Light traffic and a half-empty city: that is the panorama in Mar del Plata, the main summer destination for Argentines. With 211% annual inflation and a strong salary depreciation, the season “she’s lost” for the merchants forks “a sadness” for the tourists. “On vacation you should be calm, have a good time. I’m not telling […]
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Fito Páez and Cecilia Roth, among more than 20,000 signatures against Milei reforms
Charlie GarciaFito Páez, León Gieco, Cecilia Roth, Claudia Piñeiro and Leonardo Sbaraglia are some of the more than 20,000 figures of Argentina who signed a letter published this Sunday rejecting the reforms in the cultural sector in Argentina by the libertarian president, Javier Milei. The letter to the Argentine Congress is titled ‘Culture is in […]
Peronist deputies ask the Milei Government to “explain and justify” exit from BRICS
Peronist deputies asked the Government of Javier Milei that “explains and substantiates” the decision to withdraw Argentina of the block of BRICSafter it had invited the South American country to join since this year, according to legislative sources reported this Saturday. The request was made in the Lower House by the former chancellor of the […]
When the value of ice cream is news: Argentines “stunned” between debates and prices
”Everyone is worse“, reads on the plinth of a newscast. “Buying ice cream, a luxury”says the one from another channel. The Argentines live days “Horror” due to skyrocketing prices, while Congress discusses two mammoth reform packages that have them “stunned”. Javier Formoso, 45 years old, is one of them. “Hope? None. From what we are […]
Milei in Davos: “The West is in danger” from socialism
The Argentine president, Javier Mileisaid this Wednesday before the world elite gathered at the Davos Forum that “The West is in danger”, by arguing that values are “co-opted with a worldview that inexorably leads to socialism”. In his international debut as Argentine president, Milei presented his libertarian ideas against the so-called “political caste” What does […]
Milei replies to Maduro, calling him an “impoverishing socialist”
The Argentine president, Javier Mileireplied on Tuesday from Switzerland the description of “error of history” that his Venezuelan counterpart had dedicated to him, Nicolás Maduro, whom he described as “impoverishing socialist.” “I didn’t expect such praise!!! Maduro’s impoverishing socialist saying that I am a historical mistake in Latin America confirms that we are on the […]
Maduro attacks Milei and advises Noboa in the face of the prison crisis in Ecuador
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The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Madurooffered this Monday to his counterpart from Ecuador, Daniel Noboaadvice on penitentiary matters to control the wave of violence unleashed in that nation, which declared the existence of a “internal armed conflict” after clashes with irregular groups in prisons and in some areas. “President Noboa, if you want to have […]
The Pope wants to travel to Argentina in the second half of 2024
He Pope Francisco This Sunday he expressed his desire to travel in the second half of this year to Argentina and acknowledged that he is concerned about the situation in his country because “People are suffering a lot there.” “Yes, it worries me because people are suffering a lot there, it is a difficult time […]
In the face of continued inflation, Argentina will issue 10,000 and 20,000 peso bills
In the heat of unstoppable inflation, the Central Bank of Argentina reported that it will put 10,000 and 20,000 peso bills into circulation starting in June. According to the issuing entity, these new denominations—equivalent to about 12 and 24 dollars, respectively—“They will facilitate transactions between users and make the logistics of the financial system more […]
Argentina celebrates agreement with the IMF for a new disbursement to pay maturities
He Argentine government considers that the agreement reached yesterday with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)for which the multilateral organization will disburse US$ 4.7 billion for the country to face its next debt maturities, complies with “the proposed path” by the Ministry of Economy. “For the first time in history it is not the Fund that […]