ECONOMIC INDICATORS Wages suffered record drop after Milei devalued peso 26-03-2024 07:43 Private-sector wages fell the most in nearly three decades after President Javier Milei’s currency devaluation, according to a new government report.
ECONOMIC WOES Suffering middle class continues to shrink under Milei 20-03-2024 13:44 Argentina's middle class is vanishing: amid fierce austerity, more and more people cannot afford schooling or medicine, even those holding down two jobs.
EDUCATION & LABOUR Teachers' unions call national strike after failure of wage talks 29-02-2024 16:36 Education workers associated with CGT umbrella union group to stage walkout on Monday in protest at failure of wage renegotiation talks and spending cuts.
Inflation Banks warn against inflation bonds as price hikes cool 27-02-2024 11:36 Recession forecasts and a shrinking amount of money in circulation, as well as a narrowing gap between Argentina’s exchange rates and cooling inflation expectations, are driving investors to ease off inflation bonds.
EDITORIAL Poverty also in the debate 24-02-2024 06:08 Discussing figures is one thing and denialism quite another – this applies to the human rights debate and it also applies to poverty.
SOCIAL UNREST ON RISE Strikes and walkouts multiply as anger against Milei's austerity mounts 22-02-2024 21:05 Social unrest is growing, labour groups protest in response to President Milei’s belt-tightening measures; Railway staff, health workers, teachers and even scientists take to streets in protest.
ARGENTINA IN CRISIS Milei’s ‘no money’ slogan put to the test – but is there patience? 22-02-2024 16:46 Enthusiasm abroad for Javier Milei's presidential project is not matched by growing unrest on the streets of Buenos Aires.
POLITICS & COURTS Court rules Milei’s labour reform unconstitutional 30-01-2024 19:18 Court rules that the labour reform President Javier Milei tried to implement through decree is unconstitutional.
POLITICS Labour chapter of Milei’s decree declared unconstitutional by court 30-01-2024 18:53 Labour Court of Appeals delivers ruling blocking labour chapter of emergency DNU decree – case will be referred to the Supreme Court.
EDITORIAL The four horsemen 27-01-2024 07:35 The general strike should be deemed not so much a success or a failure as a somewhat irrelevant blip within what gives every indication of being a long hot summer and a traumatic year.
ANTI-MILEI MARCH ‘Great struggle’ begins as protesters rally against Milei’s reforms 25-01-2024 01:33 Tens of thousands of demonstrators descended on the Plaza del Congreso in Buenos Aires on Wednesday to protest the Milei government’s economic reform bid. by Ashton Goren & Martha Contreras
ANTI-MILEI PROTEST Thousands swarm Buenos Aires' streets to protest Milei’s reforms 25-01-2024 00:39 Thousands flooded the streets and avenues surrounding Congress during a mass protest on Wednesday in Buenos Aires organised by the CGT, one of the nation’s oldest and most powerful union groups.
ANTI-MILEI MARCH Gallery: Images from CGT-led strike against Javier Milei's reforms 24-01-2024 14:46 A collection of images from the general strike led by the CGT umbrella union grouping in response to President Javier Milei's proposed reforms.
POLITICS & LABOUR Unions take to streets in challenge to Milei's reform push 24-01-2024 13:53 Thousands of protesters had gathered by midday in the heart of Buenos Aires for what is expected to be the biggest demonstration in years, called by Argentina’s main union, the CGT, against President Milei's proposed economic reforms.
POLITICS & LABOUR Buenos Aires braces for first general strike of Milei government 23-01-2024 11:54 Labour groups and social organisations will mobilise on Wednesday to demonstrate against Milei government’s reform plans, with a large turnout expected; Banks, public transport and even flights set to be affected.
SECURITY & HUMAN RIGHTS Milei government orders social groups, unions to pay for protest 13-01-2024 22:04 Security Ministry sends summons to more than a dozen unions and social organisations, ordering them to pay the state millions of pesos for the policing of recent demonstrations within 10 days.
POLITICS & JUDICIARY First judicial setbacks for Milei’s reform push 05-01-2024 00:58 Labour appeals court suspends key portions of mega-decree after legal challenges from top union groups, dealing president a setback.
POLITICS Court suspends Milei’s labour reforms, dealing president a setback 04-01-2024 00:51 President Javier Milei suffered his first judicial setback on Wednesday as the national labour appeals court suspended a key portion of his emergency mega-decree.
DEMONSTRATION ON WAY CGT union calls first national strike over Milei reforms 29-12-2023 21:43 Javier Milei will face his first general strike after just more than a month in office; Argentina’s top umbrella union group calls for a nationwide protest against his plans to deregulate the country’s economy.
Anti-Milei protest Protesters, summoned by CGT, protest against Milei's proposed reforms 27-12-2023 17:31 Marching at the behest of labour unions, protesters demanded the courts intervene to invalidate President Javier Milei's mega-decree they say would carve away at worker and consumer protections.
