News of pablo

Killings and prison torture raise alarms over gang crime in Chile

30-10-2024 13:45 Murders, violent crime and drug seizures have increased; Chile more than tripled spending since 2022 to meet threat.

TRADE UNIONS

Government ousts union leader from board of Aerolíneas Argentinas

19-10-2024 09:38 Pablo Biró, leader of the APLA pilots’ union, ousted from board of flagship airline; Decision made during shareholders’ meeting, after firm argued union leader had repeatedly acted against the interests of the company.

POVERTY

'Heartbreaking': Priest in nation's poorest city bemoans destitution

30-09-2024 17:03 Father Pablo Ferreira, a priest in the poor city of Resistencia, Chaco Province, is a direct witness to the growing numbers of Argentina’s poor. “Seeing poverty data is one thing, but seeing the faces of destitution and poverty is heart-breaking,” he explains.

Colombian Cartels

Colombia rebel group imposes control in restive coca zone

23-09-2024 11:31 Guerrillas from the FARC dissident group Segunda Marquetalia, currently engaged in complex peace negotiations with the Colombian government, have taken control of southwestern region of Nariño.

FINANCE & BUSINESS

Broker returns US $10 million in profit from Argentine ghost bonds

18-09-2024 12:05 Max Capital SA has returned nearly US$10 million in profits to the government after exploiting a loophole in a significant debt swap.

LABOUR UNREST

Milei government declares air transport an ‘essential service’

16-09-2024 14:58 President Javier Milei on Monday decreed the aviation sector an "essential service" and ordered that airlines maintain at least 50% of flights in the event of work stoppages.

POLITICS

Frente Joven: Catholic group gains influence in Milei’s government

07-06-2024 17:25 Members of the Catholic group Frente Joven, which raised its profile during the push to legalise abortion in Argentina, are gaining posts in Javier Milei’s government. Posts in the Cults Secretariat, the Human Capital Ministry and Congress. How the scandal of Sandra Pettovello and Pablo de la Torre relates.

by Giselle Leclercq

POLITICS

Milei names X user ‘Juan Doe’ as his digital communications director

04-06-2024 17:05 The position of Juan Pablo Carreira, a renowned libertarian activist, was finalised through a decree signed by the President and Cabinet chief Guillermo Francos.

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Top officials to meet People's Bank of China chief amid swap talks

26-04-2024 17:20 Argentina’s Central Bank Governor Santiago Bausili and Finance Secretary Pablo Quirno are scheduled to meet with People’s Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng in Beijing on Monday.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Court reopens probe into alleged crimes against humanity in Venezuela

06-04-2024 22:17 Court in Argentina, citing principle of universal jurisdiction, orders re-opening of investigation into crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Venezuela.

INVESTIGATIVE REPORT

'Los dueños de la tierra': Argentina’s 20 biggest landowners

24-02-2024 06:25 Among those who concentrate the most terrain are businessmen and groups with between 100,000 and over a million hectares of land of every type. Some like Benetton or the Cresud, owned by Eduardo Elsztain, are better-known, but companies with Chinese, Swiss and Chilean capital also appear, along with bit players.

by Ariel Stemphelet

Death of Pablo Neruda

Chile to reopen probe into mystery death of poet Pablo Neruda

20-02-2024 15:32 An appeals court in Santiago ordered the reopening of the investigation into the death of Neruda, who many believe was poisoned by the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

Interview

Pablo Moyano: ‘Luis Caputo should be thrown into jail, not the Riachuelo’

31-01-2024 16:10 Camioneros boss and CGT secretary-general lets loose, letting rip at Economy Minister Luis Caputo. “Governance will be complicated,” he warns President Javier Milei.

by Juan Pablo Kavanagh

ANTI-MILEI PROTEST

Thousands swarm Buenos Aires' streets to protest Milei’s reforms

25-01-2024 00:39 Thousands flooded the streets and avenues surrounding Congress during a mass protest on Wednesday in Buenos Aires organised by the CGT, one of the nation’s oldest and most powerful union groups.

POLITICS & LABOUR

Unions take to streets in challenge to Milei's reform push

24-01-2024 13:53 Thousands of protesters had gathered by midday in the heart of Buenos Aires for what is expected to be the biggest demonstration in years, called by Argentina’s main union, the CGT, against President Milei's proposed economic reforms.

ANTI-MILEI MARCH

General strike poses test for Milei’s austerity plan

24-01-2024 12:46 Argentina strikes: Javier Milei confronts unions in key test of austerity plan.

ART & CULTURE

Artist Pablo Bronstein auctions off private collection in London

08-01-2024 11:33 Argentine London-based artist Pablo Bronstein has announced he will sell off his private art collection.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Pablo Gerchunoff: ‘People voted for a scream of fury… inside it lies change’

06-01-2024 07:23 Renowned economist, essayist and researcher Pablo Gerchunoff analyses the ascent of Javier Milei to the Presidency.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

DEBT SWAP OFFER

Government proposes peso debt swap that may top US$71 billion

05-01-2024 14:30 Argentina’s government is proposing a debt swap to banks in the country that could top US$71 billion for peso notes due this year with the aim of postponing maturities and reducing the financial deficit to zero.

