News of government

AmCham warns government that price controls are 'time bomb'

Today 14:08 US companies warn in an emailed statement issued via American Chamber of Commerce in Argentina that “price freezes do not solve the problem" of runaway inflation, rather "they transform it into a time bomb that will explode sooner or later.”

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Facebook removes Bolsonaro video linking Covid shots to AIDS

Today 10:04 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro found himself in social media time-out Monday after his video warning of a supposed link between Covid-19 vaccines and AIDS triggered action by Facebook and YouTube.

IN FOCUS

Drugs, crime and protests: Ecuador stares into the abyss

Yesterdat 12:44 Emboldened drug traffickers, hundreds of deaths in prisons, a government dogged by scandal, and an economy ravaged by Covid have Ecuador staring into the abyss.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Argentina's peso weakens past key level in parallel market

22-10-2021 19:01 Argentina’s parallel exchange rate weakened past a key threshold on Friday, as demand for assets in hard currency climbed ahead of the upcoming midterm elections in November.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Argentines are desperate for dollars as bets on devaluation soar

21-10-2021 14:31 Argentine investors are growing increasingly pessimistic on the peso, betting it’s inevitable the government will be forced to speed up devaluation after November elections.

LATIN AMERICA

Maduro: Venezuela and Colombia need to 'normalise' ties

21-10-2021 11:11 Nicolás Maduro calls for the normalisation of trade and diplomatic relations with Colombia, which have been non-existent since 2019 when the government refused to recognise him as Venezuela's leader.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuelan opposition urges government to resume talks after walkout

17-10-2021 21:21 Venezuela's opposition calls on President Nicolás Maduro's government to resume talks to resolve their differences, after the ruling party withdrew from the latest round over extradition of Alex Saab.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation hit 3.5% in September as hikes picked up pace

15-10-2021 01:05 Consumer prices have risen 37% so far this year and 52.5% over last 12 months, according to new data from INDEC national statistics bureau.

BLOOMBERG

Inflation accelerated more than expected in September

14-10-2021 17:39 Consumer prices in Argentina climbed more than expected last month, prompting President Alberto Fernández to expand unconventional price controls.

NEW PRICE CONTROLS

Government agrees 90-day price freeze for more than 1,200 products

14-10-2021 17:12 Government reaches agreement with retailers and business leaders to freeze prices of more than 1,200 household goods for 90 days – latest attempt to win back voters and tackle runaway inflation.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina seeks pre-election price freeze on 900 household goods

13-10-2021 15:44 Government aims to extend Precios Cuidados price control programme to approximately 900 household goods in its latest attempt to recover ground with voters.

Human rights

Government seeks to speed up trials into crimes against humanity

12-10-2021 16:28 Human Rights Secretariat to launch strategic plan to accelerate crimes against humanity, aiming for four of five hearings a week. Cases involving elderly victims to be prioritised.

PANDORA PAPERS LEAK

Ecuador's legislature to investigate president over Pandora Papers

11-10-2021 09:15 Ecuador's legislature votes to open investigation into whether Guillermo Lasso broke the law by keeping assets in tax havens.

And that reminds me...

Importing no less important

09-10-2021 12:12 Everybody hails the importance of exports. Imports have no such luck.

by Michael Soltys

Peruvian politics

Peru president announces PM will step down, triggering resignation of Cabinet

06-10-2021 21:10 President Pedro Castillo announced on October 6 the resignation of his prime minister and his entire cabinet, two months after taking office, in a surprise message to Peru broadcast on state television.

BLOOMBERG

JPMorgan expects inflation accelerated in September

06-10-2021 10:21 Prices in Argentina probably rose at a faster pace in September after slowing over the previous five months, economists expect.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Argentina investors got election wish, then got hammered anyway

04-10-2021 10:01 Argentina’s primary election went just the way investors wanted, but since then bonds have taken a nose dive.

Bloomberg

Argentina looks to mutual funds for additional local funding

02-10-2021 08:18 Argentina took a new step on Friday to boost its local financing options in pesos as the midterm elections approach.

POLITICS

Filthy, dirty, sexy (monopoly) money

01-10-2021 23:04 Frente de Todos will put out all the stops to win back disillusioned voters in Peronist strongholds that didn’t go out to vote.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

BEEF EXPORTS ROW

Argentina to allow resumption of beef exports to China

29-09-2021 15:47 Government to allow cattle farmers to resume exporting beef to China, adjusting cap on exports it imposed in May to limit rising prices in the domestic market.

FORMAL EMPLOYMENT

Government launches 'Registradas' plan to tackle unregistered labour

29-09-2021 15:20 State to pay 50% of newly registered domestic worker wages for six months under new government scheme designed to tackle informal labour.

CRIME & SECURITY

Government to send 1,575 federal agents to Rosario

29-09-2021 10:38 Cabinet ministers confirm deployment of more than 1,500 new federal agents in Rosario, with officials declaring that “a solution must be found” to surge in drug-related violence.

