EDUCATION ROW Supreme Court says it will rule on row over in-person classes Yesterdat 16:37 Supreme Court declares itself "competent" to take on the issue and will settle the education row between the Buenos Aires City government and the national government.
Education row Rodríguez Larreta: Schools in City will have classes tomorrow Yesterdat 00:07 Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta announces that he will adhere to court ruling and that schools in the nation’s capital will be open on Monday.
EDITORIAL We do need some education 17-04-2021 09:26 Last year’s economic havoc has been quantified, but there is no way of measuring the losses to come from extended suspensions of classroom education.
CITY MAYOR, NEXT PRESIDENT? Rodríguez Larreta’s labyrinth: standing firm while staying moderate 17-04-2021 09:06 Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta marks out his differences with the government and the hardliners in the opposition Juntos por el Cambio coalition. by Gabriel Ziblat
MUSIC Daniel Barenboim: tireless maestro won’t let pandemic slow him down 17-04-2021 08:29 Argentina-born maestro has been on stage for 71 years and says he is always ready to "start again from scratch."
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC 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.
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC 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.
POLITICS & THE PANDEMIC The school feud 17-04-2021 07:33 Fernández and Rodríguez Larreta, much to the dismay of the hawks in both coalitions, gave moderation a shot. Now the rift is back. by Martín Gambarotta
NEW RESTRICTIONS Argentina's schools become political battleground after curbs 16-04-2021 17:13 Decision to shut down schools has become the latest point of political conflict between the federal government and the City of Buenos Aires, run by the opposition, as the country heads into a second wave of Covid-19.
BILATERAL RELATIONS PLUNGE Fernández hits back at Bolsonaro over military's role during pandemic 15-04-2021 12:47 President Alberto Fernández responded to a mocking attack from his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday, following the Argentine leader's announcement of tightened restrictions to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.
NEW RESTRICTIONS President extends curfew, shutters schools to curb Covid-19 15-04-2021 00:48 In 18-minute address to nation, Alberto Fernández says health system must be protected and tightens restrictions in Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area, hoping provincial governments will follow suit. Citizens stage pot-banging protest, opposition denounces new rules.
Coronavirus pandemic Fernández and Rodríguez Larreta set for ‘second wave’ Olivos meet 02-04-2021 19:16 With the Buenos Aires Province government said to be considering, City officials said Friday that no new restrictions were considered “necessary” for now.
Coronavirus Pandemic No class for a year: Covid worsens Latin American inequality 10-03-2021 14:55 Of the 14 countries that have remained largely closed since March 2020, two-thirds of them are in Latin American and the Caribbean. As children fall further behind in their education, UNICEF worries that some may never return to the classroom.
Coronavirus Pandemic Government rolls out five-stage plan to vaccinate teachers 24-02-2021 16:36 Government announces that it will vaccinate teachers with the one million Sinopharm doses that are due to arrive from China on Friday. First round of vaccines will be given to over 450,000 teachers working in pre-school, special needs and primary schools.
COVID-19 VACCINES Buenos Aires Province begins vaccinating those aged 70+ 18-02-2021 13:58 Provincial government begins to give first shots of Sputnik V vaccine to citizens aged over 70, using schools and other sites as temporary vaccination centres.
BACK TO SCHOOL Schools in Argentina finally re-open doors to students 17-02-2021 14:54 Schoolchildren from five of Argentina's 24 regional districts returned to classrooms on Wednesday for the first time in almost a year, as the country began a gradual restart of face-to-face classes.
Back to school Trotta vows face-to-face classes for students 'at least three times a week' 01-02-2021 18:27 As tensions between unions and officials continue, Education Minister Nicolás Trotta says schools will be allowed to have face-to-face classes three times a week.
EDUCATION Tensions soar over return of face-to-face classes 23-01-2021 10:25 Education Minister Nicolás Trotta confirms ‘school classes will return to the City of Buenos Aires on February 17 and to Buenos Aires Province on March 1,’ with all other provinces following by March 15.
EDITORIAL Too cool for school, or too hot? 16-01-2021 07:27 Education is the real orphan of the debate on systemic change.
Global pandemic UK PM Johnson orders new lockdown, closes schools in England 04-01-2021 17:23 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced new strict coronavirus restrictions, closing schools and ordering a third national lockdown for England.
