News of government data

Poverty soars past 50% in Argentina as Milei austerity hits hard

26-09-2024 17:12 About 52.9% of Argentines were mired below the poverty line in the first half of the year, up from 41.7% in the second half of 2023.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC reports 5.1% Q1 slump in GDP, unemployment on rise

24-06-2024 20:58 Argentina's economy contracted by 5.1% in first quarter, says INDEC; Unemployment hit 7.7% as Milei government’s austerity measures began to kick in.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economy slumped for fourth straight month in February

23-04-2024 20:18 Economic activity fell 3.2% in February from a year ago, a fourth straight monthly decline. On a monthly basis, activity declined 0.2%, according to government data.

President on poverty

'Badly measured' – Fernández questions official poverty rate

04-12-2023 13:53 President Alberto Fernández has questioned the INDEC national statistics bureau, saying he think that Argentina’s official poverty rate is “badly measured.”

CRIME & SECURITY

Rosario surpasses grim threshold of 150 homicides

06-07-2023 09:35 Four people killed in just three hours in crime-ridden Rosario; Argentina's second city, with a population of 1.3 million, has already suffered 151 homicides this year.

INFLATION DATA

Opposition slams government for ongoing inflation woes

15-06-2023 00:15 Opposition presidential hopefuls and critics from libertarians to leftists slam May inflation data and government’s “index of failure and decadence."

CRIME & SECURITY

More than 40% of victims of sexual violence in Argentina are children

24-05-2023 14:08 New report by UFEM unit reveals that 87% of adult victims of sexual violence are female and that 90% of those charged with such crimes are male.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation spiked to three-decade high of 95% in 2022

12-01-2023 16:56 Rising annual inflation, which is expected to exceed 100% in the coming months, has once again become the dominant theme in Argentina.

News of government data

Poverty soars past 50% in Argentina as Milei austerity hits hard

INDEC reports 5.1% Q1 slump in GDP, unemployment on rise

Economy slumped for fourth straight month in February

'Badly measured' – Fernández questions official poverty rate

Rosario surpasses grim threshold of 150 homicides

Opposition slams government for ongoing inflation woes

More than 40% of victims of sexual violence in Argentina are children

Inflation spiked to three-decade high of 95% in 2022

Thousands attend Christmas charity dinner in Buenos Aires

Chinese workers saved from 'slave-like conditions' in Brazil

Suriname ex-dictator and fugitive Desi Bouterse dead at 79

Argentina’s economy expanded faster than expected in October

US deports co-founder of Pablo Escobar's Medellín Cartel to Colombia

Salario mínimo, vital y móvil: fijaron el monto para diciembre y los aumentos hasta marzo de 2025

Impactantes imágenes del accidente aéreo de Azerbaijan Airlines que dejó 38 muertos

Cómo es la lujosa estancia de Máxima Zorreguieta en Bariloche donde pasa Navidad y año nuevo

Dos diplomáticos rusos se negaron al test de alcoholemia y la embajada denunció "una grave violación" al derecho internacional

Pinamar deja de ser solo un lugar de veraneo y genera más demanda en el negocio inmobiliario