UNICEF SURVEY Million kids and adolescents skip a meal each day for lack of income 19-08-2022 13:54 Risk of underfeeding in households collecting AUH child benefits has climbed to 50%, warns new UNICEF report. by Clara Fernández Escudero
BLOOMBERG Default jitters mount in Argentina as local yields top 70% 27-06-2022 13:12 Two years after Argentina emerged from its latest default, a debt crisis in brewing once again.
death of Emiliano Sala Inquest: Emiliano Sala likely unconscious before fatal air crash 18-03-2022 11:09 Argentine footballer died in a plane crash having inhaled toxic levels of carbon monoxide from the aircraft's faulty exhaust system.
PLANE CRASH TRAGEDY Emiliano Sala felt pressure over transfer before plane death, inquest hears 15-02-2022 14:38 Late Argentine striker Emiliano Sala felt under "a lot of pressure" to complete a transfer to the Premier League shortly before he died in a plane crash as he headed to his new club, an inquest in the UK heard on Tuesday.
PRICE HIKES US inflation surges to near-40 year high, testing Biden 10-12-2021 12:56 US consumer prices rose last month at a rate not seen in nearly 40 years, the government reported Friday.
BLOOMBERG IMF chief risks weakened authority after China-linked probe 17-09-2021 15:03 Kristalina Georgieva risks seeing her authority as head of the International Monetary Fund undermined, after being accused of influencing a report in China’s favour when she worked at the World Bank.
Social unrest Tens of thousands march for jobs in Buenos Aires 16-09-2021 22:44 Tens of thousands of people marched in the nation's capital on Thursday, demanding improvements to their economic lot as Argentina's economic turmoil continues.
HEALTH High blood pressure doubled globally in 30 years, study shows 25-08-2021 13:36 The number of people living with high blood pressure more than doubled since 1990, according to a major study. In Argentina, more than half of men had hypertension.
BLOOMBERG Debt rollover flops as investors eye midterms 04-08-2021 20:47 Investors sent a warning message to Argentina’s Treasury on Tuesday night – don’t expect us to finance the government’s increased spending ahead of November’s midterm elections unless interest rates go up.
Global pandemic Gasping for oxygen amid shortages in Bolivian city battling Covid 15-06-2021 13:24 Cochabamba department, in central Bolivia, is struggling with a surge in Covid-19 cases that has triggered the collapse of a fragile healthcare system and has prompted a dire shortage of medical oxygen.