Politics

• Friday, February 28th 2020 - 07:55 UTC

  IMF mission arrives in Buenos Aires next Monday to continue negotiations

  

  The International Monetary Fund will send another mission to Argentina to continue debt strategy talks and discuss “next steps,” IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said on Thursday, as the country seeks to renegotiate its US$ 57 billion financing package.

• Friday, February 28th 2020 - 07:45 UTC

  Amnesty International: Major human rights events in the Americas 2019

  

  Amnesty International has documented grave violations of human rights in 2019 in 24 countries across the Americas. Examples of the major human rights events analyzed include:

• Friday, February 28th 2020 - 06:02 UTC

  Argentine Patagonia lamb and mutton admitted into the Chinese market

  

  China approved the necessary sanitary protocols and authorized the sale of lamb, mutton and sub-products from sheep bred in Argentine Patagonia, according to Argentina's Agriculture ministry.

• Thursday, February 27th 2020 - 18:17 UTC

  UN report: Smoking and drinking linked to recreational drug use by the youth

  

  The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) annual report cites studies that reveal that, in young people aged between 16 and 19, early use of alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis leads to an increased likelihood of the use of opiates and cocaine in adulthood.

• Thursday, February 27th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Argentine president Fernandez announces meeting with his Uruguayan peer Lacalle Pou

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez held a very positive phone conversation on Wednesday with Uruguayan president-elect Luis Lacalle Pou during which they analyzed the bilateral relation and the regional integration agenda.

• Thursday, February 27th 2020 - 08:49 UTC

  Brazilian markets reopen to a shock and the Real weakens to a new low

  

  Brazil's Real touched a record low on Wednesday as traders returned from the Carnival holiday only to be alarmed by concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus after Sao Paulo confirmed its first case. The Real weakened 1.1% to 4.4470 against the dollar, as it led declines among other Latin American currencies.

• Thursday, February 27th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  The Challenges of Argentina’s Debt Renegotiation

  

  By Jose Antonio Ocampo (*) – By affirming that Argentina's public-sector debt is unsustainable, the International Monetary Fund has taken a critical step toward resolving the country's long-running crisis. Moving forward, one hopes that the Fund will realize its own role in the latest crisis and follow its own advice on when to pursue capital-market liberalization.

• Thursday, February 27th 2020 - 07:59 UTC

  UN: A third of Venezuelans with no access to minimum nutrition requirements

  

  About 9.3 million Venezuelans don’t have access to enough food to meet minimum nutrition requirements, according to a study from the United Nations.

• Thursday, February 27th 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  Argentine farmers with a “deep sense of deception”, ahead of grains export tariffs

  

  Argentina's Ministry of Agriculture suspended on Wednesday the registration of agricultural exports until further notice, it said in a statement, a move that traders said likely foreshadowed a steep increase in grains export tariffs.

• Thursday, February 27th 2020 - 07:01 UTC

  UNWTO & WHO: Joint Statement on Tourism and Coronavirus COVID-19

  

  As the current outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) continues to develop, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) are committed to working together in guiding the travel and tourism sectors’ response to COVID-19.