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Fernández confirms reshuffle: Juan Manzur named Cabinet chief

17-09-2021 22:40 resident Fernández reshuffles Cabinet in bid to overcome schism with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner; Juan Manzur in as Cabinet chief, Santiago Cafiero becomes foreign minister; Aníbal Fernández returns.

POST-PASO FALLOUT

Interior Minister Eduardo 'Wado' de Pedro offers resignation, others set to follow

15-09-2021 14:25 Interior Minister Eduardo ‘Wado’ de Pedro offers resignation to President Alberto Fernández; As many as four other Cabinet officials also expected to quit.

CRIME

Wife of Greek ambassador to Brazil convicted of his murder

30-08-2021 11:11 Brazilian court sentences Francoise de Souza Oliveira to 31 years in prison for murdering her husband, Greek ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Government struggles to fully vaccinate population as deaths rise

15-07-2021 14:55 Argentina is facing large delays in its inoculation programme against Covid-19, with experts cautioning for a change in strategy as virus deaths top 100,000.

Brazilian politics

Brazilian presidential hopeful Eduardo Leite announces he is gay

05-07-2021 11:18 "I am a gay governor and I am proud of it, declares Rio Grande do Sul state governor Eduardo Leite, as he denounces intolerable attacks from political rivals.

Bloomberg

Billionaire Eurnekian’s CGC buys Sinopec assets in Argentina

30-06-2021 15:22 CGC, majority owned by billionaire Eduardo Eurnekian’s Corporación América International, closes deal for the local unit of China Petroleum & Chemical Corp on Wednesday, the Buenos Aires-based company confirms in a statement.

Global pandemic

Brazil braces for third wave of Covid-19

07-06-2021 23:23 Brazil, already battered by the pandemic, braces for its third wave of Covid-19 fueled by vaccination delays and lack of containment measures.

Coronavirus pandemic

Bars and restaurant workers demand help and looser restrictions

07-06-2021 17:34 Bar and restaurant owners stage protest in Plaza Serrano against government's Covid-19 measures, demanding more help and flexibilisation restrictions on opening hours.

EMERGENCY MEETING

Fernández and Kicillof hold urgent meeting as ICU wards fill up

24-04-2021 00:27 Tighter restrictions may be on cards, with government leaders concerned by latest surge in Covid-19 fatalities.

Second Wave

Vizzotti concerned by rising coronavirus cases and new strains

14-04-2021 18:18 With a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in the past 10 days and concerns over the spread of new strains in national territory, government officials are meeting to assess the impact of the latest lockdown measures.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina’s Ualá to buy billionaire Eurnekian’s digital bank

10-04-2021 08:40 Argentine fintech Ualá reached an agreement to buy local billionaire Eduardo Eurnekian’s digital bank Wilobank, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.

Coronavirus vaccines

Coronavirus vaccine reaches Antarctica

18-03-2021 11:24 The coronavirus vaccine has reached Antarctica after Chile immunised 49 people on the continent, the country's Air Force said on Wednesday.

Coronavirus pandemic

Face mask row gets bawdy in Bolsonaro's Brazil

12-03-2021 01:45 A roiling row over face masks in President Jair Bolsonaro's Brazil veers into not-safe-for-work territory.

church sex abuse claims

Ex-priest controversially cleared of 'outrageous sexual abuse' charges by court

09-03-2021 22:01 Court in Buenos Aires Province controversially clears retired priest Carlos Eduardo José of sexual abuse charges, ruling that the statue of limitations on the case had expired.

Coronavirus Pandemic

Vaccine shortage forces Rio to suspend Covid jabs

15-02-2021 16:44 Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro is forced to suspend its vaccination programme due to shortages, fuelling further frustrations with President Jair Bolsonaro's government.

DIPLOMACY

Envoy: Argentina to develop ‘strategic coordination’ with Russia

06-02-2021 10:08 Eduardo Zuain, deputy foreign minister during Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s second term in power, eyes closer ties between two nations.

