TRAVEL & TOURISM Hotels in Buenos Aires hit decade-high occupancy rates 15-03-2023 13:48 Hotels in Argentina’s capital recorded their highest average room occupancy levels for a decade in 2022, boosted by massive concerts, events and a domestic tourism boom. by Enrique Garabetyan
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Three years on, Argentina wonders if Covid-19 pandemic is really over 06-03-2023 15:57 Thirty-six months after the first patient with Covid-19 was registered in Argentina, one of the government’s top health advisors looks at what we’ve learnt from the virus crisis. by Enrique Garabetyan
covid-19 in china Global alarm grows over China's Covid surge 29-12-2022 14:45 Hospitals across China have been overwhelmed by an explosion of infections following Beijing's decision to lift strict rules that had largely kept the virus at bay but tanked the economy and sparked widespread protests.
Food and Drink Tato Giovannoni named one of the top ten bartenders in the world 18-08-2022 18:38 Tato Giovannoni’s Florería Atlántico now fifth in the world, according to prestigious ranking. Bartender says he hopes to create a “map of Argentine flavours” as he continues to excel. by Ernesto Ise
ISLA DE PASCUA / RAPA NUI Tourists return but Easter Islanders draw lessons from Covid isolation 11-08-2022 12:20 A first flight with tourists, mostly with reservations made before the pandemic was declared at the beginning of 2020, arrives on Thursday at Mataveri international airport, in Hanga Roa.
Panama Protests Panama government reduces fuel prices in face of protests 14-07-2022 11:54 Panamanian protests achieve lowered fuel prices and rate-freezing for other essentials.
DEBT TALKS Paris Club requires Argentina stick to IMF deal to rework debt 07-07-2022 14:20 Paris Club group of wealthy creditors says government must give assurances that it will comply with IMF deal if talks over restructuring of debt are to continue.
HUNGER One-tenth of the world is hungry – and war risks worsening the crisis 07-07-2022 08:42 Number of undernourished people rose by about 6% to roughly 768 million last year, an annual report by United Nations agencies shows.
Education Crisis Report: Latin America's children lost more than a year's learning due to pandemic 05-06-2022 14:02 Children who have returned to school in Latin America after closures imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic have lost between 1 and 1.8 years of learning, according to a new World Bank report.
DEBT RESTRUCTURING Argentina formalises debt repayment deferment with Paris Club 31-05-2022 13:07 President Alberto Fernández's government reaches a deal with the Paris Club to postpone payments on more than US$2 billion of debt for more than two years.
Partygate UK Prime Minister Johnson defies calls to quit over lockdown-breaking parties 25-05-2022 15:53 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson defiantly rejected calls to resign after an internal inquiry Wednesday found he presided over a culture of lockdown-breaking parties that ran late into the night and even featured a drunken fight among staff.
covid-19 Peruvians continue to wear masks, even though it's no longer mandatory 02-05-2022 21:48 In Peru – the country with the highest death rate from Covid-19 – people have continued to use on the street to prevent contagion, despite it no longer being mandatory.
Global pandemic Chile reopens remaining land borders as Covid cases stabilise 01-05-2022 23:31 Chile reopens 22 land border crossings with Argentina, Bolivia and Peru. All had been closed since March 17, 2020, due to the arrival of Covid-19 in the country.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Jeffrey Sachs: ‘Argentina needs the continuity of reasonable policies, not heroics’ 29-04-2022 16:32 Renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs on Argentina’s IMF debt restructuring deal, the global economic impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and post-pandemic politics. by Jorge Fontevecchia
Coronavirus Pandemic Argentina enjoys first day without a Covid death since start of pandemic 18-04-2022 17:03 Sunday's report from the Health Ministry reported 428 new infections over the last 24 hours, but no deaths – for the first time since March 2020.
EUROLAT ASSEMBLY Opposition slams Fernández de Kirchner for ‘shameful’ EuroLat speech 15-04-2022 10:08 Vice-president officially opens 14th plenary session of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly; Representatives and opposition lash out at speech.
