News of davos

Fernández tells Davos Covid-19 vaccines are ‘global public good’

30-01-2021 08:44 President uses speech at World Economic Forum to call for ‘fair’ distribution of vaccines to all nations.

PRAISE AT DAVOS

Oxfam hails Argentina’s ‘wealth tax’ as law takes effect

30-01-2021 08:21 Charity calls on other nation states to raise taxes on their richest citizens, citing government’s new law as an example.

TAMING INFLATION

Alberto’s 21st-century agenda?

30-01-2021 07:18 In order to imagine an avant garde agenda worthy of the 21st century, Argentina needs to fix its 20th-century problems.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ENVIRONMENT

Greta Thunberg puts Africa's climate activists in media spotlight

31-01-2020 14:14 The young Swedish activist is calling for media visibility for Africa's environmental struggle, while a controversy erupted in Davos after Ugandan Vanessa Nakate was excluded from a photo of climate activists taken by a news agency.

ENVIRONMENT

Climate crisis spawns tsunami of greenwashing

22-01-2020 16:52 From big tech to big oil, global corporations are churning out climate action plans to reduce carbon footprints – but many of their ambitious pledges are more greenwashing than green, experts caution.

IMF TALKS

Government to send debt bill to Congress ahead of crucial talks

21-01-2020 16:33 Fernández administration will send a bill to Congress on Tuesday outlining its plan to address nation's debt crisis and make payments “sustainable,” declares Economy Minister Martín Guzmán.