News of restrictions

Rodríguez Larreta vows to challenge school closures before Supreme Court

17-04-2021 08:00 Buenos Aires City Mayor says he will do “everything possible to have children in class on Monday,” after president orders schools in AMBA to close for two weeks.

Daily Covid cases clear 29,000; Fernández refuses to roll back restrictions

17-04-2021 07:54 President Alberto Fernández warned Friday that he will not tolerate a "rebellion" against newly tightened restrictions despite heavy criticism, as second wave slams Argentina.

Restrictions imposed as second wave slams Argentina

10-04-2021 09:32 President Alberto Fernández unveils new measures; Over the past five days, country has recorded more than 104,000 new cases.

Covid-19 second wave: President Fernández announces new restrictions

07-04-2021 21:18 President Alberto Fernández unveils new coronavirus restrictions as second wave of Covid-19 delivers another daily record of confirmed cases.

Argentina registers highest daily Covid caseload in two months

27-03-2021 08:26 Almost 13,000 new cases confirmed by authorities, sparking speculation over whether the long-awaited ‘second wave’ has now reached the country.

Pay no more revisited

27-03-2021 08:18 The urgent question is whether CFK and Guzmán are on the same team and executing some kind of coordinated play to eventually force a deal with the IMF.

by Martín Gambarotta

A freezing summer

09-01-2021 08:04 The government’s actions speak louder than his words – the elections above all else.

Argentina to introduce night-time curfew to reduce Covid-19 infections

07-01-2021 11:43 The government will today announce an immediate national night-time curfew, lasting from 11pm to 6am, until the number of new Covid-19 infections decreases throughout the country.

Discovering good in the ill wind

17-10-2020 09:15 I think many people must have had a journey of discovery thanks to the quarantine. I have had many glorious awakenings to fascinating people, places and subjects while looking up the most prosaic things.

by Robert Cox

Government approves return of domestic flights

16-10-2020 03:07 Transport Ministry authorises restricted return of domestic flights. Initially services limited to essential workers, exceptional circumstances and those needing medical treatment, with tourism and trips abroad unlikely before December at the earliest.

Argentina yield curve inverts as forex controls spook investors

23-09-2020 16:36 Less than a month after Argentina’s US$65-billion debt restructuring, bond prices show growing concern the government may struggle to pay its obligations.

Latin America's cities bustle like Covid is gone – but it’s not

20-09-2020 21:57 In Latin America’s big cities, as in other places around the globe, it almost feels like the virus never happened.

What happens when pandemic locks down a globe-trotting pope?

30-08-2020 08:37 During the virus crisis, Francis has become a 21st century “prisoner of the Vatican," as one of his predecessors was once known, robbed of the crowds, foreign travel and visits to the peripheries that so defined and popularised his papacy.

Latin America's evangelical churches hard hit by pandemic

26-08-2020 14:26 Evangelical churches have kept spreading the Gospel despite government measures meant to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.

CONMEBOL forces Argentina to step up plans for return of football

18-07-2020 10:12 While many South American leagues have already retaken the field or are preparing to restart leagues, in Argentina even the return to training remains pending. That, however, hasn’t stopped CONMEBOL.

by Dan Edwards

When activities restart during next phase of quarantine in Buenos Aires City

18-07-2020 08:57 President Alberto Fernández announces loosening of lockdown restrictions in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area and phased re-opening of activities, despite surge in confirmed cases and deaths from Covid-19.

Fernández TV

20-06-2020 09:02 Time will tell if the delays with the Vicentin and wealth tax bills are a deliberate strategy by the president to buffer the complaints by the lobbies who have historically clashed with Kirchnerismo.

by Martín Gambarotta

Coronavirus numbers accelerate in Argentina amid lockdown easing

13-06-2020 08:53 Health Ministry officials confirm 1,391 new Covid-19 infections and 20 fatalities. To date, more than 28,000 cases in Argentina since start of pandemic.

Trump extends virus guidelines, braces US for big death toll

30-03-2020 09:21 US president, who has largely avoided talk of potential death and infection rates, cited projection models that said potentially 2.2 million people or more could have died had social distancing measures not been put in place.

Latin America steps up measures against coronavirus spread

12-03-2020 15:57 Latin American countries try to curb the coronavirus spreading, with restrictions on travelers from the worst-affected countries and shutting down major sports events.