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David Henderson arrives at the Cardiff Crown Court on October 18, 2021 to be tried in connection with the plane crash that killed footballer Emiliano Sala. Henderson was charged last year for endangering the safety of an aircraft and attempting to discharge a passenger without valid permission or authorisation. Henderson, who denies the charges, is alleged to have arranged the flight to bring the former Nantes striker from France to Cardiff, where he was due to begin training with the Welsh club, which was then in the Premier League. The plane crashed into the sea near the Channel island of Guernsey, killing Sala, 28, and its pilot.

Man goes on trial in UK over plane crash death of footballer Emiliano Sala

Today 08:58 David Henderson stands trial for charges in connection with the death of Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala in a light aircraft crash in 2019.

Camilla Fabri, the wife of Colombian businessman Alex Saab, who was estradited to the US, speaks during a demonstration demanding his release, at the Bolivar square in Caracas, on October 17, 2021. Venezuela's opposition called on President Nicolas Maduro's government to resume talks to resolve their differences, after the ruling party withdrew from the latest round that was to begin Sunday in Mexico.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuelan opposition urges government to resume talks after walkout

Yesterdat 21:21 Venezuela's opposition calls on President Nicolás Maduro's government to resume talks to resolve their differences, after the ruling party withdrew from the latest round over extradition of Alex Saab.

Image of the deep seabed floor, showing polymetallic nodules

ENVIRONMENT

Critics question climate crisis benefits of deep seabed mining

16-10-2021 09:00 Commercial mining of the deep seafloor is not yet happening, but momentum is building. In response, a growing number of experts are sounding the alarm about a variety of environmental, food security, financial, and biodiversity concerns.

by Marta Montojo & Ian Urbina

EDITORIAL

One month (and two years) to go

16-10-2021 00:01 The Frente de Todos coalition is failing to come up with any new answers now that reality is finally starting to bite.

Guest voice

The case for streamlining Congress

16-10-2021 00:01 Streamlining Congress would establish criteria of austerity, meritocracy and transparency in the use of human resources, but has not been considered for the past two decades.

by Gabriel C. Salvia

AND THAT REMINDS ME…

Price controls without IDEA(s)

16-10-2021 00:01 The holes in price controls are an all too familiar story in Argentina. All sorts of routes for bypassing them, but the ultimate problem confounding price controls is that even their success against all the odds also contains the seeds of failure.

by Michael Soltys

As I see it

Peronism has its back against the wall

16-10-2021 00:01 In the eyes of a growing proportion of the country, Cristina, Alberto, Aníbal and the rest of them represent the very worst of a self-serving political elite whose members are more interested in their own personal welfare than anything else.

by James Neilson

Politics

The Berni Headlock and the Cristina Shake

16-10-2021 00:01 Whether on purpose or not, the pan-Peronist coalition led by Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is trying to drag the conversation away from the economic failures during their tenure in an attempt to claw back votes.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

A nurse, pictured at the Hospital Posadas.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

What we learned this week: October 9 to 16

16-10-2021 00:01 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Argentina's Ambassador to the United States Jorge Argüello, Cabinet Chief Juan Manzur and Economy Minister Martín Guzmán talk to investors at Argentina's Consulate in New York City.

IMF DEBT TALKS

Fernández: Argentina ‘absolutely’ committed to sealing new IMF deal

15-10-2021 20:44 Following reports any deal won’t be sealed until 2022, president tells business leaders that Argentina will repay IMF debt once it is “back on its own two feet again.”

Handout photo released by Presidency shows President Alberto Fernández (centre) talking next to Foreign Minister Felipe Sola (right) and Productive Development Minister Matías Kulfas during a Mercosur Summit from the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires on July 8, 2021.

Mercosur tensions

Argentina, Paraguay agree to review Mercosur's common external tariff

15-10-2021 20:33 Argentina and Paraguay agree to review Mercosur’s Common External Tariff – an issue that has sparked tensions within the trade bloc.

President Alberto Fernández addresses the 57th colloquium of IDEA (Instituto para el Desarrollo Empresarial de la Argentina).

57th IDEA COLLOQUIUM

Fernández warns business leaders over ‘incomprehensible’ price rises

15-10-2021 18:24 President Alberto Fernández, Economy Minister Martín Guzmán and Pope Francis among the names addressing 57th IDEA colloquium.

