News of pandemic

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

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil Senate committee recommends 10 pandemic charges against Bolsonaro

20-10-2021 13:20 Senate committee in Brazil recommends that President Jair Bolsonaro face at least 10 charges, including crimes against humanity, over his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Coronavirus pandemic

Darkest days of Covid crisis remain fresh in the memory for many

15-10-2021 15:59 Coronavirus infections and fatalities are down in Argentina and intensive care units are getting emptier. Yet the darkest days of the Covid-19 pandemic are indelible memories for doctors, nurses and recovered patients.

PROFILE

Gravedigger and philosopher: the double life of Osmair Candido

11-10-2021 21:34 For Osmair Candido, who has worked as a gravedigger for the past 30 years, the pandemic was worse than a nightmare, an ordeal the Brazilian overcame only with the help of a few old friends – Kierkegaard, Kant and Nietzsche.

News of pandemic

Tato Giovannoni named one of the top ten bartenders in the world

Tourists return but Easter Islanders draw lessons from Covid isolation

Panama government reduces fuel prices in face of protests

Paris Club requires Argentina stick to IMF deal to rework debt

One-tenth of the world is hungry – and war risks worsening the crisis

Report: Latin America's children lost more than a year's learning due to pandemic

Argentina formalises debt repayment deferment with Paris Club

UK Prime Minister Johnson defies calls to quit over lockdown-breaking parties

Peruvians continue to wear masks, even though it's no longer mandatory

Chile reopens remaining land borders as Covid cases stabilise

Jeffrey Sachs: ‘Argentina needs the continuity of reasonable policies, not heroics’

Argentina enjoys first day without a Covid death since start of pandemic

Opposition slams Fernández de Kirchner for ‘shameful’ EuroLat speech

Chile relaxes Covid-19 requirements, measures for entering country

Chile to reopen land borders with Argentina, Peru, and Bolivia

Brazil drops Covid test requirement for vaccinated travellers

Postponement of Paris Club debt payment gives breathing room

Argentina extends Paris Club talks over US$2 billion to June 30

Disillusioned and 'betrayed,' Brazilians flock abroad

UK PM Boris Johnson ends Covid rules in England in major policy shift

Latin America slowly turns to self Covid tests as cases jump

Chile's Central Bank hikes rates again as inflation hits 14-year high

Fernández de Kirchner slams ‘Pandemia Macrista’ in latest letter

City education minister accused of ‘giving up’ on school dropouts

Nine evacuated as Covid-19 hits Antarctic research base

Covid again set for starring role as new season draws closer

IMF critiqued for dropping tough loan standards for Covid funds

Lionel Messi in isolation in Argentina after testing positive for Covid

World set to ring in another pandemic Christmas

The virus horde strikes back

Officials preach caution as Argentina sees rise in infections

Virus fears sweep Córdoba as Omicron arrives in Argentina

Billionaires' share of global wealth soars during pandemic

Chile confirms first case of Omicron variant

Travel curbs reimposed across globe over Omicron fears

Authorities in Argentina order isolation of cruise ship amid Omicron fears

Brazil reports Latin America's first Omicron cases

World Bank: 40% of households in Argentina lost income during pandemic

Latam Airlines reaches bankruptcy deal that hands reins to creditors

Nation reopens borders to foreign tourists

Argentina is first in South America to regain pre-Covid fuel demand

Brazil’s Bolsonaro gets G20 cold shoulder as Amazon fires rage

COP26 ambassador: Climate action ‘can raise the profile of Latin America’

Brazil's Bolsonaro to skip United Nations climate talks

Brazil senators back criminal charges against Bolsonaro

Brazil plans combative strategy for climate talks

Emissions rise across the G20 after pandemic disruption

Brazil Senate committee recommends 10 pandemic charges against Bolsonaro

Darkest days of Covid crisis remain fresh in the memory for many

Gravedigger and philosopher: the double life of Osmair Candido

Twelve arrests in Villa Mascardi as security forces evict Mapuches

Strong US dollar an unstoppable force endangering other currencies

In Latin America, World Cup stickers are a quadrennial craze

Brazil’s football clubs dominate the continent – and the gap is getting bigger

All-conquering Argentina head to Qatar full of optimism

Lista negra: es mamá, tiene OnlyFans y no puede ingresar a los partidos de fútbol de sus hijos

Quién era Camila Behrensen, la científica de 24 años asesinada en Kansas

Proponen prohibir las viviendas ociosas en CABA: serían alquiladas obligatoriamente

Ciudadanía española: cómo beneficiaría la Ley de Nietos a los argentinos

Milei "es una moda" y "el país chocó": las picantes definiciones de Carrió