BUSINESS

InvestBA helps push Buenos Aires onto international stage

27-09-2021 09:47 City Hall’s investment and trade promotion agency, better known simply as investBA, was created less than half a decade ago – but the agency is already making a name for itself on the international stage.

by Sophia Moore-Smith

ORTEGA SEEKS RE-ELECTION

Nicaragua's presidential campaign kicks off, with no rivals

26-09-2021 21:40 Nicaragua's presidential election campaign officially kicked off on Saturday with incumbent Daniel Ortega's main rivals all under arrest.

DIPLOMACY

New British ambassador begins mission in Argentina

23-09-2021 23:05 Kirsty Hayes, who replaces Mark Kent as London's envoy in Buenos Aires, presents diplomatic credentials at Palacio San Martín.

by James Grainger

NEW CABINET IN

Fernández says coalition 'more united than ever' as he swears in ministers

20-09-2021 21:51 President Alberto Fernández swears in new ministers as he attempts to relaunch his government in the wake of last week's heavy PASO primaries loss.

MARKETS

Argentina’s bonds sink as president swears in new Cabinet

20-09-2021 15:55 Argentina’s dollar bonds and US-traded equities slid on Monday, with the local benchmark index posting the worst returns among indexes in the Americas.

Covid-19 pandemic

Argentina retains quarantine for citizens who travel overseas for work

20-09-2021 15:50 Restrictions were due to be lifted on September 21, but move now pushed back until October 2 at earliest.

POST-PASO FALLOUT

Fernández hopes reshuffle will put lid on political crisis

20-09-2021 14:27 President Alberto Fernández has announced a new Cabinet in a bid to smother a political crisis that pitted him bitterly against his own vice-president.

Bloomberg

Cabinet moves were decided by president, says Máximo Kirchner

20-09-2021 08:57 Cabinet reshuffle and other ministerial appointments based on decision of President Alberto Fernández, declares Máximo Kirchner.

CRISTINA & ALBERTO

Cristina gets what she wanted: a lot of Cabinet changes

18-09-2021 09:14 Manzur comes in as Cabinet chief, with Aníbal Fernández to Security portfolio; Cafiero becomes foreign minister, with De Pedro, Guzmán and Kulfas retained in key positions.

by Rosario Ayerdi

CABINET RESHUFFLE

Political crisis, PASO loss forces president into reshuffle

18-09-2021 08:52 President Alberto Fernández announced a new Cabinet on Friday in a bid to smother a political crisis that pitted him bitterly against his vice-president this week after an electoral defeat in legislative primaries.

POST-PASO FALLOUT

President caves to Fernández de Kirchner in Cabinet reshuffling

18-09-2021 07:43 Appointments come just a day after Fernández de Kirchner called for an overhaul of the Cabinet in an open letter that blamed the president for poor results in last Sunday's PASO primaries.

Cataclysm

Sore losers

18-09-2021 00:01 The structural issues facing the Argentine political system are substantially more profound than the superficial and lightweight Alberto Fernández.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

PRESIDENT SHUFFLES PACK

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.

EDITORIAL

The beginning of the end?

17-09-2021 22:07 The Frente de Todos coalition, with the vice-presidential tail wagging the presidential dog, has been a rare experiment premised on a united Peronism being big enough to contain its own historic contradictions by guaranteeing electoral victory and thus power. That myth was rudely shattered by last Sunday’s voting.

RULING COALITION IN CRISIS

Fernández seeks exit from crisis with Cabinet reshuffle

17-09-2021 22:01 President drawing up new Cabinet in bid to overcome schism with Veep; Communications & Press Secretary Juan Pablo Biondi resigns post; Government set to unveil raft to new measures to attract voters.

POST-PASO FALLOUT

Coalition in crisis: How Frente de Todos' post-PASO crisis developed

17-09-2021 21:59 With the ruling Frente de Todos coalition in crisis, here's a look at the key moments pushed it into disarray.

POST-PASO FALLOUT

President’s press secretary Biondi resigns after CFK criticism

17-09-2021 19:17 Communications & Press Secretary Juan Pablo Biondi resigns, less than a day after Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner accused him of carrying out “operations” in the media against her.

PASO PRIMARIES 2021

Frente de Todos seeks to turn around election in Buenos Aires Province

17-09-2021 14:03 Juntos por el Cambio finished ahead by more than four points in the key battleground province. The government will now go chasing the votes of Florencio Randazzo, Facundo Manes – as well as the ‘disappointed’ who didn’t turn out.

by Rosario Ayerdi

CRISIS GRIPS GOVERNMENT

Crisis deepens as Fernández de Kirchner blasts president

17-09-2021 10:45 Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has slammed President Alberto Fernández in an open letter, heightening the political crisis that has roiled the government since it lost an election Sunday.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation slowed to 2.5% in August, but still expected to clear 48% this year

17-09-2021 10:39 Prices have increased 32.3% so far in 2021, according to official data, and by 51.4% over last 12 months.

Social unrest

Tens of thousands march for jobs in Buenos Aires

16-09-2021 22:44 Tens of thousands of people marched in the nation's capital on Thursday, demanding improvements to their economic lot as Argentina's economic turmoil continues.

