News of march

Argentina records highest inflation rate in 18 months: 4.8%

15-04-2021 17:35 Inflation in March reached 4.8% – the highest figure since September 2019. Prices have jumped 12.4% in first three months of year, 42.6% over last 12 months.

MARCH 24

Rights groups call for 30,000 trees to be planted in memory of disappeared

24-03-2021 14:04 Human rights groups, marking the 45th anniversary of the coup that brought the 1976-1983 military dictatorship to power, are planting frees in honour of those who disappeared at the hands of the military junta.

MARCH 24

Nation pauses to remember victims of military dictatorship

23-03-2021 22:05 On Wednesday, nation pauses for a public holiday to mark the National Day of Memory for Truth and Justice, in remembrance of victims of the brutal military dictatorship that ruled the country from 1976 to 1983.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Fernández urges Argentina to remember dictatorship ‘horror’

22-03-2021 16:36 Peronist leader calls on citizens to keep memory of crimes against humanity committed by 1976-1983 military dictatorship alive, with this year’s remembrance services set to be limited by coronavirus pandemic.

US ELECTION 2020

Minor clashes as Trump loyalists mount last stand in Washington

15-11-2020 08:10 Supporters of US President Donald Trump march in Washington to protest the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. Right-wing militia group the Proud Boys among those attending rally, which had large security presence.

MORALES LEAVES ARGENTINA

Evo Morales leaves Argentina for Venezuela

23-10-2020 22:51 Bolivia's former president Evo Morales left Argentina for Caracas late Friday in an official Venezuelan aircraft, state news agency Télam reported.

Bolivian election

He's not running, but Evo Morales looms large in Bolivia vote

27-09-2020 09:30 Bolivia is divided, mainly along ethnic, regional and socioeconomic lines, between those who applaud the former president as a voice for the historically poor and disenfranchised, and those who say he became increasingly corrupt and authoritarian during 14 years in power

BLOOMBERG

Government seeks to reach new IMF agreement before April

07-08-2020 00:49 Government seeks deal with the International Monetary Fund over a new financing programme before the end of March, in order to renegotiate US$2-billion payment owed to the Paris Club that matures in May.

PRIDE WEEKEND

Gay Pride events go online to mark 50th anniversary

28-06-2020 09:10 In Argentina, public buildings and monuments were lit up in the rainbow colours of the gay rights movement, and local activists organised a week of online events, even though Gay Pride is normally celebrated here in November.

GENDER VIOLENCE

'We are not invisible' – Activists call 'decentralised march' against femicide

11-06-2020 10:23 With a rallying cry of "No somos invisibles," Argentines across the country find a new way to stage personal demonstrations against gender violence amid the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing rules.

WOMEN'S RIGHTS

Campaigners renew call for ‘Ni Una Menos,’ five years on

06-06-2020 10:05 The annual march, which is normally attended by tens of thousands of people, first took place in 2015 as huge crowds came together to mobilse against femicide and gender violence.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economic activity fell 11.5% in March as lockdown kicked in

20-05-2020 18:12 INDEC national statistics bureau reveals economy contracted by 11.5% in March, as lockdown kicked in. Experts anticipate that April's data will be even worse.

Domestic Violence

Domestic abuse victim who killed her husband demands justice

29-04-2020 14:00 Paula Córdoba suffered 20 years of domestic abuse, and killed her husband in 2019 with her daughter’s help, stabbing him 185 times in the process. She's now free, but she feels like the State has abandoned her, she explains.

by Nadia Galán

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation in March hit 3.3% amid lockdown, rise in food prices

15-04-2020 18:42 Consumer prices rose faster than expected in March as the country went into a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

NUNCA MÁS

Quarantined Argentines use balconies, networks to remember 1976 coup

24-03-2020 16:51 Today marks the anniversary of the 1976 military coup, but with a mandatory quarantine in place to help contain the spread of the coronavirus, Argentines are finding other ways to mark the day.

EDITORIAL

Plenty to ponder on International Women’s Day

07-03-2020 09:25 A quilt with room for more than tomorrow’s two marches: Femicide is worse than ever with one every 23 hours as against every 29 hours as recorded in last March’s editorial, with the post mortem indignities of last weekend’s murder in Catamarca adding a new dimension of horror.

Bloomberg

Creditors offered bond swap ahead of key peso debt payment

04-03-2020 16:04 Argentina offers investors a swap that debt for new bonds maturing in 2019, in a move that could allow the government to avoid increasing money supply.

Femicide

61-year-old woman killed; 28-year-old girl found dead after beating

04-03-2020 16:03 61-year-old Monica Edith Ramos was killed in her San Luis home on Tuesday, the same day 28-year-old Jordana Belén Rivero died after falling from a building in Mar del Plata after being beaten.

Femicide

19-year-old in police custody after killing girlfriend, burning body

02-03-2020 15:16 19-year-old Naim Vera surrenders to police after remains of his 24-year-old girlfriend, Brenda Micaela Gordillo, found. In an attempt to cover up crime, he allegedly burnt the victim's body on a parrilla.

ABORTION DEBATE

Activists renew call for legalisation of abortion in Argentina

22-02-2020 09:53 ‘19F’ rally brings tens of thousands of demonstrators to streets. Legislative battle lies ahead, with government set to present abortion reform bill to Congress on March 1.

by Joseph Charney

Abortion rights

'19F': Pro-abortion activists prepare to renew call for legalisation

17-02-2020 16:26 Third annual '19F' march, led by the National Campaign for Legal, Safe and Free Abortion, will take place this Wednesday from 5pm before Congress.

BLOOMBERG

Wall Street sceptical Argentina can meet March 31 debt deadline

30-01-2020 22:21 President Alberto Fernández’s March 31 deadline to wrap up talks with bondholders is increasingly looking like a long shot, according to Wall Street experts

HUMAN RIGHTS

Evo Morales joins Mothers of Plaza de Mayo for weekly march

26-12-2019 19:48 Former Bolivia president, currently living in Argentina as a refugee after being ousted from power, joined the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo for their weekly march in Buenos Aires' famous square on Thursday.

CAMPAIGN WATCH

‘Cinderella man’ Macri hardens rhetoric as he draws large crowds

12-10-2019 08:47 President Mauricio Macri continued his frenzied “#SíSePuede” nationwide campaign swing of 30 cities in 30 days throughout last week, often in hostile territory (at least according to the results of August’s PASO primaries).

UNREST

Protesters block roads, hold anti-government marches across country

24-09-2019 15:48 With just 33 days to go until the presidential election, social organisations, trade unions and leftist parties mobilised Tuesday for another national day of protest against the government.

CHUBUT PROVINCE

Unrest in Chubut grows as recession, debt squeezes oil-rich province

18-09-2019 13:00 Chubut is drowning in a sea of debt, with the provincial government facing difficulties in paying salaries in full and on time to teachers, medical doctors, court employees, office clerks, pensioners and security forces.