News of employment

Thousands march through Buenos Aires to demand food aid, jobs

19-03-2021 00:57 Thousands of people marched in Buenos Aires on Thursday to demand food aid as the economy has battled the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.

JOBLESSNESS

220,000 registered jobs lost in 2020, concludes study

15-03-2021 15:52 A study by the Ecolatina consultancy firm has found that approximately 220,000 officially registered jobs were lost in Argentina last year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and ongoing economic crisis.

Coronavirus Pandemic

Pandemic has hit LatAm women's employment hard, says report

11-02-2021 16:43 According to a UN report published on Wednesday, the pandemic could set women back ten years in terms of employment rate.

INTERVIEW

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

BLOOMBERG

Jobs are being wiped out at airlines – and there’s worse to come

24-07-2020 15:34 About 400,000 airline workers have been fired, furloughed or told they may lose their jobs due to the coronavirus.

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.

Coronavirus pandemic

Poll: 51% of Argentines fear that they might lose their job due to pandemic

15-06-2020 16:22 New survey reveals Argentine workers' fears about Covid-19 crisis – 64% foresee the crisis and lockdown will have a negative impact on their employment.

Global pandemic

Sex workers sharing food to survive during virus pandemic

07-06-2020 21:41 With no possibility of making a living during the pandemic, Peruvian sex workers have organised a soup kitchen in order to survive with their children.

MINING

Barrick Gold, Shandong invest in Veladero mine in San Juan

14-02-2020 14:08 Barrick Gold and Shandong Gold are pursuing three strategic projects with the aim of extending the useful life of the Veladero mine until at least 2030: investment, employment and growth.

RETURN TO FOOTBALL

Mauricio Macri lands new job as president of FIFA Foundation

28-01-2020 12:53 Former president agrees to take up post leading independent branch of football's governing body, which has been blighted by corruption scandals for years.