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Tue, 02 Mar 2021 08:58:00 GMT
Argentine president attacks opposition, Judiciary, media and economic powers
In a defiant speech before the Legislative that launched the campaign for the October midterm elections, Argentine president Alberto Fernandez on Monday opened the 139 Congressional period of ordinary sessions with a barrage of...

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 13:50:00 GMT
Argentina's health minister in quarantine
Argentina’s health minister Carla Vizzotti said on Friday she had tested positive for COVID-19 and would quarantine for several days. Vizzotti, a week on the job, replaced former minister Gines Gonzalez Garcia who resigned fo...

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 10:21:00 GMT
Thousands in Argentina express indignation at the VIP vaccination scandal
Thousands took to the streets in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires and other main cities on Saturday to protest against the government of Alberto Fernandez following the VIP vaccination scandal, which meant a privileged few, m...

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 10:15:00 GMT
Pope Francis expects to die in Rome, “I will not return to Argentina”
Pope Francis expects to die in Rome, still the Catholic pontiff, without returning to spend his final days in his native Argentina, according to a new book titled The Health Of Popes.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:54:00 GMT
IMF admits discussions with Argentina continue but no meeting planned for May
IMF has no date yet set for its next visit to Argentina to discuss replacement to a failed 2018 program, a spokesman for the Fund advanced on Thursday. The parties could next meet in Washington soon, as Argentine Economy Minist...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:29:00 GMT
Argentina receives 904,000 doses of China's Sinopharm vaccine
Argentina has received 904,000 doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine in its first delivery from the Chinese drugmaker, the government said on Thursday, which should help the country accelerate its inoculation program.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 09:45:00 GMT
Kirchnerist businessman Baéz will remain under house arrest; family divided over harsh sentences
Argentine businessman and associate of former president Néstor Kirchner, Lázaro Báez will not return to jail for the moment. He will continue with an electronic anklet under the modality of house arrest in a house located in...

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:22:00 GMT
Argentina: the icon of Kirchners' business friends sentenced to 12 years in jail for money laundering
Argentine justice despite its disrepute has inflicted a mighty blow to the dominant force of the country's political system since 2003, the Nestor and Cristina Kirchner couple, currently headed by the widow Cristina Fernandez d...

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:20:00 GMT
Optimistic forecast in coming months for Argentina's economic activity
Argentina’s economic activity was down 10% during 2020 after falling 2.2% in December versus a year earlier, but better than the average fall analysts forecasted and that the initial government projections.

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 09:33:00 GMT
Covid-19 vaccines: “where's the universal brotherhood” ask Mexican and Argentine presidents
REUTERS – The presidents of Mexico and Argentina on Tuesday pressed the UN and the world's richest countries to improve poorer nations' access to Covid-19 vaccines, arguing efforts are grossly inadequate so far.



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