With global lithium demand set to soar, the Argentine government is studying a bill that would consolidate the state's role in the expanding industry.

Lithium in Argentina

Argentina at crossroads over the future of its lithium sector

15-10-2021 16:56 Fernández administration wants to boost the state's role in lithium extraction and electromobility, but conflicts with local communities remain.

by Javier Lewkowicz, Diálogo Chino

YPF have set up a new subsidiary, YPF Litio SA.

Lithium in Argentina

YPF moves forward with lithium development

15-10-2021 16:38 YPF President Pablo González has confirmed that the state energy company will enter the local lithium market via a new subsidiary, the recently created YPF Litio SA.

Dr Constanza Arias, chief of intensive care unit is seen during a round at the Professor Alejandro Posadas National Hospital in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, on October 5, 2021.

Coronavirus pandemic

Darkest days of Covid crisis remain fresh in the memory for many

15-10-2021 15:59 Coronavirus infections and fatalities are down in Argentina and intensive care units are getting emptier. Yet the darkest days of the Covid-19 pandemic are indelible memories for doctors, nurses and recovered patients.

Courts in Salta Province ordered police raids on no less than 18 properties linked to Salvador Mazza City Mayor Rubén Méndez.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Raids uncover corrupt mayor’s stash of cash, guns and luxury cars

15-10-2021 12:32 Courts in Salta Province order police raids on 18 properties linked to Salvador Mazza Mayor Rubén Méndez, confiscating more than US$850,000 in cash, weapons and imported luxury cars.

An undated handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Conservative MP for Southend West, David Amess, posing for an official portrait photograph at the Houses of Parliament in London.

BRITISH POLITICS

UK stunned as Conservative MP David Amess stabbed to death

15-10-2021 12:18 British MP David Amess dies after being stabbed "multiple times" by an attacker during an event in his local constituency in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, southeast England.

A woman shops at a butcher's stall in the capital.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation hit 3.5% in September as hikes picked up pace

15-10-2021 01:05 Consumer prices have risen 37% so far this year and 52.5% over last 12 months, according to new data from INDEC national statistics bureau.

Argentina's players celebrate at the end of the South American qualification football match against Peru for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, on October 14, 2021.

International football

Peru fail to disrupt the Scaloneta as Argentina march on

15-10-2021 00:37 If this Argentina team has one great virtue, and there are plenty to choose from, it is the unshakeable self-belief that courses through its veins.

by Dan Edwards

Argentina's Lautaro Martínez celebrates with Ángel Di María and Nahuel Molina after scoring against Peru during the South American qualification football match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, on October 14, 2021.

ROAD TO QATAR 2022

Martínez winner over Peru takes Argentina's run to 25 unbeaten

14-10-2021 23:52 Argentina took their unbeaten run to 25 matches and moved a step closer to qualifying for the World Cup with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Peru on Thursday.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador speaks during his daily morning press conference in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua State, Mexico.

Lithium in Latin America

Mexico eyes state monopoly to tap lithium rush

14-10-2021 22:39 Mexico plans to move towards a state monopoly in the exploration and mining of lithium, a vital material in the production of electric car batteries, the government said Friday.

LITHIUM IN LATIN AMERICA

Chile offers incentives to miners to take on more lithium projects

14-10-2021 22:34 Chile is offering new contracts to tap the world’s biggest reserves of lithium in a effort to reclaim market share as demand for the battery metal surges.

A woman shops at a supermarket in Buenos Aires.

BLOOMBERG

Inflation accelerated more than expected in September

14-10-2021 17:39 Consumer prices in Argentina climbed more than expected last month, prompting President Alberto Fernández to expand unconventional price controls.

Argentina's new Domestic Trade Secretary Roberto Feletti addresses the press during a meeting with representatives from the food and cleaning industries.

NEW PRICE CONTROLS

Government agrees 90-day price freeze for more than 1,200 products

14-10-2021 17:12 Government reaches agreement with retailers and business leaders to freeze prices of more than 1,200 household goods for 90 days – latest attempt to win back voters and tackle runaway inflation.

Fishermen on the shore of Lake Oroville during a drought in Oroville, California, on October 11. Photographer:

BLOOMBERG

La Niña arrives, threatening to stoke droughts and roil markets

14-10-2021 16:12 A weather-roiling La Niña appears to have emerged across the equatorial Pacific, setting the stage for worsening droughts in California and South America and greater risks for the world’s already strained energy and food supplies.