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Chile relaxes Covid-19 requirements, measures for entering country 13-04-2022 03:26 Chilean government announces relaxation of Covid-19 measures for citizens and tourist travelling to the country.
Travel Chile to reopen land borders with Argentina, Peru, and Bolivia 11-04-2022 12:36 Chile government decrees opening of all of the country’s land borders that were closed during the coronavirus pandemic, starting May 1.
TRAVEL & TOURISM Brazil drops Covid test requirement for vaccinated travellers 06-04-2022 13:45 Brazil has loosened its pandemic restrictions for international travellers, ending its Covid-19 test requirement for vaccinated passengers and scrapping a lengthy health questionnaire.
PARIS CLUB DEBT Postponement of Paris Club debt payment gives breathing room 23-03-2022 15:39 Argentina's government has secured an extension of an agreement with the Paris Club group of rich nations that allows it to postpone an imminent payment of about US$2 billion.
DEBT RESTRUCTURING Argentina extends Paris Club talks over US$2 billion to June 30 23-03-2022 14:02 Argentina reaches an agreement Tuesday with a group of wealthy nations known as the Paris Club to finalise by June 30 a repayment programme on US$2 billion of debt.
LATIN AMERICA: MIGRATION Disillusioned and 'betrayed,' Brazilians flock abroad 03-03-2022 14:00 Brazil is the largest economy in Latin America but every year thousands of its citizens pack their bags and head for pastures new.
Global pandemic UK PM Boris Johnson ends Covid rules in England in major policy shift 21-02-2022 14:38 Boris Johnson confirmed coronavirus rules will end in England, a significant boost to the UK prime minister as he announced the first major Western economy to scrap government restrictions relating to the pandemic.
Global pandemic Latin America slowly turns to self Covid tests as cases jump 01-02-2022 14:25 Latin American countries that have been slow or hesitant to approve at-home Covid-19 tests widely used in developed nations are now turning to them to cope with a resurgence of the virus.
INFLATION ON RISE Chile's Central Bank hikes rates again as inflation hits 14-year high 27-01-2022 08:06 Chile's Central Bank announces a third successive hike in its benchmark interest rate in a bid to contain inflation, which is at a 14-year high.
CRISTINA WRITES (AGAIN) Fernández de Kirchner slams ‘Pandemia Macrista’ in latest letter 21-01-2022 23:14 With IMF talks entering crucial stage, vice-president’s latest letter declares controversially that “Macri’s pandemic cost more than Covid-19."
EDUCATION ROW City education minister accused of ‘giving up’ on school dropouts 21-01-2022 17:32 Soledad Acuña sparks controversy, suggesting that some schoolchildren had been “lost” in wake of pandemic.
Coronavirus pandemic Nine evacuated as Covid-19 hits Antarctic research base 21-01-2022 02:56 For the first time since the start of the pandemic the coronavirus has reached an Argentine research base in Antarctica, causing the evacuation of nine unvaccinated staff who tested positive for Covid-19.
FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA Covid again set for starring role as new season draws closer 07-01-2022 22:51 While beachgoers line up in their droves to get tested and take out their sweaty frustrations on medical personnel, though, footballers are conspicuous by their absence. by Dan Edwards
BLOOMBERG IMF critiqued for dropping tough loan standards for Covid funds 07-01-2022 01:59 Concerns among economists about the IMF’s current lighter conditionality have been simmering for months. They got renewed attention this week.
ARGENTINE STAR Lionel Messi in isolation in Argentina after testing positive for Covid 02-01-2022 17:20 Lionel Messi has tested positive for Covid-19 and entered self-isolation in Rosario, his club Paris Saint-Germain announced on Sunday.
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC World set to ring in another pandemic Christmas 24-12-2021 08:58 Omicron's rise has heralded another pandemic-tinged Christmas for billions across the world; Argentina's government records 13,456 cases in a day – a threefold rise in just a week.
As I see it The virus horde strikes back 18-12-2021 08:26 Like it or not, human beings will simply have to learn to live with Covid just as they have with countless other threats, whether natural or man-made.
Coronavirus pandemic Officials preach caution as Argentina sees rise in infections 15-12-2021 14:56 Argentina's Health Ministry reported 4,555 new cases on Tuesday – the highest daily figure since September and a rise of more than 1,000 on the previous day.