HUMAN RIGHTS & ART

Pablo: the disappeared child who walks on waters of River Plate

18-11-2023 07:20 From the Parque de la Memoria in Buenos Aires, an ever steeper path winds up to the shoreline of the River Plate. In the distance, in the water, a child can be seen floating with his back turned, ebbing and flowing with the tide. The story of a unique statue, entitled ‘Reconstrucción del retrato de Pablo Míguez.'

by Sabrina Chemen

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

World's largest crop trading houses tell Argentina to loosen its grip on soy

27-09-2023 12:43 Officials from three of the world's largest crop trading houses have urged Argentina to loosen government restrictions and export taxes on soy production.

OBITUARY

Colombian artist and sculptor Fernando Botero dies at 91

15-09-2023 13:31 Passionate and tireless Colombian artist Fernando Botero, once dubbed the 'Picasso of Latin America,' has died at 91. A prolific artist, he produced more than 3,000 paintings that have been displayed in countries across the world.

Economy

Argentina's public debt reaches a new record above US$400 billion

19-07-2023 18:33 In June, public debt increased by almost US$ 5 billion to US$ 400 billion. Specialists have conducted analyses on sustainability.

INTERVIEW

Flexibility in the office and the factory: five minutes with Volkswagen’s North America CEO

07-06-2023 18:27 Argentine executive Pablo Di Si, who’s been with the German car maker for nearly a decade in various leadership roles, wants to improve the employee experience at Volkswagen for both white-collar and frontline workers.

DERBY MADNESS

Superclásico controversy can’t detract from Boca’s failings

11-05-2023 20:43 Put aside the penalty controversy and it’s clear Boca are still not up to the task when facing River – lots for Jorge Almirón to ponder in the weeks and months ahead.

by Dan Edwards

UNREST IN PERU

Peru ex-president extradited from United States, taken to prison

24-04-2023 10:54 Peru's former president Alejandro Toledo was jailed on Sunday, hours after arriving back in his homeland from the United States to face charges of money-laundering and corruption dating back to his mandate.

EXCHANGE MARKETS

'Blue dollar' hits 420 – the reasons behind exchange rate turbulence

19-04-2023 12:31 Argentina’s complicated exchange rate spectrum was hit by further turbulence on Tuesday. The reasons behind the instability, according to the experts.

by Santiago Escobar

CAMPAIGN COMMENTS

Of palindromes and black rivers (and this city)

15-04-2023 06:36 It’s impossible to ignore the fireworks over this city’s electoral system, but we should also cast an eye down south – this year’s voting begins in earnest with tomorrow’s provincial elections in Neuquén and Río Negro.

by Michael Soltys

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Lacking agreement, Frente de Todos heads towards decisive month

12-04-2023 23:23 Ruling coalition no closer to deciding its line-up for the PASO primaries; Justicialist Party (PJ) National Council set to meet at the end of April, but President Alberto Fernandez will not define his candidacy until May.

by Rosario Ayerdi

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

China-Taiwan battle lines run through Latin America

28-03-2023 11:43 After Honduras' severing of ties with Taiwan, only Paraguay and 12 other countries now maintain diplomatic relations with the self-ruled democratic island.

CRIME & SECURITY

Anti-narcotics forces deployed in Rosario as homicide numbers climb

09-03-2023 13:57 Argentina’s government sends reinforcements to combat drug-trafficking in Rosario, where more than one death per day has been registered in March.

Violence in Rosario

Investigators: Attackers of Messi's in-laws’ supermarket seeking ‘impact’

03-03-2023 17:25 Threatening attack on supermarket owned by Lionel Messi's in-laws was intended to "generate intimidation" and "public impact," investigators said Friday.

CRIME & SECURITY

Security minister under fire after admitting ‘narcos have won’ in Rosario

02-03-2023 19:45 Aníbal Fernández slammed by opposition after asserting that the “narcos have won” in Rosario; Comments delivered in aftermath of threats and shooting at supermarket owned by family of Lionel Messi’s wife.

CRIME & SECURITY

Violence in Rosario persists with 19 homicides in January

02-03-2023 16:15 The year 2022 closed with a record 288 homicides in Greater Rosario, with January’s 19 homicides promising a continuation to the incessant violence in the city. Estimates show that 2023 will follow the same path or even exceed last year's number of crimes.

CRIME & SECURITY

Shots fired, threats left at supermarket belonging to Messi's wife's family

02-03-2023 12:07 Narco violence in Rosario escalates as supermarket belonging to the family of Antonela Rocuzzo, the wife of Lionel Messi, was hit by a mafia-style attack in the early hours of Thursday morning.

NERUDA INVESTIGATION

Was Pablo Neruda poisoned? Probe members say inconclusive

17-02-2023 11:04 Two members of a scientific panel that investigated the mysterious death of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda unable to determine whether or not Chilean poet was poisoned, though examination of his molars confirmed presence of toxic bacteria.

INVESTIGATION

Experts deliver report on Pablo Neruda's mysterious death to Chile judge

16-02-2023 14:37 Report delivered to Chilean Judge on Wednesday may suggest poison as the cause of death for Nobel laureate poet Pablo Neruda.

CRIME & SECURITY

Santa Fe governor fires security minister as narco violence worsens

09-02-2023 14:41 Following a week of violence, the provincial governor dismissed Rubén Rimoldi from his post and appointed Claudio Brilloni, commander of the National Board Guard, in his place. There were also changes in local police leadership.

Hollywood Drug Lord

Hollywood glorifies Pablo Escobar, late drug lord's son says

13-01-2023 12:29 Son of the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar says glorified Hollywood image of his father has wrongfully inspired young people to seek a life of crime.