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President Alberto Fernández.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina’s ‘last’ debt offer extends proposal to August 4

Yesterdat 22:45 The proposal seeks to reduce creditor losses on the bonds’ principal, increase coupons and shorten bond maturities, according to a release published Sunday evening.

The Argentine government is still working on a debt agreement.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Fernández: New offer to creditors on way, deadline moved to August 4

Yesterdat 22:10 Argentina to present new offer to bondholders on Monday, with deadline extended until August 4.

Vicentin’s credit-fuelled expansion in recent years helped it fend off multinationals like Bunge Ltd and Cargill Inc to be Argentina’s top exporter of the products.

BLOOMBERG

Creditors allege Vicentin soy giant siphoned off US$400 million

Yesterdat 08:10 Banks are asking a New York judge to subpoena more documents from bankrupt soy-export giant Vicentin, saying there may have been “major international financial impropriety” that saw US$400 million drained from the firm.

A tent covers the area where Fabián Gutiérrez's body was found.

SANTA CRUZ PROVINCE

Fabián Gutiérrez, ex-secretary to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, found dead

04-07-2020 17:30 Gutiérrez, a former private secretary to ex-presidents Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, had last been seen in El Calafate on Thursday. At least four individuals have been arrested and three have admitted to the crime, says investigating judge.

Diego's impossibly swollen ankle, Goycochea the hero, Maradona and Caniggia destroying Brazil, Naples in rebellion – Italia 90’s memorable storylines ensure that it’s still remembered 30 years on, especially in Argentina.

FOOTBALL

Epic Italia ‘90 continues to live long in the memory

04-07-2020 09:35 If Italia '90 was a grainy Fellini masterpiece, complex, tense and unafraid to lay bare humanity at its ugliest and, therefore, most real, four years later football had already crossed the line into pure Disney fantasy.

by Dan Edwards

Women jog with a dog along Pocitos' Rambla as a double rainbow appears during sunset over Montevideo.

GLOBAL PANDEMIC

Uruguay rides out Covid threat without imposing a lockdown

04-07-2020 09:30 "Freedom with responsibility" has been the name of the game in Argentina’s small neighbour – the country has less than 1,000 registered cases and less than 30 deaths.

China vs United States: Will China come back again to ‘help’ Argentina?

AS I SEE IT

China will soon come a-calling

04-07-2020 09:25 The coronavirus plague has harmed China’s international reputation, but it has also weakened many developing countries to such an extent that they will find it all but impossible to turn down offers of financial help.

by James Neilson

A doctor is pictured at the Dr Alberto Antranik Eurnekian Public Hospital in Ezeiza, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, during the coronavirus pandemic.

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION

World Health Organisation remains alive to Covid-19 threat, despite criticism

04-07-2020 09:18 Under fire for misleading comments on transmission, face masks and its dealings with China, the WHO’s local branch in Argentina says it’s delivering results in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

by Jennifer Heiman & Anina Hoffman

A different celebration for US independence Day due to covid crisis.

US INDEPENDENCE DAY

United States gears up for a very unusual Fourth of July

04-07-2020 09:13 From big cities to backyards, this year’s Independence Day celebrations won’t be the usual blowout bash.

Guzman's debt restructuring talks are still being questioned but the minister retains confidence of President Fernandez.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Casa Rosada dismisses rumours of Guzman’s departure

04-07-2020 09:06 BlackRock, other creditors, big businessmen and ministers are questioning the economy minister’s approach to debt restructuring talks, but Guzmán retains the confidence of Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

A man passes by a closed store with a portrait of tango singer Carlos Gardel.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Anxiety and anguish in Buenos Aires as lockdown returns

04-07-2020 08:57 The Buenos Aires metropolitan area returned to a strict quarantine this week and many citizens are growing increasingly uncomfortable.

Traffic controls in the metropolitan area.

OPINION

Giorgio was right

04-07-2020 08:51 Quarantine has been renewed, presented as a lifestyle by the government.

by Pola Oloixarac

Controls to detect covid cases.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Catamarca records its first case of coronavirus

04-07-2020 08:45 Governor Raúl Jalil says individual had travelled from Buenos Aires City to the northwestern province and was successfully isolated before entering the region. Until Friday, Catamarca was the only region not to have registered a case.

Controls for access to the City of Buenos Aires.

THE LAST SEVEN DAYS

What we learned this week: June 27 to July 4

04-07-2020 08:40 Stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

At odds with the main Mercosur partner Brazil, President Alberto Fernández was more than physically isolated at the virtual session, appealing for regional unity but declaring himself alone within Latin America in seeking to change a wider world apart from Mexico’s Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

EDITORIAL

Is isolation the best expression of independence?

