Former Argentine Domestic Trade Secretary Guillermo Moreno was sentenced to three years in jail and imposed a six-year disenfranchisement. According to local media, he was found guilty of rigging the data published by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) between 2006 and 2007 under then-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK).
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) reached 4.6% last month in Argentina for a year-on-year 271.5%, according to a National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) survey released Friday. These figures also yielded a 79.8% increase in the first semester of 2024.
Argentine President Javier Milei admitted that his country's process of curbing inflation would be making a pause from the 4.2% the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) announced for May this year. In addition to a rebound in the decline, there will be no zero deficit, the Libertarian leader also admitted.