Politics

• Friday, April 9th 2021 - 10:56 UTC

  Argentine Senate passes Income Tax reform with all votes but one

  

  Argentina's Upper House Thursday passed by 66 votes in favour and one abstention the tax reforms proposed by the government of President Alberto Fernández, which would rid workers with a monthly gross income of 150,000 pesos (around 1,100 US dollars at the unofficial exchange rate) of paying the income tax.

• Friday, April 9th 2021 - 10:55 UTC

  Argentine officers accused for torturing own troops during 1982 war

  

  The Federal Court of Appeals of Comodoro Rivadavia Thursday upheld in a 2-1 vote the arraignment of former Argentine officers Eduardo Gassino, Belisario Affranchino Rumi, Gustavo Calderini and Miguel Ángel Garde for “imposition of torments” on soldiers under their command during the 1982 armed conflict with the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, April 9th 2021 - 10:54 UTC

  Brazil Vice-President dubs Argentina “an eternal beggar”

  

  In a statement supporting the government's proposed fiscal adjustment, Brazil's Vice President Hamilton Mourao Thursday labelled Argentina an “eternal beggar,” which might spark another diplomatic incident, of which the administration of President Alberto Fernández has had a handful in the past few days.

• Friday, April 9th 2021 - 10:30 UTC

  Argentina's INDEC figures “encouraging” for government, still not for people

  

  While inflation grows rampant and people lose some or all of their income in the middle of the coronavirus restrictions, Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) Thursday released a new economic report which showed positive figures.

• Friday, April 9th 2021 - 10:05 UTC

  Venezuela investigates mayor for marking homes of Covid-19 infected people

  

  The mayor of a municipality in the western Venezuelan state of Yaracuy this week forced people to mark the homes of Covid-19 patients in his community with signs to prevent visits and prevent contagion.

• Friday, April 9th 2021 - 09:23 UTC

  Chile, India discuss furthering trade under Partial Scope Agreement

  

  Delegates from Chile and India are discussing furthering bilateral trade under the so-called Partial Scope Agreement (PSA). Authorities from both countries are holding a series of virtual encounters due to round up Friday.

• Thursday, April 8th 2021 - 10:50 UTC

  Uruguay: The second highest population-related covid-19 deaths in South America in the last week

  

  Following the latest death toll from covid-19 in Uruguay (238 in the last seven days), the country moved up to second place in South America in terms of the number of deaths from the disease relative to its population (3.5 million) in the last week. A study shows that the behaviour of the population in the face of the pandemic during 2020 has changed in the last weeks, resulting in more mobility amid record daily cases and a progressive vaccination program.

• Thursday, April 8th 2021 - 10:42 UTC

  Lacalle: Virtual schooling in Uruguay to go on until May but ruled out stricter measures

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Wednesday announced virtual schooling in his country would continue until at least May 3, amid soaring numbers of covid-19 infections.

• Thursday, April 8th 2021 - 10:32 UTC

  IMF likely to review interest rates charged to Argentina... in due time

  

  International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director Kristalina Georgieva Wednesday admitted the rates Argentina is currently paying will be subject to review, at the request of the South American country.

• Thursday, April 8th 2021 - 10:31 UTC

  Bolsonaro rules out lockdown despite growing number of covid-19 cases and mounting pressure

  

  Despite the growing number of covid-19 cases nationwide, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday insisted there would be no further restrictive measures and ruled out a full-scale lockdown.