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Pope appoints Martín Guzmán to Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

28-11-2021 10:28 In the midst of negotiations for to reach a new agreement with the IMF, Pope Francis names Argentina's Economy Minister Martín Guzmán to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.

Argentina will offer third Covid vaccine dose to ‘entire population’

17-11-2021 14:45 Health Minister Carla Vizzotti tells local radio station that people will be offered a third Covid shot "six months after the second dose," with the government aiming to reach all the elderly "before the Autumn."

New shipments take Argentina past 67 million Covid-19 vaccine doses

24-09-2021 12:18 As of Friday morning, more than 50 million shots have been applied nationwide.

Brazil's health minister tests positive for Covid-19 at UN gathering

22-09-2021 10:06 Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga tested positive for Covid-19 Tuesday after attending the UN General Assembly in New York.

Peru foreign minister resigns after less than three weeks in office

18-08-2021 12:20 Former guerrilla Héctor Béjar resigns 19 days after taking office, under pressure from the Congress and the Armed Forces for controversial statements on terrorism..

Matías Kulfas: ‘To lower inflation you need multi-sector agreements and clear objectives’

13-08-2021 22:36 Productive Development Minister Matías Kulfas on trying to lower inflation, the IMF agreement and the role of the state.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Former vice-president Amado Boudou granted parole

23-07-2021 15:33 Argentina’s former vice-president, jailed for crimes related to the irregular acquisition of a major money-printing firm, granted parole after serving two-thirds of his 70-month prison sentence.

City Hall: Children will return to schools in August with normal timetables

19-07-2021 17:12 Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta announces "gradual, careful and progressive" plan to return 700,000 students to in-person classes as schools.

Paris Club says Argentina has committed to IMF deal by next March

23-06-2021 18:50 The government has committed to reaching an agreement with the International Monetary Fund no later than the end of March as part of an understanding with the Paris Club to avoid default.

Guzmán confirms Argentina has reached deal with Paris Club

22-06-2021 18:04 Economy Minister Martín Guzmán confirms Argentina had reached an agreement with the Paris Club of creditor countries to avoid defaulting on a loan repayment in July.

Argentina to use Paris Club grace period to further debt talks

31-05-2021 11:04 Government to hold off on US$2.4-billion debt payment with Paris Club due Monday and will instead use a 60-day grace period to try to reach an agreement with the group and avert default.

Vizzotti, Nicolini meets with Cuban leader for Covid-19 vaccine talks

30-05-2021 09:29 With Health Minister Carla Vizzotti and Presidential Advisor Cecilia Nicolini in Havana, Cuba and Argentina sign an agreement to collaborate together on the Communist island’s Covid-19 vaccines.

Daniel Gollán: ‘These are extraordinary situations demanding extraordinary measures’

15-05-2021 12:01 Buenos Aires Province Health Minister on the geopolitics of Covid-19 vaccines, what lies ahead and “extraordinary measures in extraordinary situations.”

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Paris Club to spare Argentina from US$2.4-billion debt default

14-05-2021 13:58 Group of major creditor nations willing to delay US$2.4-billion debt payment from Argentina due this month if the Fernández administration agrees to certain conditions.

Health Minister Carla Vizzotti: 'What’s happening is a catastrophe'

01-05-2021 00:07 In a week of record deaths from Covid-19, the minister responsible for Argentina’s health system responds: Why there was no shutdown for Easter; Why classrooms should be shut now; What happened to the vaccine orders; What of lab links and relationships with Ginés González García and Hugo Sigman; The role of the media. A feature-length interview with Health Minister Carla Vizzotti.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Rodríguez Larreta: Classes will continue until Supreme Court rules

30-04-2021 22:13 Buenos Aires City mayor says infant and primary school students will continue with in-person classes, with secondary students adopting a 'mixed model.' City Hall also announces new restrictions for businesses, shopping and other activities.

Transport Minister Mario Meoni dies in road-traffic accident

23-04-2021 23:39 56-year-old Transport Minister Mario Meoni has died after being involved in a road-traffic accident near San Andrés de Giles, Buenos Aires Province.

City Hall tells schools to carry on with classes, despite new court ruling

20-04-2021 23:26 Federal judge reignites education row between the Buenos Aires City and National governments, annulling previous court order authorising in-person classes at schools. City Hall, however, refuses to back down.

Argentina seeks Paris Club deal amid IMF talks, Guzmán says

18-04-2021 22:18 Argentina is pressing the Paris Club to renegotiate debt as separate talks to strike a deal with the International Monetary Fund drag on, says Economy Minister Martín Guzmán.

Argentina's schools become political battleground after curbs

16-04-2021 17:13 Decision to shut down schools has become the latest point of political conflict between the federal government and the City of Buenos Aires, run by the opposition, as the country heads into a second wave of Covid-19.