POVERTY IN THE PANDEMIC Argentina’s poorest faces up to challenges amid shutdown 28-03-2020 10:57 Low-income neighbourhoods are organising themselves against Covid-19, with social organisations playing a key role for those on the breadline.
Congress Senate approves Food Emergency law as demonstrators demand action 19-09-2019 10:35 Lawmakers in the upper house offer unanimous approval for the legislation, which will boost aid packages by roughly eight million pesos.
POVERTY Food on the table the priority for nation’s poorest 13-09-2019 23:34 Talk of the exchange rate and the dollar is mostly absent in Villa 21-24, the urban face of Argentina’s economic crisis.
FOOD EMERGENCY After tension, Cambiemos backs food emergency bill in lower house 13-09-2019 23:28 Ruling coalition backs opposition bill in lower house, after tense week that saw clashes between police and protesters camping out on Avenida 9 de Julio.
argentina What we learned this week: September 8 to 13 13-09-2019 23:11 Key stories from the last seven days.
'FOOD EMERGENCY' Chamber of Deputies approves emergency food bill 12-09-2019 18:18 The legislation, which now faces approval by the Senate, would include a 50 percent increase for nutritional programs.
'FOOD EMERGENCY' Opposition unites to call for 'Food Emergency' session amid more protests 10-09-2019 15:47 Politicians from across the opposition benches agreed Monday to unify their legislative projects on the topic into a single bill.
argentina What we learned this week: September 1 to 6 07-09-2019 01:16 Key stories from the last seven days.
Editorial Food for thought 07-09-2019 01:11 With no market mayhem to crowd out all other news (as August’s weird alternation of calm one week and chaos the next now continues into its second month), food was one common denominator of the past week’s main issues.
ELECTION 2019 Lavagna calls for 'dialogue,' suspension of election campaign amid crisis 15-08-2019 17:09 'Third way' presidential candidate asks Macri to declare 'food and healthcare emergency' and asks for leaders to work together in order to address impact of ongoing economic turmoil.