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Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:01:00 GMT
Argentina's death toll, 50,432; batch of AstraZeneca vaccine from India expected Wednesday
Argentina on Tuesday reported 4,003 new COVID-19 cases and 106 deaths in the past 24 hours, raising the total caseload to 2,033,060 and the death toll to 50,432, the health authorities said. Since the first case was detected on...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 08:48:00 GMT
Re-wilding Project: the Jaguar has returned to South America wetlands after 70 years
The largest predator in South America, the jaguar, has returned to the Iberá wetlands in Argentina 70 years after the species was driven to local extinction through hunting and habitat loss. Currently, only about 200 jaguars r...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:02:00 GMT
Argentina's October midterm elections condition IMF debt deal
Argentina’s powerful vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her allies in the leftwing administration want to postpone a crucial US$ 44bn debt deal with the IMF until the pandemic has eased, officials said, avoidi...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 07:34:00 GMT
Covid-19: Argentina's death toll reached 50,327 on Monday
Argentina's Health Ministry on Monday said 91 COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours have raised the country's total death toll to 50,327. According to the ministry, tests have detected 3,259 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the...

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:54:00 GMT
Falklands defined as British Independent Overseas Territory by US Navy triggers reaction in Buenos Aires
The Argentine government expressed deep concern following a report in the official twitter from the United States Commander Submarine Force Atlantic, (Comsublant) in which it reveals that it had recently operated in the South A...

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:38:00 GMT
Ex president Carlos Menem, political wizard and bon vivant dies aged 90
Former Argentine president Carlos Menem died at the age of 90 on Sunday in a clinic in Buenos Aires, where he was admitted in December with a urinary tract infection. The president ruled Argentina during a time of short-lived e...

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 09:49:00 GMT
January inflation in Argentina, 4%, questioning government 2021 targets
Argentina's Consumer Price Index, CPI rose in January for the second month running 4%, questioning the government's target of 30% inflation in 2021. In effect twelve-month inflation reached 38,5% in January, following on the 4%...

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 09:32:00 GMT
Argentina's Patagonia bank teams with Swiss UBS and Banco do Brasil to have a global platform
UBS BB Investment Bank, a joint venture between UBS Group AG and Banco do Brasil SA for South America, reached a collaboration agreement with Argentina’s Banco Patagonia SA.

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:45:00 GMT
Argentina's goal of an IMF agreement by May, “is an ambitious timeline”
Argentina is planning to reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a new restructuring program by May, an ambitious timeline according to the IMF’s Western Hemisphere Director Alejandro Werner.

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 08:18:00 GMT
FAO anticipates a sharp decline in global cereal stocks
FAO's Cereals Supply and Demand Brief point to record wheat and rice production in 2020 and looking ahead to 2021 cereal output, early prospects indicate a likely modest increase for winter wheat crops in the northern hemispher...



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