News of plan

Government unveils new segmentation plan for public service billing

17-06-2022 09:46 New plan to segment price increases for utilities and public services, one of the nation’s most politically sensitive topics.

Architecture & Culture

‘Old’ Buenos Aires gets a face-lift, revitalising its historic centre

17-06-2022 09:23 The capital’s historic centre is going through some urban renewal in a bid to rescue its weary core from the ravages of the pandemic.

EDITORIAL

Back(s) to the future in the present (very) tense

28-05-2022 01:41 Instead of seeking any consensus to confront this impending national emergency, the political spectrum is increasingly fragmented at various levels.

Leftist leader

Chilean President Boric unveils economic recovery plan

08-04-2022 15:12 Chile's president Gabriel Boric announced an economic recovery plan worth US$3.7 billion that envisages the creation of half a million jobs.

ANALYSIS

It’s the inflation, dickhead

18-03-2022 21:00 In a country with a long history of uncontrollable price increases – including several bouts of hyperinflation – the last three administrations have failed miserably at controlling runaway price rises.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Bloomberg

Barclays: Argentina's needed stabilisation plan 'unlikely' soon

19-01-2022 08:14 Argentina needs "an ambitious plan" for sustainable growth that includes a fiscal consolidation plan, monetary reform and structural reforms, says Barclays economist.

ECONOMY & ENVIRONMENT

Argentina’s agribusiness plan casts doubt on climate goals

27-12-2021 08:00 The plan agreed between the government and the sector faces questions over its impact on Argentina’s emissions reduction targets.

Heightened uncertainty

Deep in the rabbit hole, Argentina searches for its soul

12-11-2021 22:17 Once the dust settles, Argentina will find itself deeper in the rabbit hole it has lived in for nearly a century and with even less margin than it had in the past.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ELECTIONS 2021: ANALYSIS

Inflation, exchange rate turmoil complicates government’s election hopes

08-11-2021 11:20 Incessant price rises and the runaway blue dollar are key concerns for the Peronist government as campaigning for Argentina’s midterm elections enters final week.

by Mirta Fernandez

AND THAT REMINDS ME…

Price controls without IDEA(s)

16-10-2021 00:01 The holes in price controls are an all too familiar story in Argentina. All sorts of routes for bypassing them, but the ultimate problem confounding price controls is that even their success against all the odds also contains the seeds of failure.

by Michael Soltys

Politics

The Berni Headlock and the Cristina Shake

16-10-2021 00:01 Whether on purpose or not, the pan-Peronist coalition led by Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is trying to drag the conversation away from the economic failures during their tenure in an attempt to claw back votes.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

AND THAT REMINDS ME…

Mightier than the dollar

24-07-2021 00:34 The successive fates of the austral and convertibility would suggest that Argentina’s currency is like Icarus – the closer it flies to the sun, the harder the economy crashes.

by Michael Soltys

As I see it

Asking for the impossible

19-06-2021 09:53 There can be little doubt that those who suspect that Alberto Fernández and Martín Guzmán do not have anything approaching an economic plan are right.

by James Neilson

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Six sovereign defaults in 13 months roil Latin American markets

13-05-2021 10:21 Sovereign bond defaults have piled up at a dizzying clip in Latin America since the coronavirus pandemic began.

HUMANITARIAN MISSION

Argentina, UK agree new mission to identify graves of Malvinas soldiers

20-03-2021 07:55 Two countries sign agreement asking Red Cross to lead second humanitarian mission to disputed islands to identify remains of Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin Cemetery.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Vaccine delays force government onto defensive, Fernández preaches caution

20-03-2021 07:18 President Fernández admits Argentina has received only 6% of the vaccines it has ordered, as another shipment of 330,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine lands at Ezeiza.

COVID-19 VACCINES

Vizzotti: 1 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine due ‘in next few days’

22-02-2021 21:39 Argentina hopes to receive one million doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccine against Covid-19 "in the next few days," Health Minister Carla Vizzotti said Monday.

ECONOMIC PLANS

Guzmán: ‘Austerity is not the way to go’

13-02-2021 09:01 At a talk hosted by Brown University, Argentina’s economy minister says the nation has a “thin corridor through which the economy has to transit,” as speculation grows over debt talks with the International Monetary Fund.

by Jonah Shrock

ACCUSED OF WRONGDOING

Domestic worker scandal puts pressure on INADI chief Donda

05-01-2021 23:10 Victoria Donda, head of the government’s anti-discrimination agency INADI, faces allegations she irregularly employed a maid for several years and then sought to solve problem by offering her employee a social plan or a state job.

