News of human capital

Soup kitchens struggle with growing queues as poverty rises

19-10-2024 06:18 Amid a deep economic crisis, food purchases have slumped 18.6% this year in Argentina. Meanwhile, demand at community soup kitchens is soaring, especially in some of the most impoverished and remote areas of the country.

by Agustina Bordigoni

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Questions for Pettovello’s Human Capital Ministry over outsourcing, funding, hiring

07-10-2024 16:45 As reports emerge of new dismissals at the portfolio, the Human Capital Ministry refuses to respond fully to enquiries over control and use of 17 programmes agreed by international bodies.

by Pablo Varela

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

The political commissar, the sister and President Milei’s only friend

08-06-2024 05:32 With the expulsion of Nicolás Posse, Santiago Caputo becomes the only non-family member with a say in President Javier Milei’s inner circle.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLITICS

Officials close ranks behind Pettovello as pressure builds

06-06-2024 20:51 Leading figures in government close ranks behind embattled Human Capital Minister Sandra Pettovello; President Milei backs ‘best minister in history’ as foodstuffs scandal rumbles on.

EXPIRED FOOD SCANDAL

Expired food scandal: a chronology of hunger which the government sought to silence

06-06-2024 14:41 Human Capital Ministry’s missteps over more than millions of kilos of food held back at warehouses has exploded into scandal. Audits galore, dismissals, denunciations and an official communiqué overtaken by the facts.

INTERVIEW

Ex-Energy and Mining secretary Flavia Royón: 'RIGI is necessary’

06-06-2024 00:50 Former Energy & Mining secretary in Alberto Fernández and Javier Milei governments says RIGI investment incentive scheme is “necessary to develop LNG, hydrogen and mining projects.”

POLITICS

Crisis at Human Capital Ministry: abrupt exits and resignations

24-04-2024 16:18 Legal Secretary Maximiliano Keczeli not the first from Sandra Pettovello’s inner circle to quit post, but he is perhaps the most important figure to have stepped down. Milei’s ‘protective umbrella’ and administrative overspills.

by Ramón Indart

EMPLOYMENT & WELFARE

Government eliminates Potenciar Trabajo job scheme, plans new dual system

29-02-2024 00:08 Human Capital Minister Sandra Pettovello issues decree with President Javier Milei eradicating job aid scheme in bid to cut out intermediaries; New dual system set up to replace it.

POVERTY

More hunger, less money: Soup kitchens count rations

15-02-2024 00:33 At community meal centres across Argentina, a dual crisis is biting: the influx of ever more hungry mouths to feed during an economic crisis, and a decision by President Javier Milei's new government to freeze their aid.

PROTESTERS CHALLENGE PETTOVELLO

Huge 'hunger line' in Buenos Aires challenges Milei's minister

06-02-2024 00:03 Sandra Pettovello’s claim she would attend to the hungry “one by one” backfires as hundreds of demonstrators form long queues outside her Human Capital Ministry, demanding greater state assistance in the face of a food emergency.

POLITICS

Government says it will take away welfare from protesters who block streets

18-12-2023 17:54 Argentina's government warns against street blockades on eve of major demonstration; Human Capital Minister Sandra Pettovello warns that those who participate and receive welfare support will have it taken away from them.

ELECTION 2023

Rumours and confirmations: Milei assesses potential cabinet options

26-08-2023 00:27 Propelled by his PASO primary victory, the libertarian lawmaker’s team is hurriedly assessing its options. The presidential hopeful has already said who will be heading Ministries of Foreign and ‘Human Capital,’ the latter pooling sensitive areas under the leadership of a woman with an unknown background. Who might join a Javier Milei cabinet if he is elected as president: confirmed names and rumours.

by Giselle Leclercq

News of human capital

Soup kitchens struggle with growing queues as poverty rises

Questions for Pettovello’s Human Capital Ministry over outsourcing, funding, hiring

The political commissar, the sister and President Milei’s only friend

Officials close ranks behind Pettovello as pressure builds

Expired food scandal: a chronology of hunger which the government sought to silence

Ex-Energy and Mining secretary Flavia Royón: 'RIGI is necessary’

Crisis at Human Capital Ministry: abrupt exits and resignations

Government eliminates Potenciar Trabajo job scheme, plans new dual system

More hunger, less money: Soup kitchens count rations

Huge 'hunger line' in Buenos Aires challenges Milei's minister

Government says it will take away welfare from protesters who block streets

Rumours and confirmations: Milei assesses potential cabinet options

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Veteran journalist Jorge Lanata dies aged 64

Milei extends Argentina's 2023 Budget for second year running

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