A DISASTROUS YEAR 2020 is coming to an end, luckily 26-12-2020 09:24 The spotlight on justice is irreversible and its consequences have defined the year, along with the coronavirus. by Beatriz Sarlo
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.
Coronavirus pandemic Education minister targets March 1 for return of face-to-face classes 02-12-2020 00:05 Education Minister Nicolás Trotta says face-to-face classes will be "essential" next year and says government is targeting March 1 return for classes in 17 provinces.
AS I SEE IT We don't need no education 21-11-2020 09:38 Instead of campaigning to get their members back to work, Argentina’s teachers’ unions are determined to prolong the longest school holiday ever until everyone has been properly vaccinated. by James Neilson
Coronavirus pandemic Dozen secondary schools re-open doors in Buenos Aires City 13-10-2020 16:44 Twelve schools re-opened their doors in the capital on Tuesday, with teachers hosting the first face-to-face classes in Buenos Aires City for seven months.
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Education officials authorise return of classes under ‘traffic light’ scheme 10-10-2020 08:39 Federal Education Council unanimously approves re-opening of classrooms in educational institutions, subject to the discretion of each district.
Coronavirus pandemic Students in San Juan Province happy to be back in the classroom 10-08-2020 23:54 Students in the last years of primary and secondary school return to their desks, in groups of no more than 15 students at a time.
Coronavirus pandemic Students in San Juan Province first to return to face-to-face classes 10-08-2020 01:25 Children and teenagers in the province will return to schools under a “bimodal” education system, “bubble” classrooms and with a sanitary kit for each student.
Back to school? Education Minister: 85% of schools in Argentina will likely re-open in August 09-06-2020 16:32 Education Minister Nicolás Trotta says that 85% of students may be able to return to classes in August. Schools in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area will have to wait until infections in the region begin to drop off.
Post-quarantine plan Lifting lockdown? Against coronavirus, no one size fits all 24-04-2020 13:37 Without a tried-and-tested action plan for how to pull countries out of coronavirus lockdown, the world is seeing a patchwork of approaches.
Coronavirus pandemic 12 new people test positive for coronavirus, lifting total to 68 16-03-2020 21:47 The update, which involves new cases diagnosed in the last 24 hours, is the largest daily rise yet since the coronavirus outbreak began.
Coronavirus pandemic Buenos Aires City government adopts new measures to curb virus 16-03-2020 14:48 City Mayor Horacio Rodriguez Larreta moves to mitigate circulation of coronavirus in capital. But don't worry – you can still get married...
Coronavirus pandemic Argentina to close schools for two weeks, borders to visitors 15-03-2020 21:02 Kindergarten, primary and secondary schools to be suspended until March 31; Argentina's borders to be closed to all non-residents effective immediately; Number of confirmed cases rises to 56.
CORONAVIRUS CONSEQUENCES It would be ‘counterproductive’ to close schools, says health minister 14-03-2020 08:35 Health Minister Ginés González García and Education Minister Nicolás Trotta confirms schools will remain open – for now.
PROTESTS IN ECUADOR Ecuador's president agrees deal with indigenous to end protests 14-10-2019 11:58 Ecuador celebrated a deal President Lenín Moreno and indigenous leaders struck late Sunday to cancel a disputed austerity package and end nearly two weeks of protests that have paralyzed the economy and left seven dead.
ECUADOR IN CRISIS Clashes at protests in Ecuador over fuel price hike, oil facilities seized 08-10-2019 09:26 President Lenín Moreno accuses predecessor and ex-ally Rafael Correa and Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro of an "attempted coup d'état." Government business temporarily moved to the port city of Guayaquil.
PROTESTS Ecuador's declares state of emergency after clashes over fuel prices 04-10-2019 09:17 Clashes broke out between protesters and police in Ecuador after President Lenín Moreno declared a state of emergency Thursday following demonstrations against rising fuel prices due to the government scrapping subsidies. Moreno's measure allow the government to restrict movement, to employ the Armed Forces to maintain order and to censor the press.
Brazilian Education Teachers occupy Rio squares offering free classes 04-07-2019 13:21 Free tutors are getting results in a country with over 11 million illiterate people.