ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE Report: Climate change partly behind deadly Bahía Blanca deluge 27-03-2025 09:31 Study by World Weather Attribution network of researchers concludes that climate change partly contributed to the deadly flooding in port city of Bahía Blanca.
Human rights Report: 20 convictions for crimes against humanity last year 27-03-2025 00:01 Annual report from PCCH puts tally at 1,195 convictions, 332 sentences for crimes against humanity since 2006 – the year in which such trials were resumed.
UNITED STATES Trump would have been convicted, according special counsel report 14-01-2025 12:33 With the US presidential inauguration just days away, newly released special counsel report declares Donald Trump would have faced criminal charge if not for re-election.
International Monetary Fund IMF publishes grim evaluation of Argentina’s US$44-billion deal 12-01-2025 08:55 Ex-post evaluation paints a grim picture of Argentina’s latest IMF programme that began in March 2022. Staff detailed reckless policy decisions by the government of former president Alberto Fernández that derailed the programme and economy in the run-up to the 2023 presidential election.
DEATH OF ALBERTO NISMAN A decade on, prosecutors conclude Alberto Nisman was killed 10-01-2025 11:22 Eight days before the 10th anniversary of his death, a new report concludes that late special prosecutor Alberto Nisman was killed for investigating alleged cover-up of the perpetrators of AMIA terrorist bombing in 1994.
CRIME & INSECURITY Authorities receive a report denouncing sale of child every 17 days 16-09-2024 16:56 Special prosecutorial unit set up to clamp down on human-trafficking in Argentina reveals one complaint denouncing the sale of a newborn or child was made to the authorities every 17 days. by Leonardo Nieva
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE Fabiola Yañez makes gender violence complaint against Alberto Fernández 06-08-2024 18:34 The former first lady communicated from Spain online with the judge investigating the alleged insurance graft involving the ex president.
POLITICS & ECONOMY 330,000 porteños have dropped out of middle class in last eight years 15-05-2024 16:26 Shrinking middle class in Buenos Aires is explained by a "generalised decline affecting all social sectors, even the wealthiest," concludes new CEM report.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Wages suffered record drop after Milei devalued peso 26-03-2024 07:43 Private-sector wages fell the most in nearly three decades after President Javier Milei’s currency devaluation, according to a new government report.
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT 'Los dueños de la tierra': Argentina’s 20 biggest landowners 24-02-2024 06:25 Among those who concentrate the most terrain are businessmen and groups with between 100,000 and over a million hectares of land of every type. Some like Benetton or the Cresud, owned by Eduardo Elsztain, are better-known, but companies with Chinese, Swiss and Chilean capital also appear, along with bit players. by Ariel Stemphelet
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK IMF cuts Argentina 2024 growth forecast, forecasts 2.8% contraction 30-01-2024 15:55 Multilateral lender warns that inflation is expected to increase in the short term, projecting growth of minus 2.8 percent this year and plus five percent in 2025.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Government has printed equivalent of 18% of GDP since 2019 19-09-2023 09:33 New report says President Alberto Fernández’s administration has printed the monetary equivalent of 3% of GDP so far this year, most of it aimed at the repurchase of bonds to protect their price level.
SOCIETY Report calls for measures to tackle sexual exploitation of children 08-09-2023 10:52 Fundación Red por la Infancia report details concerns over sexual abuse and exploitation of minors; Argentina 49th out of 60 countries in international ranking assessing prevention and response to problem.
SOCIETY & EDUCATION Argentina's university student numbers rose 40% in decade, says report 05-07-2023 21:57 Over 2.5 million students nationwide were engaged in undergraduate and postgraduate level studies in 2021, according to new Education Ministry report. by Enrique Garabetyan
NEW REPORT Report: Public employment up 34% in Argentina since 2011, private only 3% 05-07-2023 12:32 New report by IERAL, business school of the Fundación Mediterránea think tank, shows a massive imbalance between the growth of public and private sector jobs in Argentina. Only province in which private-sector jobs grew faster was Neuquén, thanks to Vaca Muerta. Córdoba recruited the fewest state employees.
HEALTH & SOCIETY Public v private: 1 in 4 solely use state healthcare in Argentina 26-04-2023 13:49 One out of every four solely uses the public healthcare system, though more use private schemes exclusively. The commercial system is more used by men and more women have had to adjust their choices due to inflation. by Sabrina Chemen
Human rights Church offers mea culpa, 40 years on from dictatorship's end 24-04-2023 15:05 Catholic leaders in Argentina offers mea culpa to victims for Church’s role during brutal 1976-198 military dictatorship; New three-part report probes Synod’s archives and behaviour during era of state terrorism.
ENVIRONMENT United Nations reports 'off the charts' melting of glaciers 21-04-2023 09:45 United Nations says world's glaciers melted at dramatic speed last year and saving them is effectively a lost cause.