04-07-2020 08:32 The pandemic is a curious ally of ultra-nationalism, feeding the notion that Covid-19 will destroy globalisation and the private sector in a world dictating a self-sufficiency of which very few countries can even dream.

View of the iconic Palacio Salvo with the city of Montevideo in the background.

FISCAL PARADISE?

Uruguay’s new tax residence rules spark interest among Argentines

04-07-2020 08:24 Seeking to attract immigrants with high purchasing-power, Uruguay has relaxed its fiscal residence requirements – triggering a rush of consultations from Argentines.

The amount of covid cases rise despite strict quarantine in Buenos Aires.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Argentina records highest number of Covid-19 fatalities in single day

04-07-2020 08:14 Health Ministry officials confirm deaths of 52 individuals – Argentina’s highest daily toll to date. With 2,845 people having tested positive over the last 24 hours, infections are continuing to accelerate.

Many K corruption cases will end up being dropped due to procedural abuses.

ILLEGAL ESPIONAGE SCANDAL

The curse of power in Argentina

04-07-2020 08:06 Several of the major corruption cases of the K decade could end up being dropped due to procedural abuses, aiding the newfound lack of political motivation of most magistrates.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Latin America is a region where the US and China settle their differences.

ANALYSIS

Sino-American dispute a looming threat for Argentina and Brazil

04-07-2020 07:57 The relationship between Buenos Aires and Brasilia is in intensive care and the lack of coordination between the two governments exposes the region to an external vulnerability – becoming a place where the US and China settle their differences.

by Leandro Dario

President Alberto Fernandez (right) and his Foreign Minister Felipe Sola take part in the first Mercosur Summit held via video conference due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

MERCOSUR’S VIRTUAL SUMMIT

Mercosur vows unity in face of pandemic, as Macron cools on trade deal

04-07-2020 07:49 President Alberto Fernández calls for unity in face of the coronavirus pandemic during virtual summit, as reports in France suggest Emmanuel Macron has gone cold on Mercosur-EU trade deal.

Ever since Cristina uploaded the video announcing who would be her candidate, there has been the singular paradox of a nominal leader without any power or votes of his own.

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION

¿Qué pasa entre Alberto y Cristina?

04-07-2020 07:41 Pressure is growing on President Fernández to found his own ‘Albertismo’ movement, while Cristina Fernández de Kirchner sets the pace for both, with infighting channelled through their officials and allies – a tussle most recently exposed by the move on Vicentín.

The political volatility beetween the City and the Province of Buenos Aires has not gone away.

POLITICS & THE PANDEMIC

Metropolitan area blues

04-07-2020 07:29 The display of bipartisan civility, even with disagreements behind the scenes between Buenos Aires City and Province, is now routine. Yet the volatility has not gone away.

by Martín Gambarotta

Former president and senator for La Rioja province, Carlos Menem.

ex-president discharged

Former president Carlos Menem released from hospital

03-07-2020 23:28 Menem, who turned 90 on Thursday, was admitted to intensive care at the Los Arcos private clinic in Buenos Aires on Thursday suffering breathing difficulties.

The Puerto Madero neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, pictured at night.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Two creditor groups mull 'lock-up' to oppose government's offer

03-07-2020 03:47 The Ad Hoc and Exchange Bondholder groups are closely watching to see if the government submits an offer that it has discussed with a third creditor group – the Argentina Creditor Committee – and would reject it.

A woman passes by closed stores in the commercial neighbourhood of Once.

Coronavirus pandemic

Cold, windswept and frozen, Buenos Aires returns to isolation

03-07-2020 03:37 On a chilly winter Wednesday, a lonesome Buenos Aires reverted to the first and most restrictive phase of the quarantine, in a renewed bid to halt the advance of Covid-19.

Amateur footballers play a new lockdown-acceptable form of the sport at the Play Futbol 5 local club in Pergamino. In order to continue playing amid government restrictions to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, the club divided its soccer field into 12 rectangles to mark limited areas for each player, keeping them from making physical contact.

FOOTBALL & CORONAVIRUS

Metegol humano: How to play football during the pandemic

02-07-2020 23:12 Football-starved locals have found a way to play while social distancing – dubbed 'metegol humano,' the system designed for the coronavirus pandemic involves dividing the field with white chalk into 12 rectangles and restricting each player to a defined space.

From January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2019, 3,013 victims were registered. During 2019 alone, 284 women were killed.

Femicide in quarantine

Feminist organisation: one femicide every 29 hours in Argentina

02-07-2020 16:32 Feminist organisation Mumalá recorded at least 143 femicides in Argentina during the first six months of 2020, according to new report.