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Virus fears sweep Córdoba as Omicron arrives in Argentina 10-12-2021 23:20 Individual, who entered country on December 2, tests positive and infects eight others, with health officials awaiting confirmation that strain is Omicron.
Global inequality Billionaires' share of global wealth soars during pandemic 07-12-2021 15:34 The club of the richest 1% in the world has taken more than a third of all additional wealth accumulated since 1995, while the bottom 50% captured just 2%.
Coronavirus pandemic Chile confirms first case of Omicron variant 05-12-2021 16:57 Chile confirmed on December 4 the first case of the variant of the Omicron coronavirus in a traveller from Ghana, who had arrived in the southern country on 25 November, the Valparaíso Regional Health Secretariat (Seremi) reported.
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Travel curbs reimposed across globe over Omicron fears 03-12-2021 23:22 Argentina orders arrivals from Africa to undertake 10-day quarantine, following host of other nations; Authorities “pre-emptively” isolate 300 passengers on cruise ship after ‘false positive’ test result.
Coronavirus pandemic Authorities in Argentina order isolation of cruise ship amid Omicron fears 01-12-2021 15:38 Authorities in Argentina order immediate isolation of a cruise ship arriving in Buenos Aires from Cape Verde, after a case of coronavirus was detected onboard.
Coronavirus pandemic Brazil reports Latin America's first Omicron cases 01-12-2021 13:14 Brazilian authorities report discovery of two "preliminary" cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant in two travellers arriving from South Africa and another from Ethiopia.
NEW STUDY World Bank: 40% of households in Argentina lost income during pandemic 30-11-2021 21:56 According to the World Bank, "food insecurity" almost doubled in Latin America and the Caribbean during the pandemic, with almost 40% of homes in Argentina hit by a drop in earnings.
Bloomberg Latam Airlines reaches bankruptcy deal that hands reins to creditors 28-11-2021 08:37 Latam Airlines Group SA has reached a deal with key stakeholders that paves the way for the Chilean carrier to slash debt and exit bankruptcy under new ownership.
TOURISM & TRAVEL Nation reopens borders to foreign tourists 05-11-2021 18:20 Starting November 1, Argentina has lifted restrictions to enter and exit the country from international airports.
BLOOMBERG Argentina is first in South America to regain pre-Covid fuel demand 05-11-2021 02:17 Argentina is the first major country in Latin America to see gasoline demand recover to pre-pandemic levels.
G20 Leaders Summit Brazil’s Bolsonaro gets G20 cold shoulder as Amazon fires rage 30-10-2021 08:23 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been under constant attack from the Amazon rainforest’s soaring deforestation, is set to be given the cold shoulder at the G20 summit in Rome.
COP26 SUMMIT COP26 ambassador: Climate action ‘can raise the profile of Latin America’ 29-10-2021 21:49 Fiona Clouder, COP26 Regional Ambassador for Latin America and the Caribbean, discusses the upcoming climate summit and its implications for the region. by Fermín Koop, Diálogo Chino
ENVIRONMENT Brazil's Bolsonaro to skip United Nations climate talks 28-10-2021 13:01 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will skip climate talks in Glasgow next week and instead visit an Italian town awarding him honorary citizenship.
BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO Brazil senators back criminal charges against Bolsonaro 27-10-2021 12:42 A Brazilian Senate commission approved a damning report on Tuesday that recommends criminal charges be brought against President Jair Bolsonaro, including crimes against humanity, for his Covid policies.
Environment: COP26 Brazil plans combative strategy for climate talks 26-10-2021 17:03 Jair Bolsonaro's government will pursue a confrontational negotiating strategy at the upcoming UN climate summit, renewing calls for other countries to pay Brazil to preserve the Amazon.
ENVIRONMENT Emissions rise across the G20 after pandemic disruption 20-10-2021 15:47 New Climate Transparency report finds G20 climate action far from meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement, as countries continue to rely on fossil fuels; Argentina projected to exceed 2019 emissions levels. by Fermin Koop