In this file photo taken on May 20, 2021, people walk past flags outside the United Nations headquarters in New York City.

Human rights

US rejoins UN Human Rights Council, years after walk-out

14-10-2021 16:05 The United States returned to the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday, three-and-a-half years after a dramatic walk-out; Argentina also elected to body.

Global pandemic

Brazil President Bolsonaro decides not to get vaccinated

14-10-2021 12:53 Unsurprisingly, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has confirmed he will not be vaccinated against Covid-19.

Chilean deputies sign a constitutional accusation against Chilean President Sebastián Piñera in Valparaíso, Chile, on October 13, 2021.

PANDORA PAPERS LEAK

Chile opposition moves to impeach Piñera over Pandora Papers claims

14-10-2021 12:51 Chile's opposition on Wednesday moved to impeach President Sebastián Piñera for the controversial sale of a mining company through a firm owned by his children, which appeared in the Pandora Papers leaks.

Experts say the danger to global corn production is clear and present.

AGRICULTURE

Government says maize exports are 'open,' despite new rules

14-10-2021 12:41 Farmers oppose imposition of new registration requirements for maize exports; Record 60.5 million tones forecast for 2020-2021 harvest.

FOOTBALL

Crespo sacked by São Paulo after poor run of results

14-10-2021 11:52 São Paulo have sacked former Argentina national team striker Hernan Crespo from his role as coach following a string of poor results.

A shopper checks prices in a supermarket in Buenos Aires.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina seeks pre-election price freeze on 900 household goods

13-10-2021 15:44 Government aims to extend Precios Cuidados price control programme to approximately 900 household goods in its latest attempt to recover ground with voters.

President Alberto Fernández leads a meeting with business leaders and CEOs at the Casa Rosada on Tuesday.

IMF DEBT TALKS

No IMF deal until early 2021, Fernández tells CEOs

13-10-2021 13:02 President Alberto Fernández reportedly tells a group of eight top businessmen that a deal with the IMF won’t happen until 2022 at the earliest.

BLOOMBERG

IMF board had reservations on surcharges freeze in September

13-10-2021 12:40 IMF's executive board had reservations in September about offering relief for surcharges, but a final decision was not made.

Aníbal Fernández under fire after clashing with Cristian Dzwonik, a.k.a. Nik. Inset, the image produced by the cartoonist after the event.

CARTOONIST DENOUNCES 'THREATS'

Opposition demands Aníbal Fernández's resignation after cartoonist clash

13-10-2021 11:25 Aníbal Fernández under fire after clashing with Cristian Dzwonik, a.k.a. Nik; Security minister downplays the message he sent to well-known satirical cartoonist identifying daughters' school.

A girl opens the door of the public school of Ologá, Zulia state, Venezuela, on September 6, 2021.

Education

'We're ignorant': Illiteracy haunts isolated Venezuelan village

13-10-2021 09:28 People in Ologá are facing a serious problem due to the lack of education, although it is far from being their main trouble since, for a long time now, they have also been suffering from lack of electricity, water, and domestic gas.

File photo taken on March 24, 2021, showing the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during sunrise. October 12, 2021, marks the 90th anniversary of the unveiling of Rio's iconic statue.

FELIZ CUMPLE CRISTO

Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue celebrates 90th birthday

13-10-2021 09:16 Iconic statue that towers over Rio de Janeiro celebrates its 90th birthday with a Mass, new song and a new bottle of booze.

A demonstrator is arrested by riot policemen during clashes following a protest of Mapuche indigenous people in downtown Santiago, on October 10, 2021.

UNREST IN CHILE

Chile president declares 'state of exception' over Mapuche conflict

13-10-2021 09:11 Sebastián Piñera declares a state of emergency and deploys troops to two southern regions, after clashes break out between Mapuche protesters and security forces.

Human rights

Government seeks to speed up trials into crimes against humanity

12-10-2021 16:28 Human Rights Secretariat to launch strategic plan to accelerate crimes against humanity, aiming for four of five hearings a week. Cases involving elderly victims to be prioritised.

Indigenous leader of the Mapuche radical group Coordinadora Arauco Malleco (CAM) Juan Pichùn stands next to freshly felled trees during the illegal occupation of the lands of a forestry company in Traiguen, Araucanía Region, Chile, on September 28, 2021. Pichùn, who doubts that a new constitution will resolve the Mapuche people historic demands for land and self-determination, took "territorial control" of the place along with 30 members of CAM, and cut down dozens of trees that they would later sell.

