News of crisis

Cuba protests fanned by worst economic crisis since fall of USSR

16-07-2021 03:00 Cuba's deepest economic crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a spike in Covid-19 infections, power blackouts and increased use of social media all helped fan discontent with the 62-year-old communist regime.

Crisis in Venezuela

Venezuela's Maduro says Mexico to host talks with opposition

13-07-2021 09:35 Venezuelan leader says Mexico will host talks between his government and the opposition, but insists he will only take part if international sanctions are lifted. Little comment on latest arrest of another opposition leader, Freddy Guevara.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Biden reaffirms support for Venezuela opposition leader Guaidó

06-07-2021 15:27 Joe Biden reaffirms US support for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, even in the midst of efforts to resume negotiations with President Nicolas Maduro's government.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela's Maduro blows hot and cold in bid for sanctions relief

06-07-2021 15:19 Embattled Venezuelan leader is hoping such assurances on upcoming elections will lead to a softening of the economic sanctions hanging over the country.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Maduro, Guaidó and Alberto: the beginning of a new phase in Venezuela?

26-06-2021 00:33 Both sides of the Venezuelan grieta have publicly stated their intention to sit at the negotiating table. This is a massive step forward after years of deadlock.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Global pandemic

In world’s worst Covid vaccine line, you wait hours and still get nothing

26-06-2021 00:06 Venezuelans wait in line for hours to receive a dose of the vaccine. Many leave without jabs in their arms.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Juan Guaidó: ‘We’re not depending on the good faith of a dictatorship’

26-06-2021 00:01 Venezuela, says Juan Guaidó, remains gripped by crisis and needs a plan of national salvation. The opposition leader, recognised by more than 60 nations as the country's interim president, on the need for free and fair elections, Argentina’s diplomatic stance and the position of Pope Francis.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Crisis in Venezuela

Maduro’s tightened grip forces Venezuela’s opposition to lower sights

25-06-2021 23:51 For years, the nation’s fractured opposition has been battling itself, not just authoritarian rule. Imprisoned by the dozens, disenfranchised by rigged elections and pushed into exile by Maduro, leaders also split on strategy and wrestled for prominence.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela's public sector surviving on 'starvation salary’

25-06-2021 23:46 Highest monthly salary for someone working in public administration is less than US$10 – many working in the public sector now take second or even third jobs to make ends meet.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Can Maduro’s reluctant reforms halt Venezuela’s economic freefall?

25-06-2021 23:36 New policy mix bears little resemblance to the neo-Marxist “Socialism of the 21st century” that Venezuela pursued under the late Hugo Chávez.

INTERVIEW / VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT

Nicolás Maduro: ‘The sanctions are illegal, immoral and should be lifted'

25-06-2021 23:30 Venezuela, says Nicolás Maduro, has broken free of "irrational, extremist, cruel" US oppression. But in between his denunciations of Yankee imperialism, the president is making a public plea and aiming it directly at Joe Biden. The message? It's time for a deal.

Venezuelan exodus

NGO: Almost 2,000 Venezuelan refugees murdered in Colombia in 5 years

24-06-2021 09:50 At least 1,933 Venezuelan migrants were killed in Colombia between 2015 and 2020, and another 836 are "considered missing," reports Colombian NGO

HUMAN RIGHTS

Argentina, Mexico recall envoys over Nicaragua crackdown

21-06-2021 16:11 Argentina and Mexico recall ambassadors to Nicaragua for consultations in response to President Daniel Ortega's mounting crackdown on the opposition.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela’s Maduro pleads for foreign capital, Biden deal in interview

18-06-2021 12:33 Although he has denounced US intervention, Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro says he wants sanctions to be lifted by the Biden administration and foreign investments to flow in.

Global pandemic

Gasping for oxygen amid shortages in Bolivian city battling Covid

15-06-2021 13:24 Cochabamba department, in central Bolivia, is struggling with a surge in Covid-19 cases that has triggered the collapse of a fragile healthcare system and has prompted a dire shortage of medical oxygen.

