The president of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, will face a political test on Sunday that could split its ruling Peronist coalition, cause an exodus of ministers and derail the ruling party’s campaign two years before the 2023 presidential elections. The country will hold its mid-term legislative elections tomorrow (Sunday), with primaries and polls that suggest that […]
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The lack of work tightens in the stomach and in the social humor of the Argentines
Fatima, Stéfani and Carlos Alberto go every day to a popular dining room in La Boca, a traditional neighborhood in Buenos Aires. When everything closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they had to stop working and now they see helplessly as inflation devours the little money they produce. “I have been coming to the dining […]
The Economist: Emerging economies struggle to contain high inflation
In recent months, the world economy has come to resemble a poorly heated dinner in the microwave: generally hot, but some parts barely warm and some too hot. Global consumer prices are likely to rise 4.8% this year, according to the IMF, which would be the fastest rise since 2007. But price increases in emerging […]
Why are these Argentine parliamentary elections important?
Although they will only partially renew the Congress of Argentina, the midterm elections on November 14 will have a crucial impact on the Peronist presidency Alberto Fernandez because they will define governability for the second half of his term, analysts said. The government suffered a setback in the mandatory primaries (PASO) in September when the […]
Argentina will donate nearly one million AztraZeneca vaccines against Covid-19
Updated 11/11/2021 01:14 pm Argentina will donate about one million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 to five countries, the Government reported this Thursday in a series of decrees published in its Official Gazette. “Guided by the principles of solidarity and fraternity”, as stated in the document, Argentina will donate 450,000 doses to Mozambique, […]
Javier Milei, the ultra-liberal who offers to end the Argentine political caste
51-year-old economist, ultra-liberal and provocative, Javier Milei emerges as an electoral phenomenon in Buenos Aires where, with a speech against politicians, he disputes second place in Sunday’s parliamentary elections to the center-left ruling coalition Frente de Todos. “I did not come here to lead lambs, I came to awaken lions”, cry out mercy in a […]
Maintaining the value of the Argentine peso could cost the Peronists the election
The Argentine currency, the peso, in its different exchange markets could complicate the national government, Peronism, in the next legislative elections and cost them the majority in Congress. The local currency, which a little more than two decades ago maintained a one-to-one parity against the dollar Currently, it is barely equivalent to one cent of […]
Midterm elections settle control of Congress in Argentina
Argentina will hold legislative elections on Sunday in which the ruling Peronism will seek to avoid a tough defeat that could take away its majority in the Senate and its leadership in the Lower House. Why is choice important? The election is critical for center-left President Alberto Fernández and his government. A heavy defeat could […]
Government of Argentina and main laboratories agree to stabilize prices of medicines until January
Updated on 11/09/2021 01:45 pm The Peronist government of Argentina and the country’s main laboratories agreed to roll back drug prices to the values in effect on November 1 and keep them stable until January 2022, in an attempt to slow down the constant rise in prices. Juan Jose Marconi, head of the Business Chamber […]
Eramet relaunches the construction of its lithium plant in Argentina
Updated on 11/08/2021 09:30 am The French mining group Eramet announced that it will relaunch the construction of its lithium plant in Argentina to meet the strong demand for this metal in the context of the energy transition. The group that owns a large stock of lithium in Argentina had suspended its development projects in […]