CHILE'S NEW CONSTITUION

Mix of hope, scepticism among Mapuche as Chile rewrites constitution

12-10-2021 14:57 Chile's Constitutional Convention had already begun to draft a new constitution, but Mapuche leaders doubt that it will resolve the community's historic demands for land and self-determination.

Businesses begin to open in provinces such as Jujuy and Santa Fe as quarantine measures slowly lift.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

IMF improves growth outlook for Argentina's economy

12-10-2021 14:04 International Monetary Fund improves 2021 growth forecast for Argentina to 7.5%, rise of 1.1 points.

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.

BLOOMBERG

Georgieva kept on as IMF chief after data scandal review

12-10-2021 11:48 Kristalina Georgieva will remain as head of the International Monetary Fund after the lender’s board reviewed accusations that she improperly influenced a World Bank ranking of China’s business climate.

Osmair Camargo Candido, 60, known as Fininho, works as a gravedigger at a cemetery in São Paulo, Brazil, on September 28, 2021. Fininho, who has worked for over 30 years as a gravedigger, is a philosophy teacher, gives vocational courses at a school, and is writing a book.

PROFILE

Gravedigger and philosopher: the double life of Osmair Candido

11-10-2021 21:34 For Osmair Candido, who has worked as a gravedigger for the past 30 years, the pandemic was worse than a nightmare, an ordeal the Brazilian overcame only with the help of a few old friends – Kierkegaard, Kant and Nietzsche.

BLOOMBERG

IMF rejected Argentina’s request for temporary surcharges relief

11-10-2021 18:00 The International Monetary Fund’s board of directors turned down a request by Argentina to discuss relief on the commissions the country pays for its record loan.

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso speaks after meeting with leaders of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), at the Carondelet Palace in Quito, on Octubre 4, 2021.

PANDORA PAPERS LEAK

Ecuador's legislature to investigate president over Pandora Papers

11-10-2021 09:15 Ecuador's legislature votes to open investigation into whether Guillermo Lasso broke the law by keeping assets in tax havens.

Argentina's players celebrate after scoring against Uruguay during the South American qualification football match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, on October 10, 2021.

WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

Impressive Argentina see off Uruguay 3-0 at the Monumental

11-10-2021 09:10 Albiceleste secure 3-0 win in the Clásico Rioplatense; Victory, secured by goals from Messi, De Paul and Martínez, leaves unbeaten Argentina in second in World Cup qualifying table behind Brazil.

United against Kirchnerism? Cornejo, Negri, Rodríguez Larreta and Lousteau, among others, in Córoba; Bullrich tours country seeking to change balance of power in Congress.

ELECTIONS 2021: MIDTERMS

Opposition nationalises campaign, keeping Frente de Todos on its feet

10-10-2021 10:41 Juntos por el Cambio prioritises five senatorial seats in upcoming midterms, part of a bid to strip Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of her majority in the Senate; A look at the candidates on tour, the key battlegrounds and strategic aims for the opposition coalition.

by Ezequiel Spillman

One of the joys of Buenos Aires is its knack for sweeping you back in time, perhaps like no other South American capital can. But progress is inevitable, even here. The faded grandeur of downtown out, the new neighbourhood of glass skyscrapers in. The wooden subway trains finally replaced by metal and plastic. And now, the 120-year-old stockyards are leaving too.

Bloomberg

Argentina’s 120-year-old cattle auction is leaving Buenos Aires

10-10-2021 09:30 In late December, the Mercado de Liniers, a sprawling open-air cattle market built in 1901, is slated to hold its final auction in front of what is certain to be a teary-eyed crowd.

Led by former American Club President Lawence Daniels, construction at Viamonte 1133 began in 1951. The 10-story building would be financed by US multinational companies, private investors, and the sale of six floors. In 1954, the American Club moved into its new premises occupying the top four levels, with additional space on the rooftop.

COMMUNITY

American Club of Buenos Aires falls victim to the pandemic

09-10-2021 12:58 After 103 years of history, The American Club of Buenos Aires is finally closing its doors. Hit hard by the pandemic-related closure imposed upon it, the iconic institution has been finally forced into bankruptcy.

by A Member

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives an update on relaxing restrictions imposed on the country during the coronavirus covid-19 pandemic at a virtual press conference inside the Downing Street Briefing Room in central London on July 5, 2021.