Environment

WTO deal 'doable' to stop subsidies that lead to over-fishing

11-05-2021 13:48 After two decades of talks at the World Trade Organization towards banning subsidies that contribute to over-fishing, Colombian ambassador Santiago Wills said Tuesday that a deal could be within reach.

Bolsonaro's Brazil

Under fire Bolsonaro leads motorcycle rally of supporters

10-05-2021 11:08 As the Brazilian Senate investigates president Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the pandemic, the far-right leader led hundreds of his supporters in a motorbike rally on Sunday for Mother's Day.

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

Global Pandemic

Brazil Senate opens Bolsonaro Covid probe

27-04-2021 12:40 Brazil's Senate opened an inquiry Tuesday into the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, after far-right president Jair Bolsonaro defied almost all expert advice on handling the crisis.

Wildlife and Conservation

Conservation group releases endangered jaguars into Iberá National Park

23-04-2021 00:01 A female jaguar and her two cubs have been released back into the wild at Iberá National Park in Corrientes Province, as part of a conservation programme run by Rewilding Argentina.

Coronavirus Pandemic

UN: 2021 LatAm growth won't offset pandemic economic decline

22-04-2021 12:23 The UN's Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has projected that economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021 will not offset 2020 losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic, nor will it roll back increases in poverty and inequality.

Coronavirus Pandemic

Vizzotti warns Argentina is in 'worst moment' of coronavirus pandemic to date

21-04-2021 17:03 Health Minister Carla Vizzotti warned Wednesday that Argentina is in "the worst moment" of the coronavirus pandemic to date and asked citizens to take extra care amid Covid-19 second wave surge.

US Border Crisis

Massive increase of migrant children at Mexico-US border, says UNICEF

20-04-2021 13:09 According to UNICEF, Mexican authorities are recording an average of 275 new migrant children a day waiting to cross into the United States or having been sent back from the northern side of the border.

Coronavirus Pandemic

The P1 or 'Brazilian' variant: what we know about new Covid strain

19-04-2021 11:58 Here's what we know about The "Brazil variant" — a more contagious mutation of the coronavirus that emerged in the Amazon late last year.

LAST SEVEN DAYS

What we learned this week: April 10 to 17

17-04-2021 09:21 The pick of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

MINISTER ON TOUR

Guzmán heads for Moscow after searching for ‘consensus’ on European tour

17-04-2021 09:16 Economy Minister Martín Guzmán heads to Moscow for talks on vaccine production, IMF debt restructuring and deepening strategic ties.

IMF DEBT TALKS

IMF official says timing of new debt deal depends on Argentina

17-04-2021 09:11 IMF Western Hemisphere Director Alejandro Werner says a lot of “advanced work” on a new financing programme for Argentina has been completed. But the timing of a new deal depends on the Alberto Fernández administration, he adds.

Second Wave

Vizzotti concerned by rising coronavirus cases and new strains

14-04-2021 18:18 With a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in the past 10 days and concerns over the spread of new strains in national territory, government officials are meeting to assess the impact of the latest lockdown measures.

An Indian perspective

Reimagining diplomacy in the post-Covid world

13-04-2021 13:47 Fashioning a robust response to the Covid-19 challenge is set to dominate global diplomacy in 2021.

by Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

THE WEEK

What we learned this week: April 3rd- April 10th

10-04-2021 09:22 The stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Global Pandemic

Brazilian Senate to probe Bolsonaro's handling of pandemic

09-04-2021 11:55 A judge from Brazil's supreme court on Thursday ordered the Senate to create a commission to investigate President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the pandemic, after requests from 32 of Brazil's 81 senators.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

GoFundMe or death: Venezuelans seek online help in Covid pandemic

09-04-2021 08:00 With a saturated public health care system and out of reach prices in private clinics, many Venezuelans are turning to crowdfunding sites throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

Coronavirus pandemic

Covid-19 second wave: President Fernández announces new restrictions

07-04-2021 21:18 President Alberto Fernández unveils new coronavirus restrictions as second wave of Covid-19 delivers another daily record of confirmed cases.

