News of aid

USAID cuts imperil free press, human-rights in autocracies

17-03-2025 15:27 Experts warn US President Donald Trump's slashing of USAID jeopardises independent press and research in autocratic governments, while leaders like El Salvador's Nayib Bukele praise an end to US intervention.

FOREIGN AID

USAID freeze threatens millions in Latin America

13-02-2025 13:49 US President Donald Trump pulls USAID funding from vital Latin American NGOs, public entities and life-saving United Nations programs.

IMF DEBT PROGRAMME

IMF to review US$44-billion loan in key step toward new deal

30-12-2024 17:31 International Monetary Fund’s executive board will review Argentina’s current US$44-billion aid programme next month, a crucial step as President Javier Milei negotiates for a new loan.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei: Argentina in talks with Ukraine, military aid a possibility

08-04-2024 12:22 President Milei plans to meet with Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy in mid-June and says talks between two nations includes potential sending of military aid.

FEATURE

Poverty, marginalisation, cocaine: Gangs find lucrative combo

30-03-2024 06:48 Argentina's economy is in intensive care. Financial stagnation, coupled with record inflation and the slashing of public spending have resulted in rising poverty and marginalisation. But in every crisis some see opportunity, and this time, it is crime groups. With drug-trafficking expanding in the barrios, analysts warn of new complex dynamics in the long run.

by Josefina Salomon*, In.Visibles

Human rights

UN rights chief warns Gaza 'powder keg' could spark wider war

04-03-2024 13:17 Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Volker Türk characterises the Gaza war as a "powder keg" and condemns "great replacement" theories

War in Middle East

Mediators seek Gaza truce as United States calls for 'immediate ceasefire'

04-03-2024 13:04 Mediators in Cairo push towards a Gaza truce after the US, Israel's top ally, stepped up pressure for a halt in fighting and more aid to enter the besieged Palestinian territory.

ECONOMIC CRISIS

Multiple demonstrations in Argentina to claim food aid

23-02-2024 17:49 Thousands of people marched on Friday across cities in Argentina to demand extra ood aid for soup kitchens and to reject severe austerity policies.

World news

US lawmakers to vote on US$17.6 billion Israel aid bill

06-02-2024 14:33 Congress is set to vote on Tuesday on a bill that would provide $17.6 billion in military aid for Israel, which is strongly supported by the vast majority of lawmakers in both parties

PROTESTERS CHALLENGE PETTOVELLO

Huge 'hunger line' in Buenos Aires challenges Milei's minister

06-02-2024 00:03 Sandra Pettovello’s claim she would attend to the hungry “one by one” backfires as hundreds of demonstrators form long queues outside her Human Capital Ministry, demanding greater state assistance in the face of a food emergency.

BLOOMBERG – FEATURE

Argentina’s ruined railways will force Milei to confront poverty

21-12-2023 00:29 Those living off state subsidies in ghost towns abandoned by the once-robust train service fear the pain of the new president’s spending cuts will be acute.

Economy

Fernández rejects devaluation rumours, asks Massa to stay until year-end

19-07-2023 13:22 Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez cautioned against a sharp currency devaluation due to the country's dollar shortage, while concerns of hyperinflation ahead of the upcoming elections.