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Child benefits, food stamps, social policies ‘cannot be a stopgap’

28-09-2024 06:58 In the first half of 2024, child poverty reached 71 percent with over 1.5 million kids newly impoverished, according to a report from the ACIJ NGO. Despite cuts in the budget dedicated to children in diverse programmes, the AUH (Asignación Universal por Hijo) payment is reaching the highest number of people since 2021.

by Sabrina Chemen

‘Los chachos’: La Rioja launches currency to offset Milei’s shock therapy

03-09-2024 15:48 The remote province of La Rioja has created its own currency, the chacho, as an alternative to the peso to try to revive its moribund economy.

Ian Bremmer: ‘No matter who wins, many Americans will not accept the legitimacy of the election’

02-03-2024 06:53 Influential political analyst and founder of the Eurasia Group traces a panorama of the elections which will be dogged by the spectre of the assault on Capitol Hill and the possible conviction of Donald Trump. In a feature-length interview, he debates the new world order – and offers a few remarks on Javier Milei.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

At Argentina’s biggest gas field, residents lack heat and power

28-07-2023 13:59 A decade after production began at the vast reserves of Vaca Muerta, a town still waits on promises of a better future.