BREAKING STEREOTYPES From homemakers to home builders: Venezuelan women breaking ground 08-03-2023 05:00 On an apartment construction project in Antímano, a poor neighbourhood of Caracas, 80 percent of the workforce is made up of women, most of them single mothers.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO José María Di Paola, Padre Pepe: ‘We have to get the Pope to come to Argentina at some point’ 04-03-2023 06:00 José María Di Paola, the priest better known as ‘Padre Pepe,’ on Pope Francis and his 10 years leading the Catholic Church, life in the villas and the Federación del Hogar de Cristo. by Jorge Fontevecchia
Bloomberg Most of Argentina’s poor kids have at least one working parent 15-02-2023 23:20 In the first half of last year, 9 out of 10 children living in "monetary poverty" in Argentina came from households where at least one person had a job, according to a new UNICEF report.
CRIME & SECURITY City Hall draws to take charge of security in Villa 1-11-14 with over 1,000 cops 01-02-2023 16:00 Buenos Aires City government’s Justice and Security Ministry already has a bill ready for full deployment of its police, should the national government withdraw the Border Guard ahead of this year’s presidential elections.
CRITICISM FROM PONTIFF Pope: ‘Bad policies’ to blame for Argentina’s poverty and inflation 25-01-2023 14:46 Insisting that he is “not doing politics,” Pope Francis uses an interview to criticise high poverty levels and runaway inflation in his homeland, pointing the finger at “bad policies.”
Inflation Rises Inflation hit 94.8% in 2022, highest rate in 32 years 12-01-2023 17:34 INDEC reveals that prices increased by 5.1% in December, continuing the general downward trend but accelerating slightly from the preceding month.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS UCA report puts poverty rate at 43.1% 06-12-2022 14:07 More than 17 million people in the country are poor, according to the latest report by the influential Social Debt Observatory of the UCA Catholic university; Figure would rise to 50% without existing state assistance, concludes study.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Prices have risen by 88% over last 12 months, reveals INDEC 15-11-2022 17:06 Inflation was 6.3% in October, according to national statistics bureau; Price hikes stand at 76.6% since the turn of the year, with 2022 likely to end with a rate in triple digits.
BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS Argentina’s annual inflation spikes to 88%, topping G20 countries 15-11-2022 17:00 Consumer prices rose 88% in October from a year ago, surpassing Turkey’s 85.5% rate for the highest among Group of 20 nations.
EDITORIAL Stating the less than obvious 22-10-2022 06:20 Understanding a problem is the most important half of the solution.
POLITICS Government offers food bonus to destitute as price crisis bites 20-10-2022 23:32 Sergio Massa, Fernanda Raverta confirm adults without income will be eligible for 45,000-peso bonus to help meet nutritional needs amid deepening inflation crisis.
ARGENTINA Argentina 'must maximise resources to defend human rights,' says UN expert 06-10-2022 16:33 Visiting United Nations envoy Attiya Waris calls on authorities to ensure financial pressures do not affect the defence of human rights. by Sam Forster
Poverty in Argentina Around 5.5 million children in Argentina living in poverty 29-09-2022 02:11 Child poverty affected 50.9% of Argentina’s population in the first half of 2022, according to the Permanent Household Survey (EPH) by the INDEC national statistics bureau.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Poverty reached 36.5% in the first half of 2022 29-09-2022 02:05 According to government data, almost four out of every 10 people in Argentina are considered poor; More than half of children aged up to 14 years old live in poverty, with 5.3 million nationwide in extreme poverty.
BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS Poverty remains above pre-pandemic level in early 2022 29-09-2022 02:00 Argentina's poverty rate remained above pre-pandemic levels in the first half of this year as high inflation eroded benefits of country's economic recovery.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Juan Grabois: ‘If Cristina decides to run in 2023, I’m behind her’ 16-09-2022 16:00 Catholic social leader and lawyer Juan Grabois on the failed attack on the vice-president, political violence, hate speech and the gravity of the socio-economic situation in Argentina. by Jorge Fontevecchia
FEATURE Inflation is upending politics in the most unequal region on Earth 15-09-2022 02:22 In Latin America, persistent high inflation is widening the gap between rich and poor in what is already the world’s most unequal region.
PROTESTS IN ARGENTINA Social organisations renew demand for greater inflation aid 11-08-2022 09:47 Decision to spend the night in front of the Casa Rosada was taken after an assembly in which Unidad Piquetera leaders declared that their "demands were not heard" in meetings with government officials.
BLOOMBERG - ANALYSIS Argentines brace for 90% inflation after economy minister’s exit 14-07-2022 09:18 Consulting firms in Buenos Aires are predicting that Argentines face the prospect of 90% inflation by year end.
LIVING IN CRISIS Nervous buying and price hikes in Argentina amid inflation fears 07-07-2022 23:49 Economic turmoil has provoked a wave of fear, triggering a surge in the value of the dollar on Argentina's parallel exchange markets and a sharp rise in prices.