TRAVEL & TOURISM

UK cuts 47 countries from Covid travel 'red list,' including Argentina

09-10-2021 12:52 Removal from the "red list" means passengers will no longer be required to enter hotel quarantine. Instead, those required to enter lockdown can spend their 10-day period at a home or private residences.

L-Gante meets President Alberto Fernández.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

What we learned this week: October 2 to 9

09-10-2021 12:49 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Facundo Manes, pictured during an interview with Perfil's Jorge Fontevecchia.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Facundo Manes: ‘I didn’t become a candidate to represent what lost in 2019’

09-10-2021 12:46 Fresh from an impressive political debut in the recent PASO primaries, neuroscientist Facundo Manes discusses his run for national deputy, the ‘new’ Radicalism and differences within the opposition coalition.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

President Alberto Fernández criticised Clarín's frontpage.

SUPREME COURT

Vacancy opens on Supreme Court as Highton de Nolasco resigns bench

09-10-2021 12:40 Supreme Court justice resigns from nation’s highest tribunal in letter to President Alberto Fernández. Highton de Nolasco, who was sworn in back in 2004, will leave her post on November 1.

SUPREME COURT

Government faces challenges in choosing Highton de Nolasco's successor

09-10-2021 12:36 President Fernández must now choose a new Supreme Court justice. In the Senate, the numbers are not there – and the situation could get worse after December 10.

by Ariel Stemphelet

Vice-Presiudent Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Courts

Court acquits Fernández de Kirchner, ex-officials over alleged Iran MoU conspiracy

09-10-2021 12:27 Judges dismiss case against former president regarding alleged cover-up of Iran's possible role in the 1994 bombing of AMIA Jewish community centre. Carlos Zannini, Oscar Parrilli and the late Héctor Timerman also cleared.

Lionel Messi: Argentina's new ambassador in Paris.

Modern diplomacy

Messi: Argentina's 'number one' ambassador in Paris

09-10-2021 12:23 Argentine expatriates in Paris are delighted to see their fellow countryman playing for PSG, with many hailing the Rosario-born star's impact.

EDITORIAL

Could justice be just just?

09-10-2021 12:16 Unfashionable as this opinion might be, Argentine justice is showing various signs of a robust independence from outside pressures in exceptionally volatile political times.

And that reminds me...

Importing no less important

09-10-2021 12:12 Everybody hails the importance of exports. Imports have no such luck.

by Michael Soltys

As I see it

Thanks for nothing

09-10-2021 11:57 The technocrats in charge of the World Bank, the IMF and the like really want Argentina should be doing their best to scare the living daylights out of Alberto Fernández and his crew by warning them that at any moment the entire economy would go under, taking them with it.

by James Neilson

Facebook’s dilemma

How to evade taxes while being a major global corporation in a globalised and digital world

09-10-2021 11:55 Facebook, Google, Amazon, and the largest technology companies out there, most of them headquartered in Silicon Valley but registered in tax havens like Ireland, have long bent the rules in order to innovate, but also to their own benefit.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Antonio Pedro de Souza (left), 42 – a painter who has been out of work since the beginning of the pandemic – poses for a picture next to his wife (right), Ilma da Silva Santos and their children at their home at Manuel Faustino squatter camp, near Salvador, Bahía, Brazil on October 16, 2020.

Global pandemic

Brazil surpasses 600,000 Covid deaths

08-10-2021 19:46 Brazil on Friday surpassed 600,000 deaths from Covid-19. The country of 213 million has also recorded more than 21.5 million cases of the deadly virus.

Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero addresses the press after a meeting with his Brazilian counterpart in Brasilia.

TRADE BLOC TENSIONS

Argentina, Brazil agree to reduce Mercosur's Common External Tariff

08-10-2021 19:43 Brazil and Argentina agree to reduce Mercosur's common external tariff by 10% "on a very broad universe of products."

Argentina’s famed vineyards are struggling to find wine bottles amid a global shortage of glass, in the latest example of supply backlogs hitting local production.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina’s vineyards can’t bottle wines due to glass shortage

08-10-2021 17:03 Argentina’s famed vineyards are struggling to find wine bottles amid a global shortage of glass, in the latest example of supply backlogs hitting local production.

Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

COURTS

Judges dismiss Iran MoU cover-up case against CFK, other officials

08-10-2021 03:22 Judges dismiss case against former president and several other officials regarding alleged cover-up of Iran's possible role in the 1994 bombing of AMIA Jewish community centre.

FOOTBALL

Home crowd awaits for unbeaten Argentina

08-10-2021 00:03 After Italy's defeat to Spain on Wednesday the Albiceleste became the national team with the longest unbeaten record in the world, having last gone down at the 2019 Copa América to Brazil.

by Dan Edwards

A Paraguayan fan enters to the field to take a selfie with Argentina's Lionel Messi during the South American qualification football match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 between Paraguay and Argentina at the Defensores del Chaco stadium in Asunción on October 7, 2021.

International football

Paraguay hold Argentina in World Cup qualifier stalemate

07-10-2021 23:49 Single point maintain Albiceleste's unbeaten run in qualifying and solidifies their second place in the single qualifying table behind runaway leaders Brazil, who saw off a scare against Venezuela in Caracas.

Mauricio Macri pauses during a press conference after the primary elections last year

COURTS

New hearing date set after Macri misses illegal espionage hearing

07-10-2021 23:15 Former president Mauricio Macri skips court hearing related to alleged spying on relatives of 44 crew-members who died in the ARA San Juan submarine tragedy.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina to offer new liquidity Treasury notes called Lelites

07-10-2021 21:41 Economy Ministry announces it will offer new Treasury liquidity bills called Lelites.

A man works at the terrace of a coworking space over Paulista Avenue, in São Paulo, Brazil, on September 27, 2021

PHOTO FEATURE

'Beach' coworking spaces the new craze in São Paulo

07-10-2021 08:44 After 18 months of being locked up by coronavirus pandemic restrictions, Brazil's largest city is breathing again, thanks in part to open air coworking spaces. Rooftops and terraces made out to look like a beach have sprung up all over – and they are no longer the domaine of just internet start-ups.

Lithium

Lithium prices are soaring, sparking more deals for key battery metal

07-10-2021 08:23 Lithium is having a moment -- and record prices won’t deter the flurry of deals for the key battery metal.

President Mauricio Macri; ARA San Juan submarine, pictured in 2017.

ALLEGED ILLEGAL ESPIONAGE

Bullrich: Macri will miss ARA San Juan illegal espionage hearing

06-10-2021 22:03 Former president will miss Thursday's hearing about alleged spying on relatives of the 44 crew-members who died in the sinking of the ARA San Juan submarine.

A street in Buenos Aires City, Argentina.

Price increases

World Bank rules out risk of hyperinflation in Argentina

06-10-2021 21:22 World Bank official plays down risk of hyperinflation in Argentina and says new agreement with International Monetary Fund regarding multi-billion-dollar debt will further reduce possibility.

In this file photo taken on July 29, 2021, Guido Bellido (left) raises his fist next to Peru's President Pedro Castillo (right) at Pampa de la Quinua in Ayacucho, southern Peru.

Peruvian politics

Peru president announces PM will step down, triggering resignation of Cabinet

06-10-2021 21:10 President Pedro Castillo announced on October 6 the resignation of his prime minister and his entire cabinet, two months after taking office, in a surprise message to Peru broadcast on state television.

Equipos de bomberos continúan trabajando en los frentes de fuego que afectan los departamentos Tulumba, Sobremonte y Río Seco en el norte provincial.

ENVIRONMENT

Forest fires rip through Córdoba Province

06-10-2021 14:51 Forest fires continued to rage in the northern part of Córdoba Province on Tuesday, leaving destruction in their wake but thankfully no deaths or injuries.

Passengers pass through Ezeiza international airport.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina to scrap Covid entry quotas for foreign arrivals on October 19

06-10-2021 14:12 Argentina’s civil aviation agency announces that from October 19, Covid-19 limits on incoming passengers arriving from abroad by air will be scrapped.

Chilean President Sebastián Piñera offers a press conference a day after he was mentioned in the 'Pandora Papers' media investigation exposing world leaders' use of tax havens, at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, on October 4, 2021.

PANDORA PAPERS LEAK

Chile's opposition accuses President Piñera after Pandora Papers report

06-10-2021 13:01 Opposition lawmakers in Chile said Tuesday they will present a parliamentary charge that could lead to the removal of President Sebastian Piñera following allegations related to the Pandora Papers leak.