Carlos Menem, pictured at home by his daughter.

INTENSIVE CARE

Ex-president Carlos Menem back in hospital with breathing difficulties

02-07-2020 16:17 Former president, who turned 90 on Thursday, re-admitted to hospital just three days after being discharged. He remains in an intensive care unit.

The Iguazu falls, as seen from the Brazilian side on the border with Argentina, near Foz do Iguaçu, on June 4, 2019.

TRAVEL & TOURISM

Pandemic to deliver 'unprecedented' blow to tourism in Latin America, Caribbean

02-07-2020 03:21 Coronavirus pandemic to deliver "unprecedented blow" to tourism in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Inter-American Development Bank warns.

Former Bolivia President Evo Morales, pictured at a press conference in Buenos Aires.

BOLIVIAN POLITICAL CRISIS

Exiled Morales pulling Bolivia's political strings as polls loom

02-07-2020 03:04 Though he remains banned from running in September's election and facing arrest if he returns, Bolivia's first indigenous president is masterminding opposition to right-wing interim leader Jeanine Añez.

Susana Martinengo (right) with former president Mauricio Macri and his daughter, Antonio.

ILLEGAL ESPIONAGE CLAIMS

22 arrests in illegal espionage probe, including ex-Macri official

02-07-2020 02:47 Susana Martinengo, co-ordinator of presidential documentation during the 2015-2019 Macri presidency, and 21 others detained on charges of illegal espionage against various political leaders.

Handout picture released by Presidency showing an aerial view of vehicles queueing at a checkpoint at La Noria bridge, over the Riachuelo in Buenos Aires.

Coronavirus pandemic

New phase of stricter lockdown begins in Buenos Aires

02-07-2020 00:17 Officials said Wednesday that the new measures were working well – the Buenos Aires City government said that on Wednesday 107,000 vehicles had used the capital's highways, a 33 percent drop from one week ago.

Uruguayan Foreign Minister and Economist Ernesto Talvi talks about trade opportunities for Mercosur’s leading economies.

OVER THE WATER

Ernesto Talvi, Uruguay's foreign minister, resigns post

01-07-2020 23:54 Talvi's move had been expected after he announced his intention last month to devote more time to his Ciudadanos political party.

Mexican housekeeper Dolores Sánchez, 35, poses for photograph at her home in Mexico City. In March, when the new coronavirus outbroke in latin America, many domestic workers were sent home without payment, others were laid off and others confined in the homes where they work.

BLOOMBERG – OPINION

Covid-19’s toll will rewrite Latin America's future

01-07-2020 23:22 The multiple crises assailing Latin America might not go entirely to waste, but to achieve lasting salutary change, the region must address the systemic vulnerabilities laid bare by the pandemic.

by Mac Margolis

Workers wearing protective gear lower the casket of a Covid-19 victim at the Vila Formosa cemetery in São Paulo, Brazil, on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Brazilians are resuming a measure of normal life just as Covid-19 deaths are spiking to hundreds per day, turning their country into a global hotspot.

Global pandemic

Latin America, Caribbean may see virus deaths quadruple: experts

01-07-2020 17:39 Pan American Health Organisation warns virus death toll in Latin America and the Caribbean could top 400,000 by October without stricter public health measures.

Handout picture released by Brazilian Presidency press office of President Jair Bolsonaro (left) and his Education Minister Carlos Alberto Decotelli.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil's new education minister resigns over CV 'lies'

01-07-2020 09:15 Carlos Alberto Decotelli, the first black person to be appointed to the government of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, resigns only five days after he was appointed amid accusations that he lied over his academic record.

FC Barcelona players celebrate their opening goal during the La Liga match between FC Barcelona and Atlético Madrid at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, June 30, 2020.

SPANISH FOOTBALL

Messi scores 700th career goal against Atlético Madrid

01-07-2020 08:31 Messi scores a penalty in the “Panenka” style, chipping it softly past goalie Jan Oblak. The goal was Messi’s 630th club goal to go with 70 for his Argentina. It was also his league-leading 22nd goal of the season.

After the meeting of Governor Rodolfo Suárez with the Minister of the Interior, Eduardo Wado De Pedro, the alarms went off in Cuyo province.

Secessionist threat?

Mexit? Cornejo says Mendoza could thrive as ‘an independent country’

30-06-2020 21:28 Amid a row over a hydroelectric dam project, Alfred Cornejo lets rip at national government, accusing it of "harming" Mendoza and declaring that the province would thrive as an independent nation.

