News of emergency

Ecuador election 2025

Ecuador imposes state of emergency before razor-close election

12-04-2025 14:42 On the eve of a too-close-to-call presidential run-off and reacting a dramatic rise in drug-linked violence, Ecuador declares a state of emergency in seven of its 24 provinces, including the capital.

POWER OUTAGE

Curfew lifted after Chile's massive blackout

26-02-2025 17:16 Chile emerges Wednesday from a massive blackout due to an alleged failure of the power system, which forced the evacuation of the Santiago subway and plunged the population into confusion.

BUENOS AIRES CITY

Mass evacuation as fire breaks out at 51-floor building in Puerto Madero

11-02-2025 17:32 More than 100 people were evacuated as fire breaks out at apartment building in Puerto Madero.

HUMAN RIGHTS

IACHR condemns El Salvador for denying abortion to sick woman

23-12-2024 21:01 Amnesty International praised a ruling by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemning El Salvador for denying a woman a life-saving abortion in 2013.

PRESIDENT HOSPITALISED

Brazil President Lula 'stable' after emergency surgery

10-12-2024 17:15 Brazil's 79-year-old President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is recovering from emergency surgery after suffering an intracranial hemorrhage.

UNITED STATES

Hurricane Milton approaches Florida with 249 km/hr winds

08-10-2024 07:46 Hurricane Milton is set to approach the Florida peninsula as a catastrophic Category 4 storm, bearing down on a region still struggling to recover from Helene’s devastation.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Double blow for Milei: Senate passes university bill, blocks SIDE cash

13-09-2024 11:04 Milei’s cash for spy services blocked as both chambers of Congress block presidential decree for first time since 1994; Senate approves law providing salary increases and boosting budget for universities facing funding “emergency.”

ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE

Chubut governor: Fire in Los Alerces National Park caused by arson

29-01-2024 10:17 Firefighters continue to battle flames that are ravaging Los Alerces National Park; Chubut Province Governor Ignacio Torres alleges blaze was started by RAM Mapuche indigenous group.

ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE

Firefighters battle 'out of control' blaze in Los Alerces National Park

27-01-2024 20:01 Firefighters battling an "out of control" blaze in Los Alerces National Park, struggling to keep it from reaching Esquel and Trevelin.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

President gets pragmatic as hostile Congress forces him to negotiate

23-01-2024 12:08 For a leader who rose to Argentina’s top job by touting radical proposals and showing little willingness to negotiate with the country’s “political elite,” Javier Milei is turning into quite the pragmatist.

ENVIRONMENT

Environmental NGOs warn of Milei's 'Omnibus Law' threat

22-01-2024 16:28 Large number of environmental NGOs meet with lawmakers from different parties in Argentina to lobby for changes in environmental matters and fishing, preservation of native forests and periglacial areas.

by Enrique Garabetyan

President on reform bid

'Useful idiots' – Javier Milei lashes out reform critics

08-01-2024 13:09 President Javier Milei has branded his opponents "useful idiots" for their criticism of his sweeping decree that amends more than 300 laws and regulations.

Emergency decree controversy

Milei’s bluff

23-12-2023 06:16 Praised for his moderation and pragmatism over the last several weeks, the self-proclaimed anarcho-capitalist has now put in place a series of controversial measures which have divided public opinion.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ANALYSIS

‘Unconstitutional’ – Experts, critics slam Milei’s massive reform plan

21-12-2023 23:21 Leading experts slam President Javier Milei’s bid to enforce sweeping change by decree.

MEGA-REFORM PACKAGE

Milei unveils broad reforms to liberalise Argentina's economy

21-12-2023 11:36 Javier Milei announces sweeping reforms to reduce the hand of the state in Argentina’s economy in a bold political move that’s likely to face pushback in Congress and courts.

MILEI’S REFORM PACKAGE

Milei's top 30: Economic reforms outlined by president in speech

20-12-2023 23:58 President Javier Milei outlines 30 key reforms he proposes to deliver in a sweeping reform blitz aimed at deregulating Argentina's economy and modifying labour and rent legislation.

'CADENA NACIONAL' BROADCAST

President outlines chainsaw deregulation plan for economy

20-12-2023 22:38 President plans to strike down or modify at least 300 pieces of “collectivist” legislation that he claims have “impeded, hindered an stopped” the country’s growth.

POLITICS

Milei government draws up labour emergency reform package

19-12-2023 14:37 Javier Milei is spearheading a series of measures to promote registered employment. Government is yet to define whether they will be part of a bill for Congress or urgent decree.

ENERGY SUPPLY

Milei government issues decree declaring energy emergency

18-12-2023 14:20 Javier Milei issues decree declaring energy emergency; Control bodies ENRE and ENARGAS to be placed under trusteeship prior to institution of new boards.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Milei the pragmatist and Toto’s ‘caputazo’

16-12-2023 06:06 The ‘caputazo’ replaced pure austerity with a mix of higher taxes together with spending cuts and the “dilution” of part of the deficit through high inflation. The next few months will see runaway inflation run even farther away and put intense pressure on the population, as wages and salaries fall even farther behind.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

EDITORIAL

The lion enters his jungle

16-12-2023 06:03 Milei cannot be accused of not warning us that things would get much worse before they got better – what he did not say was how he would be moving in the opposite direction of the firebrand rhetoric he deployed during his pre-presidential existence.

ECONOMIC MEASURES

Four issues for Caputo to clarify: utilities and subsidies, pensions, tax, agricultural duties

13-12-2023 14:17 Argentina’s economy minister announced the first economic measures of Javier Milei’s new government on Tuesday – but did not provide details on a number of key moves.

EMERGENCY MEASURES

Milei devalues peso by 54% in first batch of shock measures

12-12-2023 19:46 Economy Minister Luis Caputo devalues peso by 54% and announces a swathe of spending cuts President Javier Milei’s shock-therapy programme gets underway.

EMERGENCY MEASURES

Milei government confirms massive devaluation of peso

12-12-2023 19:29 First measures announced by Economy Minister Luis Caputo; Official dollar moves from around 400 to 800 pesos per greenback, among host of other measures.