Argentina

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  IMF okays SDRs for countries beleaguered under the covid-19 pandemic

  

  The International Monetary Funda's (IMF) Board of Directors Monday approved the disbursement of SDRs for a total amount of US $ 650,000 million as a relief measure amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

• Monday, August 2nd 2021 - 22:01 UTC

  Vaccination mandatory in Argentine province of Jujuy

  

  The Argentine province of Jujuy is making vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory for all civil servants effective Monday.

• Monday, August 2nd 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Argentina second worst Latam country in terms of foreign direct investment

  

  Argentina's poor performance in the 21st century when it comes down to direct foreign investment is only surpassed by that of Venezuela; it was reported Sunday by Infobae.

• Saturday, July 31st 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  “Only a miracle can save Argentina's economy,” says Brazilian President Bolsonaro

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said in his social media broadcast that “only a miracle will save the Argentine economy,” as he referred to the administration of his colleague Alberto Fernández as “a regime that did not work anywhere in the world.”

• Saturday, July 31st 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Port workers' strikes hinder Argentine exports of cereals

  

  With most Argentine ports along the Paraná river unoperational due to the historic downspout, Quequén, Necochea, and Bahía Blanca on the Atlantic coast would have become an alternative way out for agri-food exports had it not been for union strikes.

• Saturday, July 31st 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Gas tanker runs aground in River Plate, stirs memories of Suez canal incident

  

  The Norwegian-flagged Hoegh Esperanza ship ran aground en route to Escobar in the shallow waters of the River Plate and needed to be towed out of its predicament so that navigation could resume.

• Saturday, July 31st 2021 - 07:13 UTC

  Hard times for Argentine families to remain above the poverty line

  

  An Argentine standard family of two adults and two children needed the monthly equivalent of US$ 664 or US$ 380 (depending on the official or free money exchange market) to be considered above the poverty line during the month of June. July figures will be released in fifteen days.

• Friday, July 30th 2021 - 08:21 UTC

  Former Army Capt., 3 police officers handed down life sentences for crimes during Argentina's last dictatorship

  

  A federal court in the Argentine city of Rosario Thursday handed down life in jail sentence to each of the four defendants in the Klotzman case of human rights violations and murder during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship.

• Friday, July 30th 2021 - 07:59 UTC

  First case of Delta variant spotted in Argentine province of Córdoba, carrier disregarded isolation, infected 13 others

  

  One case of the coronavirus Delta variant has been detected in the Argentine province of Córdoba in a traveler who had arrived from Lima, Peru, through Buenos Aires' Aeroparque Jorge Newbery airport on July 19.

• Friday, July 30th 2021 - 00:30 UTC

  Falklands signs HPP2 Memorandum of Understanding ahead of August visit by ICRC

  

  This Thursday the Falkland Islands Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between FIG, the UK Government, and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).