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Fernán Quirós: 'The average age of people in ICUs has gone down in this wave'

Yesterdat 00:30 Dr. Fernán Quirós discusses Covid-19 infections, deaths and the state of intensive care units. The Buenos Aires City Health Minister, who says he has a continuous dialogue with Health Minister Carla Vizzotti, says the most essential thing during the pandemic is to seek agreement and cooperation.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Courting deadlock

Yesterdat 00:28 The whole idea of the separation of powers is to achieve a constructive division of labour, not a collision course in which the component forces cancel each out.

Report details alleged human rights violations in Formosa

Yesterdat 00:16 Formosa drops down domestic agenda, but remains in the spotlight internationally; Report from Human Rights Watch details alleged abuses.

by Jennifer Heiman

Colombia criticises Fernández’s comments over policing of protests

Yesterdat 00:13 President Iván Duque's government "firmly rejects" comments by Peronist leader Alberto Fernández that criticised "institutional violence" against protesters, who have been demonstrating for more than a week.

Reports: Government, opposition close agreement to delay PASOs

07-05-2021 22:00 Argentina’s government and the opposition have sealed an agreement to postpone the PASO primaries by a month.

by James Grainger

Rough awakenings, after more than a month in intensive care

07-05-2021 15:54 The intensive care ward of the Hospital Néstor Kirchner in Florencia Varela has been swamped for the past year, ever since the coronavirus pandemic reached Argentina. Most people who enter with respiratory problems spend several weeks or even months there.

Frente de Todos puts on show of ‘unity’ as problems mount

07-05-2021 01:05 President Alberto Fernández hails the strength of his ruling coalition in wake of Supreme Court ruling.

Phones and patrol cars: Probe into Facundo Castro’s death, one year on

06-05-2021 15:36 22-year-old Facundo Astudillo Castro went missing at the end of April 2020, at the height of the coronavirus lockdown. His body was found more than three months later. A year on from his initial disappearance, the investigation into the youngster’s disappearance is still ongoing, with two telephones at the heart of the probe.

Bomb threat at Palermo station causes delays on San Martín line

05-05-2021 11:40 A bomb threat at Palermo station in the capital on Wednesday morning led to the deployment of the Federal Police’s explosives team, sparking concern among commuters.

Question marks over Guzmán’s tenure as economy minister

04-05-2021 22:09 Martín Guzmán’s bid to force out Energy Undersecretary Federico Basualdo – frustrated for now despite counting on the support of President Alberto Fernández – has reignited rumours over the economy minister’s future and exposed infighting among the ruling coalition.

Supreme Court rules in favour of City Hall in education dispute

04-05-2021 13:17 Supreme Court rules in favour of the Buenos Aires City government in its education dispute with the national government, confirming City Hall has the right to decide whether in-person classes in the capital should continue.

AFIP: One-off 'wealth tax' has brought in US$2.3 billion so far

03-05-2021 22:10 Around 80% of the roughly 12,000 who qualify for the one-off Covid capital levy have paid up to date, says AFIP, boosting government coffers by more than US$2.3 billion.

Alexis Guerrera sworn-in as new transport minister

03-05-2021 15:33 "It is not the best circumstances that leads me to assume the leadership of the Transport Ministry, but I am fully aware of facing the greatest political challenge of my career," declares new official.

Buenos Aires’ famous Obelisk gets a spruce-up before 85th birthday

03-05-2021 14:41 The capital’s tallest and most famous monument is undergoing clearing and restoration work ahead of its 85th birthday later this month.

by Claudio Corsalini

Death be not proud

01-05-2021 00:46 Mario Meoni was not the first Argentine minister to die in office – my newsroom memories stretch all the way back to the Raúl Alfonsín presidency which lost two successive Defence ministers in just nine months.

by Michael Soltys

Life after the great pandemic

01-05-2021 00:43 Hopes that the pandemic would abolish history by putting things in perspective and unite the world are still floating around, but they owe more to wishful thinking than to anything else.

by James Neilson

Health Minister Carla Vizzotti: 'What’s happening is a catastrophe'

01-05-2021 00:07 In a week of record deaths from Covid-19, the minister responsible for Argentina’s health system responds: Why there was no shutdown for Easter; Why classrooms should be shut now; What happened to the vaccine orders; What of lab links and relationships with Ginés González García and Hugo Sigman; The role of the media. A feature-length interview with Health Minister Carla Vizzotti.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Government could have ‘Argentine vaccine’ by 2022, says official

01-05-2021 00:01 Argentina will be self-sufficient next year in vaccine production, according to Agencia I+D+i President Fernando Peirano.

Rodríguez Larreta: Classes will continue until Supreme Court rules

30-04-2021 22:13 Buenos Aires City mayor says infant and primary school students will continue with in-person classes, with secondary students adopting a 'mixed model.' City Hall also announces new restrictions for businesses, shopping and other activities.

Protesting health workers lift Vaca Muerta roadblocks

30-04-2021 19:58 Protesting health workers who have deployed roadblocks for the last four weeks, blocking traffic to the giant Vaca Muerta shale basin in Neuquén Province, said on Wednesday that they moved their protests to other parts of Patagonia.

Soy-shipping turmoil deepens with transport minister's death

29-04-2021 23:40 Argentine farmers struggling to ship their crops through increasingly shallow rivers may soon face a new obstacle: one of the world’s key soy waterways needs to be dredged, and there’s no firm plan for who will do it.

Politicians mourns loss of Transport Minister Mario Meoni

29-04-2021 14:23 Meoni, who died in a car crash last Friday evening, laid to rest at a funeral in Junín. President Alberto Fernández mourns loss of “a great man.”

Shale industry rattled by social unrest in Patagonia

27-04-2021 22:09 Roadblocks near Vaca Muerta shale fields are about to enter their fourth week, with health workers on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic demanding higher wages.

Waterways are drying up in key South American crop-shipping hubs

27-04-2021 12:27 The South American drought that’s helping push corn and soybean prices to multiyear highs isn’t just threatening crops, but also the ability to haul them on waterways that are drying up.

Buenos Aires Province wants to resume talks with bondholders

26-04-2021 16:34 Five weeks after being sued by creditors in a New York court, Buenos Aires Province says it is ready to return to the negotiating table.

Uruguay presents plan to make Mercosur trade talks more flexible

26-04-2021 15:19 According to the draft document released by the Foreign Ministry in Montevideo, the proposal would allow member states, under some conditions, to initiate negotiations "either as a group or individually." 

President reiterates ‘debt swaps for climate action’ call

24-04-2021 01:52 Alberto Fernández pledges Argentina’s commitment to tackling climate change,saying he has “put climate and environmental action at the centre of his government’s convictions.”

Latin American environmental rights treaty enters into force

24-04-2021 01:45 As the world marked Earth Day, the first-ever treaty to protect the rights of environmental defenders was ratified by Latin American.