News of economic crisis

Missing seven-year-old found ‘safe and well’ after three-day search

20-03-2021 08:01 Maia, missing since Monday, found safely in Luján with captor after massive search effort. Disappearance of seven-year-old highlights number of families living in poverty in Argentina.

Forecasts and forebodings

13-03-2021 09:21 Improved fiscal solvency meets the dream of every orthodox economist but puffing up an already excessive tax burden would make the cure worse than the disease.

The first year of the rest of a presidency

12-12-2020 09:08 A bigger game-changer than coronavirus could hardly be imagined, but Argentina remains very much the same country behind the face-masks.

Cristina, Macri and Alberto - all of them took on debt

21-11-2020 08:38 Everyone loves to play the blame game, but let’s get one thing straight for the record: former presidents Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Mauricio Macri both took on debt – and so has Alberto Fernández.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Analysts keep eye on reserves as uncertainty pushes blue dollar to 160

10-10-2020 10:05 Central Bank buys dollars for first time since mid-September, as uncertainty pushes blue dollar sky-high.

What we learned this week: October 3 to 10

10-10-2020 09:56 Our pick of the stories from the last seven days in Argentina.

Creditors reiterate support for debt swap

22-08-2020 10:05 Ad Hoc Group of Argentina Exchange Bondholders says members will be entering Argentina’s debt swap proposal to the tune of almost US$5 billion on Monday.

The opposition takes to the streets

22-08-2020 09:58 These days demonstrators are well-behaved men and women who wear facemasks not for fear of getting recognised by the cops, but because they have no desire to get infected by the coronavirus.

by James Neilson

Joseph Nye: ‘Trump is the United States’ biggest problem’

22-08-2020 08:51 Harvard professor, ranked by one survey as the most influential international scholar in the world, says that Donald Trump is more of a threat to the United States than Beijing.

by Leandro Dario

What we learned this week: August 8 to 15

15-08-2020 11:05 Stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Judicial reform and jumping the queue

01-08-2020 09:07 The judicial reform bill announced this week suffers all the problems of Caesar’s wife – it must not only be honourable but seen to be so, a challenge which neither its context nor origin nor timing favour.

Alberto, Cristina and a sinking economy

25-07-2020 09:45 Macri’s experience suggests that Alberto’s chances of convincing the moneymen that it would be in their interest to lend Argentina a hand right now are close to zero.

by James Neilson

Fernández plays down talk of foreign policy shift on Venezuela

18-07-2020 10:08 President reiterates government’s rejection of economic sanctions against Venezuela, days after Argentina condemned human rights abuses in troubled nation.

Dr. Maureen Birmingham: ‘This is an opportunity to transform Argentina’s health system’

18-07-2020 09:29 The World Health Organisation and Pan American Health Organisation’s representative in Argentina explains how the UN agency is providing support to officials and what post-pandemic changes need to be made to the health system.

by Jennifer Heiman & Anina Hoffman

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

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.

Martin Wolf: ‘This is potentially a hinge moment in history’

02-05-2020 08:25 Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator for the Financial Times, discusses the economic fall-out from the coronavirus pandemic, in an exclusive interview with Perfil’s Jorge Fontevecchia.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Pandemic prompts fears for the future from crisis-weary citizens

22-03-2020 16:02 The coronavirus outbreak has paralysed the global economy – and that could not have happened at a worse time for Argentina...

González García: 'Argentina's health system in a critical state'

19-12-2019 15:17 Health minister delivered his comments during a presentation to a congressional Budget and Treasury committee, as lawmakers debate Fernández administration's legislative package.

Macri administration has used 83% of IMF loan to pay off external debt, data shows

25-11-2019 17:21 Data from Treasury says 83% went towards paying off debt accrued during the first three years of his presidency, with remainder used to service payments on national debt and fuel imports.