Shoppers line up alongside a newly re-opened toyshop in Buenos Aires.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING TALKS

Government weighs earlier coupon payments as debt talks stall

30-06-2020 19:09 Argentina is considering paying coupons sooner than previously announced, as it aims to close a gap with creditors in debt restructuring talks, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

View of Nahuel Huapi lake and the Andes during the lockdown imposed by the government to slow the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina, on June 24, 2020.

Coronavirus in Patagonia

Bariloche covered in snow but stripped of tourists, thanks to Covid-19

30-06-2020 17:37 Snow has fallen in Bariloche, but the streets and slopes are quiet in the famed tourist destination. Local businesses estimate that losses this month alone will be around 3.6 billion pesos (about US$48 million).

Porteños walk the streets just off Avenida Santa Fe in Buenos Aires City.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Argentina's creditors urge officials to move ahead on debt talks

30-06-2020 15:10 Creditors groups call for progress on talks, saying the "lack of serious engagement from the Argentine authorities is deeply concerning."

Picture of a cloudy sky over Montevideo taken on May 15, 2020 amid the Covid-19 novel coronavirus pandemic.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

In midst of Covid chaos, Uruguay is getting it right

30-06-2020 12:50 Uruguay has become an oasis in the middle of a Covid-19 storm.

Carlos Menem, pictured at home by his daughter.

Former president

Carlos Menem leaves hospital after pneumonia scare

30-06-2020 12:41 Former president and senator for La Rioja Province was discharged from hospital on Monday after two weeks receiving treatment for pneumonia.

In this Monday, May 11, 2020 file photo, a waiter carries beers for customers sitting at a terrace bar in Tarragona, Spain. The European Union announced Tuesday, June 30, 2020 that it will reopen its borders to travelers from 14 countries, but most Americans have been refused entry for at least another two weeks due to soaring coronavirus infections in the United States.

Global pandemic

EU reopens its borders to 14 nations but not to US tourists

30-06-2020 12:33 European Union to reopen borders to travellers from 14 countries, and possibly China soon, but most US citizens have been refused entry for at least another two weeks.

View of the illuminated Piramide de Mayo in Buenos Aires on June 28, 2020.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina's economy tanked in April as virus hit home

30-06-2020 12:33 Construction was the worst hit industry, plummeting 86.4%, with hotels and restaurants not far behind (down 85.6%). Manufacturing, down 34.4%, and business, which lost 27%, were also hard hit.

Buildings inside the Senate are disinfected by workers.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina records highest daily death toll yet from Covid-19

30-06-2020 00:23 Forty-eight people died from Covid-19 in Argentina over the last 24 hours, Health Ministry officials said Monday, lifting the total number of fatalities to 1,280.

Carlos Bilardo.

EX-ARGENTINA MANAGER

Carlos Bilardo does not have Covid-19 and was misdiagnosed, says brother

30-06-2020 00:05 Argentina's 1986 World Cup winning coach was diagnosed with Covid-19 by mistake, his brother has revealed.

A street cleaner works on the streets of Buenos Aires, during the coronavirus lockdown.

BLOOMBERG

Economy plunges more than expected after lockdown

29-06-2020 23:10 Economic activity fell 17.5% in April from the previous month, and 26.4% from a year ago, the government reported Monday.

The agreements with the airlines include a Saturday flight to Madrid’s Barajas International Airport operated by Iberia from July 4 to August 1.

Travel and tourism

Limited flights to Madrid, Paris and Amsterdam restart in Argentina

29-06-2020 08:00 Once a week, special flights operated by various airlines will depart from Ezeiza, with flights also scheduled for Miami, Rome and Tel Aviv. Travellers will have to maintain a 14-day quarantine at their destination and sign a declaration that inhibits them from making claims against the government.

Images from the incident were captured by passersby.

POLICE BRUTALITY

Tucumán: Probe into police opened after man 'suffocated' during arrest

28-06-2020 19:09 Investigation opened in northern province after death of 43-year-old Walter Ceferino Nadal, in circumstances allegedly similar to death of George Floyd in United States.

Demonstrators hold signs as they protest the lockdown and wearing masks Saturday, June 27, 2020, in Huntington Beach, California.

Global pandemic

World hits 500,000 coronavirus milestone amid fears worst to come

28-06-2020 19:03 A reported tally Sunday from Johns Hopkins University researchers said the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic had reached 500,108.

A rainbow-flag hands from an apartment in Buenos Aires.

PRIDE WEEKEND

Gay Pride events go online to mark 50th anniversary

28-06-2020 09:10 In Argentina, public buildings and monuments were lit up in the rainbow colours of the gay rights movement, and local activists organised a week of online events, even though Gay Pride is normally celebrated here in November.