LATIN AMERICA

Chile court overturns murder verdict in ex-president Eduardo Frei's death

25-01-2021 23:05 Judges in Chile says ex-president Eduardo Frei's death four decades ago was not murder, overruling a 15-year investigation which concluded he was poisoned in hospital by agents of dictator Augusto Pinochet.

Brazil

Bolsonaro’s son ordered by courts to pay damages to journalist

22-01-2021 14:53 A court of justice ordered the son of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to pay damages to a journalist after claiming she had "tried to seduce" a source to obtain compromising information about his Father.

Coronavirus pandemic

Bolsonaro backs vaccine campaign despite personal opposition

17-12-2020 14:48 Brazil is negotiating the purchase of 350 million doses of coronavirus vaccines for 2021, including 210 million of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine that is largely made in Brazil by the Fiocruz institute, and 70 million of Pfizer's vaccine.

Diego Armando Maradona (1960-2020)

Billionaire Eurnekian vows to build Maradona statue at Ezeiza

28-11-2020 07:15 Billionaire Eduardo Eurnekian is preparing to fulfil an old promise to Maradona by erecting a statue of the late player at Ezeiza international airport.

Coronavirus pandemic

Covid-19 hits Mar del Plata, as pandemic surges in Argentina

19-10-2020 07:00 Mar del Plata has become an epicentre in a coronavirus surge through Argentina's interior that has given the country the fifth-highest confirmed case total in the world.

Political controversy

Duhalde widely criticised after suggesting 'coup d'état' may be on cards

25-08-2020 22:00 Sparking outrage and controversy, former president queries if there will be midterm elections next year, anticipating a coup d’état since "Argentina is the world champion of military dictatorships." Politicians and human rights leaders condemn comments.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Levy Yeyati: 'We’re only just starting to perceive the costs of this crisis’

11-04-2020 08:43 Economist and professor Eduardo Levy Yeyati discusses the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and gives his view on the government’s measures to tackle the spread of the virus in Argentina.

by Fermin Koop

Coronavirus pandemic

More than 8,000 detained since Friday for breaking mandatory quarantine

23-03-2020 13:15 The figure was confirmed this morning by Security Secretary Eduardo Villalba, during an interview with the Futurock radio station.

Coronavirus pandemic

11 new confirmed coronavirus cases, lifting total in Argentina to 45

14-03-2020 19:54 Daily update confirms new cases in Santa Fe, Chaco, Buenos Aires City and Buenos Aires Province.

bloomberg

Bannon hosts populist banquet, with Bolsonaro’s son and Farage on guestlist

28-02-2020 14:36 Steve Bannon, an architect of Trump’s 2016 victory, hosted dinner for international populist leaders on Wednesday night. Briton Nigel Farage, French MEP Jérôme Rivière, Brazilian Eduardo Bolsonaro and Mexican presidential hopeful Eduardo Verastegui were among the attendees.

PENSIONS AND RETIREES

Officials defend Fernández's move to adjust pensions after criticism

17-02-2020 14:01 Government officials move to defend president after he announced adjustments to pensions on Friday in a move that sparked support and criticism.

Diplomacy

María Fernanda Silva to be Argentina's new ambassador to Vatican

30-01-2020 14:41 Catholic and the first Afro-descendant woman of the Argentine foreign service, according to local reports, Silva will be the first woman to occupy the role.

COLOMBIAN ARMY

River Plate star Quintero demands answers from Colombia over missing father

31-12-2019 12:03 Star uses Twitter to demand answers from Colombia's new Army chief over fate of his father, who went missing almost 25 years ago during military service.

PLANE DISAPPEARANCE

Chile military plane disappears with 38 aboard, confirms Air Force

10-12-2019 08:46 Military plane with 38 people aboard goes missing after it took off from the country's south for a base in Antarctica and is presumed to have crashed, authorities say.

Abortion debate

Ex-ambassador to the Vatican: 'Abortion will be legal in Argentina'

27-11-2019 08:00 Mercosur Parliament lawmaker Eduardo Valdés says he finds the debate over the legalisation of abortion to be “archaic” and predicts it will be legalised in the coming years.

