Argentina

• Monday, July 20th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Rio Gallegos in complete lockdown, all activities suspended until August 2nd

  

  Santa Cruz province in the extreme south of Argentina imposed strict circulation and reunion restrictions plus a suspension of all activities in Rio Gallegos following an outbreak of coronavirus in the provincial capital, according to local media reports.

• Saturday, July 18th 2020 - 09:16 UTC

  Argentina extends quarantine to August 2, while trying to gradually return to normal life

  

  The Argentine government announced on Friday that it has extended the national quarantine aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19 to August 2.

• Saturday, July 18th 2020 - 09:14 UTC

  Argentina's bill to restructure public debt in dollars issued under local law

  

  Argentina’s government sent a bill to Congress late on Thursday night laying out its plans to restructure public debt in dollars issued under local law, offering creditors new instruments in both foreign currency and pesos.

• Friday, July 17th 2020 - 07:49 UTC

  Argentine minister pledges no plans to increase grains export taxes

  

  Argentina does not plan to increase grains export taxes despite the government’s need for revenue as the coronavirus pushes the country into a deep recession this year, Agriculture Minister Luis Basterra said this week.

• Friday, July 17th 2020 - 07:27 UTC

  Argentina suspends beef export to China from eight plants following on Covid 19 cases

  

  Argentina’s food quality and safety body have suspended exports to China from eight meatpacking plants after cases of the novel coronavirus were detected among employees.

• Wednesday, July 15th 2020 - 08:49 UTC

  Ushuaia mystery: 57 sailors from fishing vessel infected with the virus after spending 35 days at sea

  

  Argentina is trying to solve a medical mystery after 57 sailors were infected with COVID-19 after 35 days at sea, despite the entire crew testing negative before leaving port. The Echizen Maru fishing trawler returned to port after some of its crew members began exhibiting symptoms typical of Covid-19, the health ministry from Tierra del Fuego province said on Monday.

• Tuesday, July 14th 2020 - 09:58 UTC

  Approval of Argentine president pandemic policies eroding, but concern with the virus is still very strong

  

  Approval of Argentine president Alberto Fernandez handling of the pandemic continued to slide during the last week and is at levels similar to those at the start of the quarantine, according to the latest opinion poll from Poliarquia made public over the weekend in Buenos Aires daily La Nacion.

• Monday, July 13th 2020 - 09:58 UTC

  Despite strict quarantine, Argentina exceeds 100,000 cases of Covid-19 infections

  

  Argentina exceeded 100,000 cases of novel coronavirus infections on Sunday as it struggles to contain spiraling case rates despite an almost four-month strict quarantine imposed on the capital Buenos Aires and its surroundings. The health ministry said 2,657 new cases confirmed overnight took the total to 100,166.

• Friday, July 10th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Massive protests in Argentina demand justice and freedom; president Fernandez pledges to end “the serial haters”

  

  Thousands took out to the streets in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires and the country's main cities with flags on Thursday, July 9th, Independence Day to protest pandemic restrictions for businesses, corruption, and magistrates decision to send under house arrest one of the most notorious characters of the country's corrupt practices in the awarding of public works contracts.

• Friday, July 10th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  Two creditor groups not convinced with Argentina's latest offer, but admit it is in the right direction

  

  Argentina’s US$65 billion debt restructuring talks teetered on the edge after two key creditor groups knocked back the country’s latest “final” offer, while the government signaled that there was no room left to improve the terms.