Argentina

• Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 20:02 UTC

  Argentina: No more isolation for asymptomatic people with booster doses

  

  Argentine Health Authorities have decided Tuesday that from now on, people who have taken three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and remain asymptomatic following close contact with a positive case of the disease shall no longer be required to isolate themselves.

• Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 13:50 UTC

  Argentina's covid Miracle

  

  By Joseph Stiglitz – Unlike the United States, which could spend one-quarter of its GDP protecting its economy from the COVID-19 fallout, Argentina entered the pandemic with the deck stacked against it. Yet, thanks to the current government’s policies to strengthen the real economy, the country has been enjoying a remarkable recovery.

• Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 11:42 UTC

  Carmona launches Argentina's Antarctic Annual Plan

  

  In the absence of Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero who had to isolate himself after having been a close contact during last week's Celac Summit of his Bolivian colleague Rogelio Mayta, who tested positive for COVID-19, Malvinas, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Secretary Guillermo Carmona presided over Monday's ceremony where the 2021-2022 Antarctic Annual Plan was launched.

• Monday, January 10th 2022 - 21:45 UTC

  Regional pensions among the worst, according to Mercer's GPI

  

  According to the Global Pension Index (GPI) issued by the Mercer Institute, Latin America's systems appeared among the worst of the 43 countries surveyed, with Argentina in 42nd place, only one notch above Thailand.

• Monday, January 10th 2022 - 21:41 UTC

  Coronavirus keeps airline crews quarantined, passengers stranded

  

  Multiple cases of COVID-19 are leaving companies understaffed but when it comes down to airline services it becomes far more notorious because scores of angry passengers fill airports everywhere.

• Monday, January 10th 2022 - 09:41 UTC

  British economist becomes new IMF Senior resident representative in Argentina

  

  Argentine ambassador in Washington, Jorge Argüello has reported he received the visit of British economist Ben Kelmanson, appointed the new IMF Senior resident representative in Argentina, who will be involved in the delicate debt negotiations for the coming years.

• Monday, January 10th 2022 - 07:36 UTC

  The Battle for the French Right

  

  By Daniel Cohen – The French presidential election in April will almost certainly be decided in a second-round contest between the incumbent, Emmanuel Macron, and one of the right-wing candidates. Much, therefore, will depend on the performance of potential spoilers like Éric Zemmour, the French version of Donald Trump

• Saturday, January 8th 2022 - 12:34 UTC

  Alberto Fernández takes over CELAC's pro-tempore presidency

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday said that the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) “was not born to oppose or confront other institutions” as he took over the body's leadership from Mexico.

• Saturday, January 8th 2022 - 12:32 UTC

  Chile's physicians discourage traveling to Argentina due to Omicron

  

  Chile's Medical College said that the coronavirus situation in Argentina was “critical” as a result of the Omicron variant and advised against traveling to the neighboring country.

• Friday, January 7th 2022 - 11:52 UTC

  Argentina, Cuba sign bilateral deals to foster food sovereignty

  

  Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla and Santiago Cafiero, Foreign Ministers of Cuba and Argentina respectively, Thursday signed in Buenos Aires a bilateral cooperation agreement for Agricultural Development “to promote the food sovereignty of Cuba,” it was announced.