Transition 2019

Fernández says Cabinet is 'basically defined' – but doesn't name names

21-11-2019 17:00 President-elect set to fill roles with members of his inner circle. Almost all still await an official request to join the new Cabinet – but many have already begun work on the roles they’re expected to take on.

BLOOMBERG - OPINION

Eduardo Levy-Yeyati: Argentina's narrow path to common ground

01-11-2019 07:30 Economist and author Eduardo Levy-Yeyati says Alberto Fernández has a chance to fix Argentina's deep-seated economic problems — if he acts quickly.

BUSINESSMAN

Eurnekian hails private sector after being honoured by business leaders

18-10-2019 15:02 Corporación América chairman says Argentina faces challenges ahead in speech, after being granted full membership of the Academia Nacional de Ciencias Empresariales.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Chaco sees convictions for crimes against humanity against civilians

04-10-2019 12:56 Former federal prosecutor Roberto Domingo Mazzoni and former penitentiary warden Pablo César Casco sentenced to 11 years imprisonment for crimes against humanity by a court in provincial capital of Resistencia.

News of eduardo

Fernández confirms reshuffle: Juan Manzur named Cabinet chief

Interior Minister Eduardo 'Wado' de Pedro offers resignation, others set to follow

Wife of Greek ambassador to Brazil convicted of his murder

Government struggles to fully vaccinate population as deaths rise

Brazilian presidential hopeful Eduardo Leite announces he is gay

Billionaire Eurnekian’s CGC buys Sinopec assets in Argentina

Brazil braces for third wave of Covid-19

Bars and restaurant workers demand help and looser restrictions

Fernández and Kicillof hold urgent meeting as ICU wards fill up

Vizzotti concerned by rising coronavirus cases and new strains

Argentina’s Ualá to buy billionaire Eurnekian’s digital bank

Coronavirus vaccine reaches Antarctica

Face mask row gets bawdy in Bolsonaro's Brazil

Ex-priest controversially cleared of 'outrageous sexual abuse' charges by court

Vaccine shortage forces Rio to suspend Covid jabs

Envoy: Argentina to develop ‘strategic coordination’ with Russia

Chile court overturns murder verdict in ex-president Eduardo Frei's death

Bolsonaro’s son ordered by courts to pay damages to journalist

Bolsonaro backs vaccine campaign despite personal opposition

Billionaire Eurnekian vows to build Maradona statue at Ezeiza

Covid-19 hits Mar del Plata, as pandemic surges in Argentina

Duhalde widely criticised after suggesting 'coup d'état' may be on cards

Levy Yeyati: 'We’re only just starting to perceive the costs of this crisis’

More than 8,000 detained since Friday for breaking mandatory quarantine

11 new confirmed coronavirus cases, lifting total in Argentina to 45

Bannon hosts populist banquet, with Bolsonaro’s son and Farage on guestlist

Officials defend Fernández's move to adjust pensions after criticism

María Fernanda Silva to be Argentina's new ambassador to Vatican

River Plate star Quintero demands answers from Colombia over missing father

Chile military plane disappears with 38 aboard, confirms Air Force

Ex-ambassador to the Vatican: 'Abortion will be legal in Argentina'

Fernández says Cabinet is 'basically defined' – but doesn't name names

Eduardo Levy-Yeyati: Argentina's narrow path to common ground

Eurnekian hails private sector after being honoured by business leaders

Chaco sees convictions for crimes against humanity against civilians

Government unveils plan to ease Covid restrictions, reopen borders

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner declares wealth of 16.4 million pesos

Argentina made US$1.9-billion IMF payment amid election fallout

Quirós: It’s not time for porteños to ‘remove their facemasks’

Germany readies for election that will end Merkel era

Las secuelas del Covid se llevaron a nuestro compañero Mario Rodríguez Muñoz

La curiosa moneda de 1 peso que puede llegar a valer 15 mil

Una diputada radical denunció que el Gobierno oculta información sobre Fabiola Yañez

Jorge Asís: "Este es un gobierno nuevo que apunta a 2023"

Jaime Perczyk: "Respeto a los que usan lenguaje inclusivo, yo no lo uso"