Hallway of the Muñiz hospital, now a central coronavirus testing center and lab.

Coronavirus pandemic

A day inside the intensive care unit of Buenos Aires' Hospital Muñiz

28-06-2020 09:00 Dr Eleonora Cunto, the head of intensive care at City's Hospital Muñiz in Parque Patricios on the spike in Covid-19 cases, pressure on hospital staff and fear amid the pandemic.

by Ayelén Bonino

Carlos Bilardo.

Coronavirus pandemic

Carlos Bilardo, Argentina's 1986 World Cup coach, tests positive for coronavirus

28-06-2020 08:42 82-year-old, who suffers from a brain disorder and lives in a nursing home, tests positive for coronavirus but without displaying any symptoms, according to local media reports.

Protesters demonstrate in Neuquén. Abortion in Argentina is punishable by up to 15 years in prison, with few exceptions: when pregnancies are caused by rape, or are a threat to the life or health of the mother. Many doctors, however, are reluctant to perform abortions, even if they fit the legal criteria, because they fear criminal and social repercussions.

100 DAYS OF QUARANTINE

Socorristas en Red: Activists provide vital lifeline for women seeking abortions

27-06-2020 09:07 For women unable to gain access to legal abortions, the Las Socorristas en Red network is an essential lifeline, providing them with guidance, support and care in their moment of greatest need.

by Julia Logue

Economy Minister Martín Guzmán, pictured at his office inside the Economy Ministry in downtown Buenos Aires.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

What’s the hold-up? Four sticking points in Argentina’s debt talks

27-06-2020 08:59 Four issues are keeping the government and its creditors apart ahead of the July 24 deadline for an accord.

A woman running with her dog.

THE LAST SEVEN DAYS

What we learned this week: June 20 to June 27

27-06-2020 08:53 A round-up of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Today marks the first 100 days of quarantine in Argentina but these 100 days are entirely different, turning that cliché of political analysis on its head.

EDITORIAL

100 days

27-06-2020 08:46 Behind closed frontiers in most cases with the nation state in full revival, each government lurches into its own response in a global patchwork of quarantine strategies amid total uncertainty.

Economist Jeffrey Sachs spoke to Perfil's Jorge Fontevecchia for an exclusive intervew.

PERIODISMO PURO / INTERVIEW

Jeffrey Sachs: ‘This is not a game for BlackRock to get an extra percentage point – that's absurd’

27-06-2020 08:29 US economist and public policy analyst Jeffrey Sachs on Argentina’s debt restructuring talks, the Macri administration’s missteps and the fall-out from the coronavirus pandemic.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Cristina- Alberto vs Larreta - Macri.

CRISTINA & ALBERTO

Is she winning?

27-06-2020 08:23 The major shock to the president’s credibility, though, was the failed expropriation of agro-giant Vicentín. Not only are a lot more people against the measure, but also the sensation that it’s of Cristina’s making, not Alberto’s.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

No running, one of the last decisions announced on Friday.

AS I SEE IT

Runners go home!

27-06-2020 08:13 Many leftists and populists want to prolong the status quo indefinitely because they are convinced that the state should play a far greater role in their country’s life.

by James Neilson

Kicillof and Larreta are showing manners and are holding regular meetings to sort out their differences before announcing decisions together.

100 DAYS OF QUARANTINE

Hibernation time

27-06-2020 08:09 The pandemic is a tremendous challenge for the metropolitan area. Only history will explain the true extent of economic devastation in the region.

by Martín Gambarotta

The UN has warned that as many as 850,000 jobs could be lost in Argentina this year.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

UN: Argentina could lose 850,000 jobs in 2020 amid virus crisis

27-06-2020 07:59 Child poverty in Argentina could reach 58% by the end of the year, warns United Nations in new report.

by Lorena Rodríguez

Argentina has decided to continue under strict quarantine.

100 DAYS OF QUARANTINE

100 days of quarantine

27-06-2020 07:48 On March 20, President Alberto Fernández told the nation in a televised address that all citizens would enter a mandatory quarantine period in an effort to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Though restrictions in some regions have now been loosened, many Argentines are today waking up this morning to their 100th day of lockdown. Here’s a look back at how the pandemic has changed our lives.

by Michael Soltys

President Alberto Fernández announces the extension of the quarantine period, flanked by Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta and Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Fernández tightens AMBA lockdown until July 17 amid virus surge

27-06-2020 07:36 Government cranks up coronavirus lockdown in capital, as Peronist leader calls on citizens in Buenos Aires metropolitan to respect restrictions and ‘return to isolation’ until July 17.

