MASSA'S NEW MEASURES Argentina lifts wages, welfare in defiance of IMF austerity push 28-08-2023 12:29 IMF approved US$7.5-billion cash transfer to Argentina in August; Negotiations over loan included limits on more public spending.
VIOLENCE IN ROSARIO Campaigners in Rosario demand action in ‘capital of perfect crime’ 15-02-2023 21:58 "They’re killing us and nobody does anything" – activist group Familiares y Víctimas de la Inseguridad makes new appeal to provincial and national governments; Narco violence continues to terrorise Rosario with 41 homicides since turn of the year.
BRAZILIAN ECONOMY Brazilian families slammed by debt, inflation 06-01-2022 12:04 Even though 2021 had been anticipated as the year of economic recovery in Brazil, high inflation and the complications derived from the pandemic, are forcing Brazilians to get more and more into debt, despite the rising interest rates.