinet member. Transport Minister Alexis Guerrera announced he would leave his post due to health-related “strictly personal matters.”

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Climate change consequences drastically cutting Argentina's winter and summer crops

  

  Climate change reality has caught up with Argentina with mounting uncertainties about summer crops, since the sowing of soybeans and corn is already below 40% of last year, already diminished.

• Monday, November 28th 2022 - 21:49 UTC

  Caps on fuel prices announced to curb Argentina's inflation

  

  Argentina's Superminister of Economy, Industry and Agriculture Sergio Massa reached an agreement with oil companies whereby fuel joins the list of care-for prices. Hence, the price at pumps may not go up above a 4% monthly ceiling until March, it was announced in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, November 28th 2022 - 10:59 UTC

  Argentine producers want unreined dollars, not “traps”

  

  Argentine rural producers have voiced their rejection of Super Economy Minister Sergio Massa's proposal to create a reload version of the soybean dollar and insisted on the need to leave currency exchange free.

• Monday, November 28th 2022 - 10:24 UTC

  Loan to Argentina to strengthen marine resources sustainability and agricultural health

  

  Argentina is receiving a US$ 125 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank to help Argentina strengthen its agricultural health services and enhance the sustainability of its marine resources.

• Monday, November 28th 2022 - 10:08 UTC

  World Cup: Argentina still in contention

  

  After Mexican fans staged bravados against those of Argentina in Qatar with chants regarding the Malvinas/Falklands issue, the South Americans Saturday stood up to their historical superiority and scored a 2-0 victory that kept them in contention for a berth in the next round.

• Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 10:41 UTC

  Women take to the streets in a new November 25 against sexual and gender-based violence

  

  Dozens of cities in Latin America and around the world were the scene where thousands of women marched on a new International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, better known as 25N.