View of Plaza the Mayo, with the Casa Rosada behind. Taken in Buenos Aires on May 28, 202, during the coronavirus pandemic.

BLOOMBERG

JPMorgan expects inflation accelerated in September

06-10-2021 10:21 Prices in Argentina probably rose at a faster pace in September after slowing over the previous five months, economists expect.

In this 2014 file photo, coach Kenneth Zseremeta (right) awards the under-17 Women's World Cup golden boot to Venezuelan players Deyna Castellanos and Gabriela García.

SEXUAL ABUSE IN SPORT

Venezuelan footballers denounce sexual abuse by former coach

06-10-2021 09:51 Twenty-four of Venezuela's top football players denounce alleged sexual abuse by their former coach Kenneth Zseremeta, whom they describe as a "monster" in a statement posted on social media.

PANDORA PAPERS LEAK

Pandora Papers: the latest mega leak on tax-dodging

06-10-2021 09:35 The Pandora Papers leak is the latest – and biggest – to shine a light on tax evasion of the rich and powerful from the whistleblowing International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).

Alejandro Maldonado, 47, had dug in at his house in the 3900 block of Tres de Febrero Street, firing at least 300 shots at the policemen who had surrounded the location.

CRIME & SECURITY

Horror in Caseros: Police kill kidnapper, find captive dead

05-10-2021 22:03 Ten-hour ordeal in Caseros ends with kidnapper Alejandro Maldonado gunned down by Grupo Halcón crack unit of the Buenos Aires provincial police. Three officers wounded, man taken hostage found down.

Rescuers help stranded humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on the shores at Lucila del Mar, Buenos Aires Province. Photo provided by Mundo Marino Foundation.

WHALE RESCUE

Two stranded humpback whales rescued in Argentina

05-10-2021 21:26 Rescue teams save two stranded humpback whales on shores of Atlantic coast at La Lucila del Mar. Two incidents took place over 48 hours, with rescue teams able to return both to the sea.

Ángel Di María, Lionel Messi and Leandro Paredes arrive in Argentina.

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

Messi & co arrive in Argentina for World Cup triple header

05-10-2021 17:15 Albiceleste captain Lionel Messi and his teammates arrived in Buenos Aires on Tuesday, as Argentina's national team prepares for a World Cup qualifying triple header.

SUPREME COURT

Elena Highton de Nolasco resigns from Supreme Court

05-10-2021 16:15 Supreme Court justice resigns from nation’s highest tribunal in letter to President Alberto Fernández. Highton de Nolasco, who was sworn in back in 2004, will leave her post on November 1.

In this file photo taken on August 12, 2021, a person shops for produces at an area grocery store in Washington, DC. Inflation continued to rise in the US in August, while spending and incomes also climbed, according to government data released on October 1, 2021.

GLOBAL OUTLOOK

IMF: Inequality, inflation hurting pandemic recovery

05-10-2021 12:25 Global economic bounceback from the Covid-19 crisis will downshift this year as countries struggle with rising prices, high debt loads and divergent recoveries, warns IMF.

Catholic Bishop Eric de Moulins-Beaufort (centre), president of the Bishops' Conference of France (CEF), speaks to the press during the publishing of a report by an independant commission into sexual abuse by church officials (Ciase) on October 5, 2021, in Paris. An independent inquiry into alleged sex abuse of minors by French Catholic priests, deacons and other clergy has found some 216,000 victims of paedophilia from 1950 to 2020, a "massive phenomenon" that was covered up for decades by a "veil of silence."

CATHOLIC CHURCH

'Massive' child sex abuse in French Catholic Church, inquiry finds

05-10-2021 12:17 French Catholic clergy sexually abused around 216,000 minors spanning seven decades since 1950, a "massive phenomenon" that was covered up by a "veil of silence," an independent commission said Tuesday.

PANDORA PAPERS LEAK

Argentina ranks third for offshore bank accounts in 'Pandora Papers' leak

05-10-2021 09:25 New leak of nearly 12 million documents from financial services firms shows how elite use tax havens to stash assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Number of Argentines appear, including Gianfranco and Mariano Macri, Jaime Durán Barba, Daniel Muñoz, Ángel Di María, Javier Mascherano, Mauricio Pochettino and Zulemita Menem.

