VENEZUELA ELECTION
Venezuela opposition relies on citizens to protect July 28 votes
With very little international oversight of Venezuela’s upcoming election, a network of citizen witnesses is the opposition party’s best hope of minimising vote tampering.
INTELLIGENCE
Government increases budget, allocating 100 billion pesos to spy agency
President Javier Milei's government raises budget, justifying move with need to "settle actions" and "reorganise the National Intelligence System."
POVERTY
Exclusion and poverty are increasingly common in Argentina
Argentina is suffering from rising unemployment, social exclusion and poverty – the number of those considered destitute has doubled since the first quarter of 2023.
POLITICS
Caputo rejects criticism for having money abroad
Argentina's economy minister pushes back on claim he asked people to sell their dollar savings in order to pay taxes.
Kamala Harris wins key Pelosi support for White House race
Cryptocurrencies
Venezuela crypto remittances skyrocket as migration crisis worsens
Amount transmitted via crypto in Venezuela likely reached a record 9%of all the money sent home last year, according to data from blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis.
by James Grainger
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Pope Francis transfers Argentina's primatial see to Santiago del Estero
POLITICS & ECONOMY
Milei’s shock therapy ignites ‘brutal’ income inequality
CRYPTOCURRENCIES
Argentina is a record cryptocurrency adopter
by Gustavo Winkler
MONETARY POLICY
Argentina overcomes key hurdle impeding end of currency controls
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Argentina's economy posts best month under Milei despite cuts
ENERGY & GAS
YPF in talks with energy transfer to fund Argentina pipeline
POVERTY IN THE CAPITAL
Crisis creating 300 more homeless each month in Buenos Aires City
by Ramón Indart
HUMAN RIGHTS
Libertarian deputies visit convicted dictatorship repressors in jail
POLITICS
Milei focuses on legislative agenda, including Supreme Court Nominations
by Ramón Indart
AMIA attack
Controversial article by Tehran newspaper warns Argentina over 'Iran enmity'
BILATERAL RELATIONS
Lula calls Brazil’s ambassador in Argentina home for ‘review’ of bilateral ties
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