Hermes Binner.

OBITUARY

Former Santa Fe governor Hermes Binner dies aged 77

26-06-2020 19:01 Argentina’s first socialist provincial governor and runner-up in the 2011 presidential elections dies of acute pneumonia.

National Program for the Donation of Blood Plasma creates a series of incentives to encourage voluntary donation of blood plasma.

Legislative unity

Lower house approves bipartisan project to promote blood plasma donation

26-06-2020 13:50 Tensions put aside as lawmakers in the Chamber of Deputies approve bipartisan bill to encourage donation of blood plasma from patients who have recovered from coronavirus.

Fans celebrate Liverpool winning the Premier League title outside Anfield stadium in Liverpool, north west England on June 26, 2020, following Chelsea's 2-1 victory over Manchester City. Liverpool were crowned Premier League champions without kicking a ball on Thursday as Chelsea's 2-1 win over Manchester City ended the Reds' 30-year wait to win the English title.

ENGLISH FOOTBALL

Jubilation as Liverpool win Premier League to end 30-year drought

26-06-2020 03:07 Reds end 30-year wait for the English title as they were crowned Premier League champions on Thursday, triggering jubilant scenes as fans ignored social-distancing to celebrate.

A food delivery worker waits for clients outside restaurants in Palermo, Buenos Aires, on June 17, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina surpasses 50,000 Covid-19 cases, new restrictions on way

26-06-2020 02:58 President Alberto Fernández set to announce return to strict lockdown in Buenos Aires metropolitan area, running from July 1 to 17.

What next?

WHAT NEXT?

Brazil, Argentina issue warnings as locust swarm crosses region

26-06-2020 00:16 Both the Argentine and Brazilian governments issue warnings as locust swam crosses border region.

Claudia Repetto, Cristina Cattaneo, Cristina Iglesias y su hija Ada, Florencia Santa Cruz, Jesica Minaglia, María Julieta Riera, Rocío Ocampo, Romina Videla and Verónica Tottis.

Gender Violence

NGO: More than 70 femicides in Argentina during quarantine period

26-06-2020 00:01 71% of the femicides took place in the victim's home, according to the latest report from the La Casa del Encuentro NGO.

by Nadia Galán

Will Ricardo Centurión be rejoining Carlos Tevez at Boca Juniors next season?

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Tevez likely to re-sign with Boca – will Centurión be joining him?

25-06-2020 23:29 There may be no date yet for a resumption of top-flight football in Argentina, but that's not stopping Boca Juniors from making moves in the transfer market.

by Dan Edwards

Economy Minister Martín Guzmán speaks during an interview in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, May 6, 2020.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina reached ‘an understanding’ with one creditor group, says Guzmán

25-06-2020 16:30 Argentina reached an understanding – but not an agreement – with one group of creditors, but major differences remain with another key faction, says Economy Minister Martín Guzmán said Thursday.

President Alberto Fernández joins a videoconference with regional leaders and officials from the IMF, IDB and World Bank.

Videoconference

Latin American leaders ask IMF, IDB, World Bank officials for support

25-06-2020 01:34 Presidents of nine Latin American nations ask International Monetary Fund, World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank for support during virus crisis, including restructuring of debt.

A man walks in front of a closed pizza restaurant that's covered with papers of claims from former employees, in Buenos Aires, on June 17, 2020.

Global pandemic

IMF predicts Argentina's economy will slump 9.9% in 2020

25-06-2020 01:16 Warning of the biggest slump since the Great Depression, International Monetary Fund warns coronavirus crisis will sink global economy in 2020, predicts global collapse in GDP of 4.9%.

The Bad Toro bar in Palermo, Buenos Aires, posted up a banner reading explaining why they had shut up shop and thanking customers for their years of patronage.

BUSINESSES, SHOPS, STORES

Double whammy of virus and recession forces closures in the capital

25-06-2020 00:59 According to a survey by the Federation of Commerce and Industry of Buenos Aires, at least 18 percent of the 110,000 businesses in the capital have shut down since the coronavirus began.

33-year-old surfer Michael Graef is stranded in Peru because of the coronavirus lockdown. He says he wants to go home, but not without the dogs which he has adopted on his travels.

Global pandemic

Stranded surfer says government should repatriate his dogs too

25-06-2020 00:53 33-year-old surfer Michael Graef is stranded in Peru because of the coronavirus lockdown. He says he wants to go home, but not without the dogs which he has adopted on his travels.