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Study: Argentines fear economic consequences of Covid more than virus itself

05-04-2021 15:06 New Management & Fit study quizzing 2,200 people finds majority fears economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic more than getting infected by the virus.

THE WEEK

Second wave jitters

03-04-2021 08:39 Covid cases in Argentina are picking up faster than ever amid fears of a second wave. It could be punishing for the government if the second wave turns ugly.

by Martín Gambarotta

POLITICS & THE PANDEMIC

On ‘the fear’ and philosopher kings

03-04-2021 08:17 When polarisation and emotional entrenchment reaches the level of a football rivalry, the democratic system begins to fail.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

COVID-19 VACCINATION

Vaccination plan advances but with difficulties, as second wave nears

03-04-2021 07:57 Confirmed cases now total 2.37 million, with more than 56,000 fatalities. To date, more than four million vaccines have been given.

EDITORIAL

Method in the madness or madness as method?

27-03-2021 09:01 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner stole the show this week with her explosive dismissal of repaying the International Monetary Fund as “unacceptable” and “impossible” – shooting her mouth again or deliberate sabotage?

THE WEEK

What we learned this week: March 20 to 27

27-03-2021 08:57 The pick of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

THE WEEK

Pay no more revisited

27-03-2021 08:18 The urgent question is whether CFK and Guzmán are on the same team and executing some kind of coordinated play to eventually force a deal with the IMF.

by Martín Gambarotta

AS I SEE IT

A country caught in a time warp

27-03-2021 07:57 Obsessed as they are by the world of almost half a century ago, Cristina and her admirers have little interest in the country they are now governing.

by James Neilson

IMF DEBT TALKS

'We can't pay' – CFK puts US$45-billion IMF debt talks into doubt

27-03-2021 07:21 With Economy Minister Martín Guzmán in Washington for meetings with IMF staff members, Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner makes explosive intervention into restructuring talks.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Argentina quits Lima Group, saying its work has ‘led to nothing’

24-03-2021 15:29 Buenos Aires announces its withdrawal from the Lima Group, saying its efforts had "led to nothing" and failed to provide an exit from the crisis.

EX-PRESIDENT IN SIGHTS?

Government wants Macri at forefront of election campaign

20-03-2021 08:07 With polls showing voters have economic crisis fresh in their mind, Peronist leaders give the order to attack former president during campaigning. Criminal complaint against former president over IMF debt deal is first step.

by Rosario Ayerdi

FOUND IN LUJÁN

Missing seven-year-old found ‘safe and well’ after three-day search

20-03-2021 08:01 Maia, missing since Monday, found safely in Luján with captor after massive search effort. Disappearance of seven-year-old highlights number of families living in poverty in Argentina.

Global pandemic

Bolsonaro changes health minister again, as Brazil's Covid cases surge

16-03-2021 09:19 Bolsonaro to appoint cardiologist Marcelo Queiroga as health minister, the fourth to hold the post during the pandemic, as the country's health system staggers amid surging Covid-19 cases.

International football

CONMEBOL should switch World Cup qualifiers to Europe, claims insider

15-03-2021 16:11 All South American qualifiers for the next World Cup should be played in Spain and Portugal to get around coronavirus restrictions at home, says one well-placed football insider.

by Anthony Harwood

EDITORIAL

Forecasts and forebodings

13-03-2021 09:21 Improved fiscal solvency meets the dream of every orthodox economist but puffing up an already excessive tax burden would make the cure worse than the disease.

AND THAT REMINDS ME...

Is justice being done to justice?

