News of contagion

Gamma (Manaos) variant of Covid-19 predominant in Argentina

24-06-2021 23:29 The Gamma variant, identified for the first time in Brazil, is predominant in Argentina, according to the Health Ministry.

Politics & the pandemic

The contagion crisis

01-05-2021 00:48 Inflammatory agitation will not go away – elections are nearing and the candidates are hooked on posturing already.

by Martín Gambarotta

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

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

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

IMF: Latin America rebound imperiled by virus resurgence

15-04-2021 16:52 The economic rebound forecast for Latin American this year faces risks from the recent resurgence of Covid-19 and slow vaccine roll-outs, the International Monetary Fund said.

Global pandemic

Vaccine hope, but enduring fear one year after pandemic declared

11-03-2021 22:50 One year on from the declaration of the coronavirus pandemic, vaccinations are offering hope. But much of humanity still enduring highly restricted lives, with no clear path back to normality.

Global pandemic

Latin America's cities bustle like Covid is gone – but it’s not

20-09-2020 21:57 In Latin America’s big cities, as in other places around the globe, it almost feels like the virus never happened.

Coronavirus pandemic

Staff at Ezeiza Hospital holds their breath and hope amid Covid-19 surge

08-07-2020 11:42 With Winter approaching and tight restrictions back in place in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area, doctors and nurses at Hospital de Ezeiza hope the Covid-19 cure of curve flattens before overflowing becomes an issue.

News of contagion

Gamma (Manaos) variant of Covid-19 predominant in Argentina

The contagion crisis

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

IMF: Latin America rebound imperiled by virus resurgence

Vaccine hope, but enduring fear one year after pandemic declared

Latin America's cities bustle like Covid is gone – but it’s not

Staff at Ezeiza Hospital holds their breath and hope amid Covid-19 surge

Paraguay president: Crew member of grounded plane ‘changed face’ in Cuba

Four killed after medical plane crashes at Río Grande airport

Three signs show that Argentina is heading to a devaluation

Marc Stanley: ‘I think President Biden's going to be proud of the work we've done in Argentina’

Ambassador talks up common ground at Canada Day event

La certera respuesta de Lorenzetti a Alberto Fernández sobre el fallo a Milagro Sala

Luis D'Elía desafío a Roberto Navarro: "Me gustaría decirte cara a cara lo equivocado que estás"

Quinto pasajero: qué se sabe sobre el bebé que iba en el avión estrellado y se salvó milagrosamente

"Llevó la urna al baño y volvió con 100 votos para Baradel": polémica por las elecciones de SUTEBA en La Matanza

Tras el anuncio del paro, Alberto Fernández criticó al campo: "Déjenme de embromar, hay que producir"