A woman checks her Instagram account as she stands on a street with her friend, in New York city on October 4, 2021. Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms were hit by a massive outage, impacting potentially tens of millions of people as users flocked to other networks to sound off.

explainer

Why did Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp shut down?

05-10-2021 09:11 Hundreds of millions of people were unable to access Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for more than six hours on Monday, underscoring the world's reliance on platforms owned by the Silicon Valley giant. But what actually caused the outage?

With just two months left until the US presidential election, Facebook says it is taking additional steps to encourage voting, minimise misinformation and reduce the likelihood of post-election “civil unrest.”

TECH GIANTS

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by widespread outage

04-10-2021 20:55 Facebook battled duelling crises on Monday as it faced a large-scale outage of its dominant social network for seven hours, and fought against a whistleblower's damning revelations.

Brazil relies on hydroelectricity for more than 60 percent of its power, and the drought has forced the country to increase output of more expensive and carbon-intensive electricity.

Bloomberg

Global energy crisis comes to drought-stricken South America

04-10-2021 20:39 The energy crisis sweeping the globe is about to hit South America, where a historic drought has the region desperate to replace a collapse in hydroelectric generation.

Economy Minister Martín Guzmán and IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Venice.

IMF DEBT TALKS

Government watches Georgieva's IMF troubles with concern

04-10-2021 16:11 US lawmakers and officials are seeking to speed up an investigation into the director of the International Monetary Fund, for allegedly favouring China when she worked at the World Bank.

by Fernando Nolé

PANDORA PAPERS LEAK

World leaders scramble to limit 'Pandora Papers' damage

04-10-2021 13:20 More than a dozen heads of state and government, from Jordan to Azerbaijan, Kenya and the Czech Republic, have used offshore tax havens to hide assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a far-reaching new investigation by the ICIJ media consortium.

RUGBY

Players need rest, says Pumas coach Ledesma

04-10-2021 13:07 Exhausted Pumas squad needs rest after playing for almost 12 months straight, coach Mario Ledesma said after Saturday's 32-17 Rugby Championship loss to the Wallabies.

An aerial view of the financial centre of Panama City.

PANDORA PAPERS LEAK

Panama law firm heavily implicated in 'Pandora Papers' revelations

04-10-2021 13:01 Prestigious Panamanian law firm was named in the so-called 'Pandora Papers' as implicated in the creation of offshore shell companies meant to hide money in tax havens for more than 160 politicians and public figures.

PANDORA PAPERS

Here are the biggest revelations from the Pandora Papers leak

04-10-2021 10:19 Huge leak of financial records reveals offshore financial assets of dozens of current and former world leaders and hundreds of politicians from Asia and the Middle East to Latin America.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Argentina investors got election wish, then got hammered anyway

04-10-2021 10:01 Argentina’s primary election went just the way investors wanted, but since then bonds have taken a nose dive.

Jujuy Province Governor Gerardo Morales.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Gerardo Morales: ‘I wouldn’t vote for Mauricio Macri again, no’

02-10-2021 08:36 Jujuy Governor Gerardo Morales on Radicalism, his fellow opposition leaders, the 2021 elections and why cannabis will soon mean more to his province than lithium and renewable energies.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Tango dancers at the Centro Cultural Mercedes Sosa, in Buenos Aires.

Culture

Milongas reopen, bringing embraces back to Buenos Aires

02-10-2021 08:26 Tango begins ringing out across the capital after 18 months of abstinence due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Central Bank of Argentina stands in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019.

Bloomberg

Argentina looks to mutual funds for additional local funding

02-10-2021 08:18 Argentina took a new step on Friday to boost its local financing options in pesos as the midterm elections approach.

Bloomberg

MercadoLibre SPAC has 30 Latin America tech firms in its sights

02-10-2021 08:03 E-commerce giant's firm with venture capital firm Kaszek is just getting off the ground. Already, the e-commerce giant’s executives are mulling more partnerships in the region.

The country faces its highest risk index since 2005.

Bloomberg

Argentina’s CNV mulls allowing foreign listings on local markets

02-10-2021 07:56 National Securities Commission calls for public consultation to potentially allow foreign issuers to list securities on Argentina's local markets.

President Alberto Fernández and Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, pictured at an event at the Casa Rosada.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

What we learned this week: September 25 to October 2

02-10-2021 07:52 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.