13-03-2021 09:03 It’s not realistic to go monkeying around with the Argentine legal system while entering into serious negotiations with the IMF.

by Michael Soltys

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

More of the same?

13-03-2021 05:48 The kick-off of the October electoral campaign promises to be brutal for future expectations. Government and opposition will duke it out once again, using all of the usual dirty tricks.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

News of crisis

Cuba protests fanned by worst economic crisis since fall of USSR

Venezuela's Maduro says Mexico to host talks with opposition

Biden reaffirms support for Venezuela opposition leader Guaidó

Venezuela's Maduro blows hot and cold in bid for sanctions relief

Maduro, Guaidó and Alberto: the beginning of a new phase in Venezuela?

In world’s worst Covid vaccine line, you wait hours and still get nothing

Juan Guaidó: ‘We’re not depending on the good faith of a dictatorship’

Maduro’s tightened grip forces Venezuela’s opposition to lower sights

Venezuela's public sector surviving on 'starvation salary’

Can Maduro’s reluctant reforms halt Venezuela’s economic freefall?

Nicolás Maduro: ‘The sanctions are illegal, immoral and should be lifted'

NGO: Almost 2,000 Venezuelan refugees murdered in Colombia in 5 years

Argentina, Mexico recall envoys over Nicaragua crackdown

Venezuela’s Maduro pleads for foreign capital, Biden deal in interview

Gasping for oxygen amid shortages in Bolivian city battling Covid

WTO deal 'doable' to stop subsidies that lead to over-fishing

Under fire Bolsonaro leads motorcycle rally of supporters

The contagion crisis

Brazil Senate opens Bolsonaro Covid probe

Conservation group releases endangered jaguars into Iberá National Park

UN: 2021 LatAm growth won't offset pandemic economic decline

Vizzotti warns Argentina is in 'worst moment' of coronavirus pandemic to date

Massive increase of migrant children at Mexico-US border, says UNICEF

The P1 or 'Brazilian' variant: what we know about new Covid strain

What we learned this week: April 10 to 17

Guzmán heads for Moscow after searching for ‘consensus’ on European tour

IMF official says timing of new debt deal depends on Argentina

Vizzotti concerned by rising coronavirus cases and new strains

Reimagining diplomacy in the post-Covid world

What we learned this week: April 3rd- April 10th

Brazilian Senate to probe Bolsonaro's handling of pandemic

GoFundMe or death: Venezuelans seek online help in Covid pandemic

Covid-19 second wave: President Fernández announces new restrictions

Study: Argentines fear economic consequences of Covid more than virus itself

Second wave jitters

On ‘the fear’ and philosopher kings

Vaccination plan advances but with difficulties, as second wave nears

Method in the madness or madness as method?

What we learned this week: March 20 to 27

Pay no more revisited

A country caught in a time warp

'We can't pay' – CFK puts US$45-billion IMF debt talks into doubt

Argentina quits Lima Group, saying its work has ‘led to nothing’

Government wants Macri at forefront of election campaign

Missing seven-year-old found ‘safe and well’ after three-day search

Bolsonaro changes health minister again, as Brazil's Covid cases surge

CONMEBOL should switch World Cup qualifiers to Europe, claims insider

Forecasts and forebodings

Is justice being done to justice?

More of the same?

Sputniks, dollars and justice: three things we’re missing

Blue dollar rises to 185, highest price since October

More than half of population now vaccinated with one dose

Mariano Macri: ‘Unmasking Mauricio is fundamental for me’

Mightier than the dollar

"Kirchneristas vergonzantes": Alfredo Leuco se enojó con Tenembaum y Sietecase

Emilce, la argentina que será compañera de la hija de Máxima de Holanda

Elecciones legislativas: las sorpresas de último minuto en el cierre de las listas

Otra encuesta alerta sobre el crecimiento de "los desencantados con la grieta y la política"

Dario Barassi se unió a la lista de famosos con coronavirus