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Montevideo, February 3rd 2026 - 04:24 UTC

Tag: Marco Lavagna

  • Tuesday, February 3rd 2026 - 08:34 UTC

    Argentina’s stats chief quits as Milei’s government freezes inflation index overhaul

    Caputo (left) linked Lavagna’s (right) resignation to disagreements with President Javier Milei over timing, and said: “There is no need to change the index now… it makes virtually no difference.”

    Argentina’s national statistics agency, INDEC, said its director, Marco Lavagna, stepped down on Monday after more than six years in the post, just as the country was preparing to launch a revamped consumer price index (CPI). Within hours, Economy Minister Luis Caputo confirmed the methodology change would be delayed indefinitely “until the disinflation process is consolidated,” with no new date set.

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  • Wednesday, February 1st 2023 - 10:42 UTC

    Census shows Argentina has a population of 46 million

    “The 2022 Census covered 98.6% of segments nationwide. At an international level this is an extremely good level,” Lavagna said

    Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) Tuesday published the results of the 2022 survey, which showed that the country has 46,044,703 inhabitants in 17,805,711 households nationwide. The study also found that 48.22% of the total population was male and 51.76% female.