News of state

Election 2023 hopefuls outline economic plans to business leaders

20-04-2023 14:29 Milei, Rodríguez Larreta, Bullrich and Vidal outline their economic plans to the nation’s top business leaders at the Llao Llao Forum in Bariloche – here’s what the leading candidates told the ‘círculo rojo.’

Surprise as Ibero-American Summit opens with Maduro in tow

25-03-2023 09:26 XXVIII Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government gets underway in Santo Domingo; President Alberto Fernández among those in attendance, while officials announce Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro will also be making a surprise visit to the Dominican Republic.

It takes two to tango even when dancing alone

04-03-2023 03:02 Most of the reactions to the two-hour state-of-the-nation address of President Alberto Fernández to open Congress on Wednesday fall into its trap of placing their main focus on its explosive climax, thus limiting the debate to the judicial arena rather than tackling the deeper and more complex problems facing Argentina.

President raises stakes, reignites feud with Judiciary

03-03-2023 10:30 Alberto Fernández delivered the traditional state-of-the-nation speech to the legislative assembly on Wednesday, marking the beginning of the congressional year. Defending his administration and pretending all is well with his vice-president, the president trained his ire on the Supreme Court and the justice system, ramping up tensions in a crunch election year.

by Michael Soltys

From Antarctica, President Fernández calls for ‘peace and prosperity’

22-02-2023 23:12 Peronist leader delivers national broadcast from Base Marambio to mark Argentine Antarctic Sovereignty Day, calling on nation and world to embrace “a tomorrow of peace and prosperity.”

Ecuador president asks heads of all state firms to resign

18-01-2023 14:04 Director of state body overseeing public enterprises calls for "the availability of the positions of general managers" in all state institutions "by order of the president of the republic."

YPF is poised to rein in capex ambitions amid fuel controls

30-11-2022 22:29 State-run oil company YPF probably will set next year’s spending plan at the lower end of a range that executives are discussing internally.

Massa confirms price controls for 1,400 products on way

11-11-2022 10:40 Economy Minister Sergio Massa reveals that more than 100 companies have signed up to ‘Precios Justos’ price controls scheme, as he admits “the situation is critical.”

Death toll hits 91 after deadly Brazil rains; Bolsonaro visits disaster zone

30-05-2022 13:49 Jair Bolsonaro sent his condolences Monday to the families of 91 people who died in torrential rains in northeastern Brazil, as rescue workers continued a grim search for victims.

El Salvador extends state of emergency to curb wave of gang violence

25-04-2022 12:45 El Salvador's lawmakers on Sunday extended a state of emergency for another month at the request of President Nayib Bukele. It was imposed in late March to stamp out a wave of deadly gang violence, expanding police powers so that they could arrest members without a warrant.

Argentina has reached a deal with IMF staff, says president

01-03-2022 22:01 President Alberto Fernández announces government has reached an agreement with the staff of the International Monetary Fund on details needed to refinance the country’s loan with the Washington organisation.

United States supports 'a vibrant Argentine economy,' Blinken tells Cafiero

18-01-2022 21:30 Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington for talks, with the latter describing Argentina as "a friend and partner" of the United States.

Former US secretary of state Colin Powell dies aged 84

18-10-2021 13:21 Colin Powell, a US war hero and the first black secretary of state who saw his trailblazing legacy tarnished when he made the case for war in Iraq in 2003, died Monday from complications from Covid-19. 

The case for streamlining Congress

16-10-2021 00:01 Streamlining Congress would establish criteria of austerity, meritocracy and transparency in the use of human resources, but has not been considered for the past two decades.

by Gabriel C. Salvia

Government launches 'Registradas' plan to tackle unregistered labour

29-09-2021 15:20 State to pay 50% of newly registered domestic worker wages for six months under new government scheme designed to tackle informal labour.

Hitmen gun down protected witness in Rosario

08-09-2021 17:35 Gunned down from a passing car, protected witness Carlos Héctor Argüelles was the former right-hand man of drug kingpin Esteban Alvarado, against whom the late witness had ended up testifying.