A total of 45 people at the Del Arce retirement home in Villa Urquiza have tested positive since May 28, the Buenos Aires City Health Ministry said in a statement. Of them, 30 are residents and 15 are healthcare professionals.

Coronavirus pandemic

Seven residents of City nursing home die of Covid-19

25-06-2020 00:42 Seven elderly residents at a nursing home in the capital have died after suffering "severe" symptoms of the Covid-19 coronavirus, the City government said Wednesday.

American economist Kenneth Rogoff spoke to Perfil's Jorge Fontevecchia for an exclusive interview broadcast on NET TV.

PERIDISMO PURO / INTERVIEW

Kenneth Rogoff: 'This isn't normal. This is a full-scale natural catastrophe.'

24-06-2020 23:52 Leading US economist Kenneth Rogoff sat down for an exclusive interview with Perfil's Jorge Fontevecchia to discuss the coronavirus pandemic, its economic impact and relief for indebted nations.

Luka Romero makes his debut for Real Mallorca.

SPANISH FOOTBALL

15-year-old Argentine becomes youngest ever La Liga player

24-06-2020 22:41 Real Mallorca's Luka Romero, a 15-year-old Argentine born in Mexico, becomes youngest player to ever play in Spanish top-tier.

Mauro Colagreco searches for ingredients.

FOOD & DRINK

World's best restaurant serves food in phase with the moon

24-06-2020 19:22 Argentine chef Mauro Colagreco – the first foreign chef ever to get the maximum three Michelin stars in France – said he decided to make the leap during the coronavirus lockdown as he sought solace in his vegetable patch.

Pedestrians walk through a downtown shopping district in Sao Paulo, Brazil on June 10, 2020.

Coronavirus economies

IMF forecasts deeper Latin America recession in 2020

24-06-2020 16:59 International Monetary Fund predicts 9.4% contraction in Latin America and the Caribbean, largely due to the economies of Mexico and Brazil, both of which are struggling to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Russian Knights and Strizhi aerobatic units fly Sukhoi Su-30SM and Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter jets during the victory day parade in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, June 24, 2020.

Russian president

Putin puts on display of military might ahead of key vote

24-06-2020 15:14 Vladimir Putin put Russia’s military strength on display Wednesday in a parade to mark the 75th anniversary of the World War II defeat of Nazi Germany, braving the coronavirus pandemic ahead of a referendum that may allow him to rule until 2036.

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Cuadernos: Judge pulls trial order against Fernández de Kirchner

23-06-2020 23:48 Citing a lack of evidence, Federal Judge Marcelo Martínez De Giorgi cancels trial order against vice-president related to a chapter of the 'Cuadernos' notebooks graft case related to the Techint multinational. De Vido also among beneficiaries.

View of the empty Puente de la Mujer rotating footbridge in Puerto Madero neighbourhood in Buenos Aires City, seen on March 20, 2020 during the outbreak of the new coronavirus, Covid-19.

MARKETS

Argentina risks losing emerging markets status, warns MSCI

23-06-2020 23:27 Concern about market accessibility in Argentina prompted MSCI to flag the country during this year's 2020 rating review. Turkey was also warned.

Passengers wearing protective masks sit in a Subte underground carriage in the capital.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

In perennial economic crisis, Argentina faces worst year yet

23-06-2020 23:15 Some analysts are predicting a record contraction for Argentina's economy this year, with double-digit estimates of decline beginning to emerge.

A municipal worker sprays disinfectant past a street vendor at a market in Puno, Peru, near the border with Bolivia, on June 10, 2020.

Global pandemic

Experts look to solve Andean virus resistance puzzle

23-06-2020 23:02 The inhabitants of the Andean heights of Bolivia and Peru have resisted the new coronavirus better than their compatriots of the low lands, which has called experts' attention.

Economy Minister Martín Guzmán taking part in a video conference organised by the Council of the Americas (COA) and the Americas Society (AS), from his office in Buenos Aires, on June 23, 2020.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Guzmán says Argentina cannot commit to demand from creditors group

23-06-2020 21:31 Guzmán says Argentina cannot commit to legal terms proposed by one of the leading creditor groups, the Ad Hoc Bondholder Group, but remains open to discussion.

A man walks past a closed restaurant with a sign reading “Dear neighbours and clients, it was impossible for us to sustain the place with 80 days of quarantine. Thank you for these years' support” in Buenos Aires, on June 17, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC: Economy contracted by 5.4% in first quarter of 2020

23-06-2020 20:37 Unemployment rose to 10.4% in the first three months of the year, before the coronavirus lockdown kicked in, national statistics bureau reveals.

Foreign Minister Felipe Solá (File photo).

