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Thu, 04 Feb 2021 09:29:00 GMT
Argentine president asks Putin to guarantee supply of the Sputnik V vaccine
Supply of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine and the possible elaboration of the shots in Argentina were among the issues addressed by Argentine president Alberto Fernandez and Russia's Vladimir Putin during a Tuesday phone confere...

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 08:54:00 GMT
Johnny rooks threatened in Argentine islands by deer and goats
Argentine scientists from the Austral Scientific Research Center (CADIC) in Ushuaia announced they have revealed the subsistence mystery of the striated Caracara prey bird, "carancho austral", in the Isla de los Estados (*), du...

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 09:20:00 GMT
Cristina Kirchner political ally accused of human rights abuses in the province of Formosa
Members of the opposition, international NGO’s and several Catholic and Anglican clerics, have criticized Gildo Insfran, the governor of Formosa, and a close political ally of Cristina Kirchner, for treating those who test po...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 09:27:00 GMT
Discards are a general practice consented by Argentine fisheries authorities, claims Puerto magazine
The Argentine magazine Puerto, which specializes in reporting on fisheries and ports exposed a video from a trawler crewmember in which it shows tons of hake discards dumped back into the sea, which is in violation of Argentine...

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Official 2020 inflation in Argentina at 36,1%, but several points higher for the poor half of the country
Argentina registered inflation of 36,1% in 2020, with the declining rate during three quarters, picking up strongly in the last three months particularly basics such as food which is serious since almost half of the Argentine p...

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 08:15:00 GMT
Argentina wheat exports dropped 52% in December year to year
Argentine wheat exports during December 2020 dropped 52% compared to the same month of 2019, the lowest level in the last five years. The cereal revenue was also the lowest in five years, according to information from the local...

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 08:55:00 GMT
Argentina expected to grow 5,4% in 2021, far from mitigating pandemic's impact
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, lowered Argentina's growth estimate for this year to 4,5% from its previous 4.9% forecast, according to the World Economic Outlook, WEO, delivered this week and which includes some forty co...

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 09:59:00 GMT
Uruguay will partially reopen its borders as of February
Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou announced on Wednesday the partial lifting of the borders' total closure which had been established last December 20, but all other measures that had been announced on that date remain in fu...

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 09:37:00 GMT
Argentine traders and millers discussing options to avoid a ban on wheat exports
Argentina is worried about domestic food prices and inflation, and as it happened a few weeks ago with an attempt to ban corn exports, a similar situation apparently is happening with wheat, and the different actors involved ar...

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 09:45:00 GMT
Chilean president ratifies support for Argentina claims in the Falklands' dispute
Chilean President Sebastián Piñera ratified his administration's support for “Argentina's sovereignty claims over the Falklands/Malvinas and other South Atlantic islands,” and called for Argentina and UK to resume talks t...



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