BUENOS AIRES CITY

Porteños flock to public hearings to oppose Costa Salguero plan

19-12-2020 09:44 More than 7,000 citizens sign up to air views on controversial sale and re-zoning of City-owned land in Costa Salguero.

by Federico Poore

SHALE PLAY

Vaca Muerta gets US$5.1-billion lifeline

24-10-2020 08:48 New subsidy programme hopes to lure US$5 billion of investments and a dozen drill rigs, says Energy Secretary Darío Martinez.

IMF MISSION TEAM DEPARTS

IMF predicts 11.8% GDP slump, says talks will start in November

17-10-2020 10:18 IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva says Argentina needs “a credible and comprehensive economic agenda that balances supporting the economy and people in this difficult time.”

56th IDEA colloquium

Fernández rules out devaluation, bank-deposit freeze at IDEA

17-10-2020 10:13 Peronist leader sticks to his guns over government policies, telling business leaders that his government is “convinced that this is the path.”

A PRESIDENTIAL TETE Á TETE?

Enough with the bickering – Alberto and Mauricio should meet

17-10-2020 09:05 At an extremely troublesome moment for the world, Argentina is engaging in ridiculous self-inflicted shocks of uncertainty.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Energy

Fernández unveils plan to boost production at Vaca Muerta

17-10-2020 08:05 President Alberto Fernández says Argentina wants energy firms to invest some US$5 billion to boost hydrocarbon production and generate jobs in the country’s prized Vaca Muerta shale deposits.

IMF CREDIT-LINE

IMF: Argentina has not yet requested new financing programme

15-08-2020 11:00 President Fernández says in interview that he will not allow Fund to impose austerity measures as part of a new financing programme.

CRISIS AHEAD?

Debt deal sealed, but Argentina’s economic woes remain

08-08-2020 09:36 Experts say deal with bondholders ‘takes pressure off’ the government, but warn renegotiating terms of US$44-billion loan with IMF is now the urgent concern.

COPING WITH THE PANDEMIC

Pandemic exacerbates challenges facing Argentina’s disabled community

08-08-2020 08:54 For those living with disabilities, the virus crisis has posed a unique threat to their ability to access basic healthcare, education and to their own individual autonomy.

by Jennifer Heiman

News of plan

Government unveils new segmentation plan for public service billing

‘Old’ Buenos Aires gets a face-lift, revitalising its historic centre

Back(s) to the future in the present (very) tense

Chilean President Boric unveils economic recovery plan

It’s the inflation, dickhead

Barclays: Argentina's needed stabilisation plan 'unlikely' soon

Argentina’s agribusiness plan casts doubt on climate goals

Deep in the rabbit hole, Argentina searches for its soul

Inflation, exchange rate turmoil complicates government’s election hopes

Price controls without IDEA(s)

The Berni Headlock and the Cristina Shake

Mightier than the dollar

Asking for the impossible

Six sovereign defaults in 13 months roil Latin American markets

Argentina, UK agree new mission to identify graves of Malvinas soldiers

Vaccine delays force government onto defensive, Fernández preaches caution

Vizzotti: 1 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine due ‘in next few days’

Guzmán: ‘Austerity is not the way to go’

Domestic worker scandal puts pressure on INADI chief Donda

Porteños flock to public hearings to oppose Costa Salguero plan

Vaca Muerta gets US$5.1-billion lifeline

IMF predicts 11.8% GDP slump, says talks will start in November

Fernández rules out devaluation, bank-deposit freeze at IDEA

Enough with the bickering – Alberto and Mauricio should meet

Fernández unveils plan to boost production at Vaca Muerta

IMF: Argentina has not yet requested new financing programme

Debt deal sealed, but Argentina’s economic woes remain

Pandemic exacerbates challenges facing Argentina’s disabled community

New Latin American government bonds are rarest find for EM buyers

Webb telescope reveals deepest image of early universe

Argentina is running out of cash to stave off devaluation

Argentine protesters demand universal living wage

Argentina’s new economy czar sworn in

Para callar los rumores, Campolongo habló tras la renuncia de Canosa

El Papa Francisco se reunió con el juez que sobreseyó a Cristina Kirchner en la causa Hotesur y Los Sauces

Cristina Kirchner denunció que juez y fiscal "juegan en el mismo equipo": "El Poder Judicial apesta"

Seis señales de que estamos frente a un híper-liderazgo

Provincia por provincia, cuáles son los apellidos más comunes en Argentina: Fernández es el cuarto