MALVINAS DISPUTE

Solá accuses UK of 'absolute disrespect' towards Malvinas sovereignty claim

23-06-2020 17:22 Foreign Minister Felipe Solá weighs in on Malvinas dispute, saying Argentina will continue to express its "profound annoyance" at the United Kingdom's "absolute disrespect" towards sovereignty claim.

Global pandemic

Judge orders Brazil's Bolsonaro to use face mask in public

23-06-2020 15:33 Judge Renato Coelho Borelli said in his ruling that Bolsonaro “has exposed other people to the contagion of a disease that has caused national commotion.”

An indigenous protester is approached by militarised policemen during a protest against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and racism in Brasilia, Brazil, on June 21, 2020, amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Global pandemic

Coronavirus decimating indigenous Latin American communities

23-06-2020 09:39 Indigenous people in Latin America have been decimated by the coronavirus pandemic due to weak immune systems and centuries of state neglect.

View of the car which deliberately crashed into the entrance of the Chinese Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 22, 2020, during the lockdown imposed by the government against the spread of the new coronavirus, Covid-19.

CRASH AT EMBASSY

Man crashes car into gates of Chinese Embassy in Buenos Aires

23-06-2020 00:39 The Embassy, which is in Villa Urquiza, said in a statement that the gates of the building had been severely damaged, though no injuries were reported.

President Alberto Fernández, Buenos Aires Province Governor, Axel Kicillof and Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, pictured in a file photo.

BA CITY & PROVINCE

Officials to tighten AMBA lockdown if curve continues to accelerate

23-06-2020 00:29 As officials report new daily high of confirmed cases, Fernández, Kicillof, Rodríguez Larreta meet at Olivos and agree to tighten restrictions in Buenos Aires metropolitan area if curve continues to accelerate.

The Trump administration increased pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Thursday, June 18, targeting a lifeline he's used for selling crude oil run by a close associate of the socialist leader who was recently jailed in Cape Verde.

Crisis in Venezuela

Venezuela accuses US of blocking ability to pay UN dues

22-06-2020 19:26 Venezuela accuses United States of blocking its ability to pay dues to the United Nations, making it was the only country unable to vote in the UN General Assembly elections on June 17.

Aerial view showing a man walking past graves in the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery in Manaus on June 21, 2020. The novel coronavirus has killed at least 464,423 people worldwide since the outbreak began in China last December, being Brazil Latin America's worst-hit country with 49,976 deaths from 1,067,579 cases.

Global pandemic

WHO chief: Coronavirus pandemic still accelerating

22-06-2020 17:42 Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual health forum organised by Dubai authorities that the greatest threat facing the world is not the virus itself, but "the lack of global solidarity and global leadership".

Andrea Pedraza was declared missing in early March and investigators found her body inside a septic well, sealed with cement, in her place of residence.

Femicide

Three arrests in Ecuador over murder of young Argentine woman

22-06-2020 16:30 Three people have been arrested as part of a probe into the murder of Argentine citizen Andrea Pedraza in Ecuador in March.

Health workers launch fireworks during a protest demanding that more doctors be hired and for better working conditions amid the new coronavirus pandemic, outside the Del Norte Hospital in El Alto, Bolivia, Tuesday, June 16, 2020.

BOLIVIAN POLITICAL CRISIS

Bolivia president signs off on September elections despite virus fears

22-06-2020 14:43 Bolivia's interim leader Jeanine Áñez has faced criticism over her reluctance to hold a vote during the Covid-19 pandemic. Election was originally scheduled for May 3.

Argentine medical doctor Norma Raúl looks at a robot with which she practices medical assistance for Covid-19 patients, at the Clinical Simulation Training Center of the El Cruce hospital, in Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires Province.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina records 1,000th death from coronavirus

22-06-2020 09:08 More than 42,000 infections have now been recorded in Argentina. Officials to meet on Monday to discuss whether lockdown in Buenos Aires metropolitan area will continue.

A man holds a sign with the images of Hungarian-US billionaire George Soros (left) and Argentina's President Alberto Fernández, reading "Virus = expropriation of companies" during a demonstration called by small businessmen affected by the government's mandatory quarantine imposed for more than 13 weeks, to protest against the quarantine and the expropriation of the Vicentin agro-industrial company on the Obelisk in Buenos Aires.

expropriation of Vicentin

Vicentin tensions rise amid protests, Fernández backlash

22-06-2020 08:42 Thousands of Argentines in Santa Fe Province, where Vicentin is headquartered, and other cities, expressed anger at the expropriation plan on Saturday, as President Alberto Fernández insisted on nationalising the company.