Coronavirus vaccine Argentina begins administering second Sputnik V doses 19-01-2021 22:43 The government began administering second doses of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine Tuesday after receiving another shipment of 300,000 shots at the weekend.
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Officials preach ‘prevention and care’ as fatalities surpass 45,000 16-01-2021 07:15 More than 200,000 citizens now vaccinated against Covid-19, says Health Ministry; Second flight carrying doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine due to arrive in Buenos Aires today.
BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS Devastated by Covid, Latin America is now unprepared for vaccine 10-12-2020 00:58 With eight percent of the globe’s population and 30 percent of its Covid-19 deaths, Latin America is facing the pandemic’s next phase – mass vaccination – with alarm.
HUNT FOR VACCINE Government wants to begin Covid-19 vaccinations in January 24-11-2020 22:07 Government plans to start its massive vaccination programme in January, as long as the vaccines are ready available, says Health Minister Ginés González García.
IMF TALKS Government to request Extended Fund Facility programme from IMF 14-11-2020 10:26 Guzmán tells reporters Argentina will seek an Extended Fund Facility programme, a scheme that normally implies a commitment to significant economic reforms.
BLOOMBERG Oxfam says IMF loans force spending cuts that exacerbate poverty 12-10-2020 12:39 The vast majority of International Monetary Fund loans extended during the Covid-19 pandemic have suggested or demanded spending cuts that would worsen poverty and inequality, charity group Oxfam says.
Nobel prize World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize 09-10-2020 11:37 The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the World Food Programme on Friday for feeding millions of people from Yemen to North Korea, as the coronavirus pandemic pushes millions more into hunger.
BLOOMBERG – OPINION Bolsonaro’s addiction to Covid cash could make Brazil go bust 07-10-2020 16:12 Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro's populist push already has some investors smelling fiscal disaster. by Mac Margolis
Bloomberg Google will pay publishers for news content to avoid regulation 01-10-2020 15:24 Alphabet Inc.’s Google will start paying select media outlets to display curated content on its news app in a concession to the industry which has accused the search engine and other tech giants of unfairly using content for years.
Global pandemic Antarctica is still free of Covid-19 – but can it stay that way? 13-09-2020 09:01 Antarctica remains the only continent without Covid-19 and a global effort is underway to make sure incoming visitors don't bring the virus with them.
DEBT DEAL DONE Debt deal done – now Argentina must rebuild confidence in its economy 05-09-2020 10:29 Analysts praise government's debt restructuring deal, but say rebuilding the economy and generating confidence with markets will be a tougher task.
Bloomberg Argentina won’t seek fresh IMF funding in upcoming talks 27-08-2020 22:48 Argentina's representative to IMF, Sergio Chodos, says country won't seek fresh funding during talks over new financing programme.
IMF DEBT TALKS Government formally opens debt rescheduling talks with IMF 27-08-2020 02:30 Government formally opens talks with IMF over new terms for repayment of record US$57-billion bailout agreed in 2018 by Macri administration.
ECONOMY DEBT RESTRUCTURING Argentina eyes new IMF programme in 2020 30-05-2020 10:25 Guzmán said that the new programme would focus on stabilising Argentina’s economy, which has been gripped by recession for two years.
THE LAST SEVEN DAYS May 23 - May 30: What we learned this week 30-05-2020 09:54 Noticeable stories from the last seven days in Argentina.
DEBT RESTRUCTURING TALKS Argentina aiming to sign new IMF programme in 2020, says Guzmán 28-05-2020 23:30 "It is something that is going to happen in the course of 2020," says Economy Minister Martín Guzmán.
CORRUPTION & THE COURTS Fernández revokes Macri decree creating witness protection agency 20-02-2020 16:51 DNU, issued in final days of Macri's time in office, would have seen responsibilities for witness protection taken away from Justice Ministry in favour of a specialist, autonomous agency.
'FOOD EMERGENCY' Opposition unites to call for 'Food Emergency' session amid more protests 10-09-2019 15:47 Politicians from across the opposition benches agreed Monday to unify their legislative projects on the topic into a single bill.