POST-PASO FALLOUT

Fernández de Kirchner blasts president over ‘catastrophic’ loss

16-09-2021 21:26 Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner slammed President Alberto Fernández in an open letter on Thursday, heightening the extraordinary political crisis that has gripped the ruling Frente de Todos coalition.

POST-PASO FALLOUT

CFK ally describes president as ‘squatter’ in leaked WhatsApp audio

16-09-2021 18:00 Outgoing national deputy Fernanda Vallejos (Frente de Todos-Buenos Aires Province) poured fuel on the flames of the ruling coalition’s post-PASO crisis this week with strident criticism of President Alberto Fernández.

POST-PASO FALLOUT

Alberto Fernández vows to unify coalition after offers to quit

16-09-2021 14:42 President Alberto Fernández vowed to keep his broad ruling coalition unified on Thursday, a day after several cabinet ministers offered to quit their posts.

BUDGET 2022

Argentina's 2022 Budget sees primary deficit falling to 3.3%

16-09-2021 10:24 Budget bill, presented to the Chamber of Deputies just before midnight on Wednesday, forecasts inflation reaching 33% in 2022.

POST-PASO FALLOUT

Crisis grips Argentina's government, exposing split in ruling coalition

15-09-2021 21:49 Crisis broke out at rapid speed on Wednesday, as a flurry of resignations, urgent meetings and private phone calls laid bare a deep split in the ruling Frente de Todos coalition.

by James Grainger

Bloomberg

Cabinet revolt puts Fernández in political crisis

15-09-2021 17:33 Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s closest allies in the Cabinet offered to resign on Wednesday, amid mounting political pressure on President Alberto Fernández’s government.t.

POST-PASO FALLOUT

Ministers offer to quit as ruling coalition flounders

15-09-2021 17:28 At least five Cabinet ministers and other senior officials in President Alberto Fernández's government offer to step down in wake of PASO primaries.

News of government

AmCham warns government that price controls are 'time bomb'

Facebook removes Bolsonaro video linking Covid shots to AIDS

Drugs, crime and protests: Ecuador stares into the abyss

Argentina's peso weakens past key level in parallel market

Argentines are desperate for dollars as bets on devaluation soar

Maduro: Venezuela and Colombia need to 'normalise' ties

Venezuelan opposition urges government to resume talks after walkout

Inflation hit 3.5% in September as hikes picked up pace

Inflation accelerated more than expected in September

Government agrees 90-day price freeze for more than 1,200 products

Argentina seeks pre-election price freeze on 900 household goods

Government seeks to speed up trials into crimes against humanity

Ecuador's legislature to investigate president over Pandora Papers

Importing no less important

Peru president announces PM will step down, triggering resignation of Cabinet

JPMorgan expects inflation accelerated in September

Argentina investors got election wish, then got hammered anyway

Argentina looks to mutual funds for additional local funding

Filthy, dirty, sexy (monopoly) money

Argentina to allow resumption of beef exports to China

Government launches 'Registradas' plan to tackle unregistered labour

Government to send 1,575 federal agents to Rosario

InvestBA helps push Buenos Aires onto international stage

Nicaragua's presidential campaign kicks off, with no rivals

New British ambassador begins mission in Argentina

Fernández says coalition 'more united than ever' as he swears in ministers

Argentina’s bonds sink as president swears in new Cabinet

Argentina retains quarantine for citizens who travel overseas for work

Fernández hopes reshuffle will put lid on political crisis

Cabinet moves were decided by president, says Máximo Kirchner

Cristina gets what she wanted: a lot of Cabinet changes

Political crisis, PASO loss forces president into reshuffle

President caves to Fernández de Kirchner in Cabinet reshuffling

Sore losers

Fernández confirms reshuffle: Juan Manzur named Cabinet chief

The beginning of the end?

Fernández seeks exit from crisis with Cabinet reshuffle

Coalition in crisis: How Frente de Todos' post-PASO crisis developed

President’s press secretary Biondi resigns after CFK criticism

Frente de Todos seeks to turn around election in Buenos Aires Province

Crisis deepens as Fernández de Kirchner blasts president

Inflation slowed to 2.5% in August, but still expected to clear 48% this year

Tens of thousands march for jobs in Buenos Aires

Fernández de Kirchner blasts president over ‘catastrophic’ loss

CFK ally describes president as ‘squatter’ in leaked WhatsApp audio

Alberto Fernández vows to unify coalition after offers to quit

Argentina's 2022 Budget sees primary deficit falling to 3.3%

Crisis grips Argentina's government, exposing split in ruling coalition

Cabinet revolt puts Fernández in political crisis

Ministers offer to quit as ruling coalition flounders

Biden's nominee for US ambassador criticises Argentina’s policy on Venezuela and Cuba

Argentina to begin applying third dose of Covid vaccine to elderly

AmCham warns government that price controls are 'time bomb'

Martín Guzmán: ‘There will be no devaluation’

Queen Elizabeth II won’t attend COP26 climate summit in Glasgow

Familiares de tripulantes del ARA San Juan piden que no se haga la marcha en apoyo a Macri "por respeto"

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