POLITICS Milei government draws up labour emergency reform package 19-12-2023 14:37 Javier Milei is spearheading a series of measures to promote registered employment. Government is yet to define whether they will be part of a bill for Congress or urgent decree.
ELECTION 2023 Rivals, union leaders claim hypocrisy as Milei cosies up to Barrionuevo 21-09-2023 20:25 Libertarian presidential candidate – a sworn enemy of the “political caste” – raises eyebrows as he develops ties with veteran trade union leader Luis Barrionuevo, appearing in public with him for the first time.
ELECTIONS 2023 Milei’s plan for Argentina: Dollarisation, scrapping taxes and more 14-08-2023 13:51 From ditching the struggling peso to eventually eliminating Argentina’s Central Bank, outsider presidential candidate Javier Milei has vowed to implement a series of bold — and perhaps unfeasible — measures.
Editorial Hostages of fear 28-07-2023 21:41 Both a consensus approach and firm action are potentially valid avenues to a solution but both are also means towards ends and will depend entirely on their results – by themselves they are merely vapid campaign rhetoric.
ELECTIONS 2023: PROFILE Patricia Bullrich vows crackdown to halt sell-off 14-05-2023 08:06 Argentina is suffering economic carnage – this hard-liner thinks she has the solution.
PIONEERING MEASURE Chile's Congress approves drop in work week to 40 hours 11-04-2023 18:00 Chilean Congress approves bill that will limit the working week to 40 hours, a measure that will be implemented gradually over the next five years.
ECONOMY & SOCIETY Beef relief for butchers in Argentina? No more carrying half a cow 18-01-2023 12:27 Street scenes of butchers weighed down by half a cow carcass on their back could be a thing of the past after a new government ruling.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Kelly 'Raquel' Olmos: ‘Argentina has an exemplary labour movement’ 05-11-2022 06:10 New Labour Minister Kelly 'Raquel' Olmos on Argentina’s labour movement, employment rights, collective bargaining, and Alberto Fernández’s re-election hopes. by Jorge Fontevecchia
LABOUR TENSIONS Strike off as teamsters secure 107% pay hike in wage talks 27-10-2022 19:28 Threat of national strike extinguished as Camioneros, led by the Moyanos, secure 107 percent pay hike and a bonus of 100,000 pesos for union members.
LABOUR TENSIONS Wage talks, inflation, union divisions: Orange alert as October heats up 12-10-2022 22:39 Runaway three-digit wage increases impact on multiple fronts. Tussle among unions to clinch the biggest wage hikes, conflict between the CGT and leftist groupings over increasingly poor wage-earners. The business world watches on, fearing escalation. by Juan Pablo Kavanagh
CABINET RESHUFFLE ‘Kelly’ Olmos, PJ loyalist close to the president, takes on labour portfolio 11-10-2022 15:32 New Labour Minister referred to her relationship with Kirchnerism, Peronism, trade unions and vows to lead a portfolio that’s “on the side of the workers.”
LABOUR TENSIONS Strike paralyses tyre production, forces closure of car plants 26-09-2022 21:55 A strike by workers demanding higher wages has brought tyre production and activity at two major car factories in Argentina to a complete halt.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Juan Grabois: ‘If Cristina decides to run in 2023, I’m behind her’ 16-09-2022 16:00 Catholic social leader and lawyer Juan Grabois on the failed attack on the vice-president, political violence, hate speech and the gravity of the socio-economic situation in Argentina. by Jorge Fontevecchia
NEW MEASURES Argentina seeks to shift all-cash workers into payroll jobs 30-08-2022 15:06 Policy aims to target welfare recipients who opt for informal, all-cash jobs to avoid losing government benefits and persuade them to stay in the system.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Guy Standing: ‘A basic income is a right of every individual in every society’ 19-08-2022 16:29 British labour economist and University of London professor on unconditional basic income, the poverty trap and the ‘precariat.’ by Jorge Fontevecchia
Bye Boris UK PM accused of clinging to power for wedding bash 07-07-2022 17:29 Boris Johnson announced in morning resignation that he would stay until October, critics accuse him of hanging on until his July wedding at prime ministers' country pad Chequers.
Bye Boris The front-runners to replace Boris Johnson as Britain's next PM 07-07-2022 13:14 Ben Wallace, Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt lead the early betting as punters place wagers over the identity of Britain's next leader.
UK Conservative Crisis UK ministers to tell Boris Johnson to quit 06-07-2022 16:35 Senior ministers set to tell under-pressure PM he must quit after spate of resignations from scandal-hit government.
INDUSTRIAL ACTION Workers in Chile strike at world's largest copper producer 22-06-2022 14:26 Workers at Chile's state mining company Codelco launched "indefinite" strike on Wednesday, protesting the closure of a foundry.
BRITISH POLITICS Johnson's Conservatives lose key councils in UK local elections 06-05-2022 09:27 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative party lost control of key councils in London, according to partial results from local and regional elections on Friday.