Argentina

• Monday, July 27th 2020 - 09:38 UTC

  In Argentina, 55% of all registered workers are employed by government

  

  Public sector jobs have soared in recent years in Argentina, and from a relation of 42 every 100 registered workers, white and blue-collar, back in 2012, it has jumped to 55 currently. This means that in the 2012/2017 period, the creation of government-paid jobs was larger than the overall employment in the Argentine economy.

• Monday, July 27th 2020 - 09:32 UTC

  Argentina ready to launch satellite to monitor logging of native forests mainly in Chaco

  

  Argentina plans to put into orbit a satellite with new precision technology sometime this week, to monitor the felling of its native forests round the clock and accurately measure forest carbon stocks in a bid to help curb climate change, scientists said.

• Saturday, July 25th 2020 - 08:39 UTC

  Argentine Patagonia provinces under a blanket of snow

  

  Continuous snowfalls have blanketed Argentine Patagonia provinces together with extremely low temperatures, in what is considered the worst winter since the nineties, according to the Argentinean Meteorological System. The meter-high snow is threatening agriculture, livestock and has interrupted traffic.

• Friday, July 24th 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  Argentina asks Uruguay on Falklands' flights information which allegedly land in Carrasco airport

  

  The government of President Alberto Fernandez thanked Uruguay for supporting Argentina's sovereignty Malvinas Islands' claim during the latest Mercosur summit but also asked for information on flights to the Islands that land in Carrasco airport.

• Friday, July 24th 2020 - 09:14 UTC

  Unanimous support of the Malvinas advisory council, underlined and praised by Senator Taiana

  

  “The Malvinas question unites all Argentines”, according to ex-foreign minister and currently Senator Jorge Taiana, who is also chair of the foreign affairs committee in the Argentine Senate.

• Friday, July 24th 2020 - 09:10 UTC

  Argentine economy slides 13,2% in five months, despite a slight moderation in May

  

  Argentina's economic activity experienced an annual 20,6% fall in May moderating the collapse in April, following the quarantine measures implemented because of the pandemic. The data was released this week by Indec, the official stats office, and shows that economic activity in May actually recovered 10% compared to April.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 09:37 UTC

  Argentina joins Pacific coastal nations to combat IUU fishing

  

  Argentine specialized media is reporting that OPRA, a regional cooperation agreement, Organization for the Protection of Fisheries Resources in the South Atlantic has signed an accord with their Pacific counterpart, Calamasur, which is a Committee for the Sustainable Management of the giant squid in the South Pacific.

• Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 08:10 UTC

  Argentine debt negotiations: Cristina Fernandez praises Minister Guzmán's performance

  

  Argentine vice-president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner praised Minister of Economy Martin Guzmán statements during a television program in Buenos Aires and described he was “clear as crystal water”, in his replies

• Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Parana river insufficient water level benefitted exports from Brazilian ports

  

  Due to the Paraná river drought, which affected Argentina’s soy oil-exporting capacity, Cattalini Terminais Marítimos, which handles almost 70% of Brazil’s soy oil exports through its facilities in the port of Paranaguá, predicts a 25% increase in shipments this year.

• Tuesday, July 21st 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Argentine president tells creditors: “It is impossible for us to move from the last offer”

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez on Monday dismissed a counter-offer from three groups of creditors who said they had rejected the country's proposal to restructure US$ 66 billion of debt.