POVERTY 2,800 Argentines slipping into poverty every day, experts warn 23-06-2022 23:20 Private estimates reveal horrifying social data underlining that being employed, whether formally or informally, is no guarantee against being poor. With annual inflation approaching three digits and sustained price increases for food and beverages above the monthly average, family incomes are increasingly falling short. by Gonzalo Martínez
HELPING THE HOMELESS Recycled blankets and soup – volunteers help homeless as temperatures plummet 23-06-2022 23:16 Members of the Dando Una Mano and La Sachetera NGOs are providing vital assistance to the homeless in and around the capital as those living rough struggle against the freezing temperatures of the cold southern winter.
PRICE OF POVERTY Family needs almost 100,000 pesos a month not to be poor 23-06-2022 14:29 A typical family in Argentina needed to earn almost 100,000 pesos in May not to qualify as living in poverty, according to INDEC.
Marcha Federal Piquetera Protesters demand jobs, better wages amid rampant inflation 12-05-2022 23:52 Tens of thousands of demonstrators from across the country descend on Buenos Aires for a massive rally, sparking traffic chaos in the capital.
WELFARE & POVERTY Millions relying on food banks and soup kitchens as prices surge 29-04-2022 14:51 More than four million people depend on food banks and soup kitchens to eat in Argentina, and although the country has a well-oiled welfare network, the fight against high prices is tough and uncompromising.
Brazil election 2022 Cash handouts are saving Brazil’s poorest — and Bolsonaro’s campaign 18-04-2022 16:56 Jair Bolsonaro trails in polls for Brazil's upcoming presidential election. The outcome may hinge on government subsidies in a nation riven by inequality.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Poverty fell to 37.3% in the second half of 2021 31-03-2022 15:55 Just over 37% of the population were living in poverty in the second half of 2021 – a drop of three points compared to the first half of the year, according to official data.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Jaime Perczyk: ‘The prime educational policy is economic policy’ 18-02-2022 22:00 Education Minister Jaime Perczyk on the importance of classroom attendance, the pandemic’s impact on learning and the make-up of Argentina’s education system. by Jorge Fontevecchia
CENTRAL AMERICA Honduras political crisis deepens ahead of president-elect's swearing-in 25-01-2022 18:18 Argentina's Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner due to attend president-elect Xiomara's Castro's swearing-in ceremony in two days.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS UCA: 65% of children in Argentina living in poverty 08-12-2021 09:45 According to UCA’s Social Debt Observatory, 43.8% of the country’s population was considered poor as of last October, a drop of almost a point on the previous year’s total of 44.7%.
ELECTIONS 2021 Economic hardships take their toll on stomachs – and society 12-11-2021 20:10 In La Boca and other disadvantaged neighbourhoods across the capital, soup kitchens have sprung up on almost every street corner, run by social movements with help from the state.
Education 'We're ignorant': Illiteracy haunts isolated Venezuelan village 13-10-2021 09:28 People in Ologá are facing a serious problem due to the lack of education, although it is far from being their main trouble since, for a long time now, they have also been suffering from lack of electricity, water, and domestic gas.
EDITORIAL The poverty of patronage 02-10-2021 07:47 The defeat of the Frente de Todos government snapped a cruel paradox prevailing all this century whereby rising poverty represented a vicious socio-economic cycle for the nation but a virtuous circle for populist politics.
POVERTY Poverty in Argentina reached 40.6% in first half of 2021 01-10-2021 21:00 INDEC data shows extreme poverty in Argentina rose to 10.7% of population by end of June; Poverty rate down 1.4 percentage points from the second half of 2020.
PASO PRIMARIES 2021 Fernández administration enters its most challenging period yet 14-09-2021 16:05 Following poor results in last Sunday's PASO primaries, the margin for a Frente de Todos comeback looks slim.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Argentina’s women left behind in post-pandemic jobs recovery 31-08-2021 13:23 As Argentina’s economy recovers from last year’s crash, young men who lost their jobs are being re-hired at a much faster pace than young women.
POVERTY & THE PANDEMIC Pandemic pushes new homeless onto São Paulo's streets 29-08-2021 10:33 São Paulo is facing a homelessness crisis, as recent prices become too heavy of a burden for an increasingly impoverished population.
CRISIS IN VENEZUELA Sailing boats and cycle rickshaws in oil-rich, fuel-light Venezuela region 18-08-2021 15:13 Venezuelans are improvising to survive chronic fuel shortages in Zulia, the region that saw the birth of the nation's oil industry.
POVERTY Study: 7 million children in Argentina live in impoverished households 04-08-2021 15:35 Around seven million, or 63%, of children aged under 14 in Argentina live in low-income households, with social vulnerability especially manifest in the north, a new study has revealed.
FEATURE Life in the crossfire of Venezuela's slums 26-07-2021 13:20 Confrontations between criminal gangs and security forces in some poor neighbourhoods of the Venezuelan capital have left locals fearing for their lives.
BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS Cuba protests fanned by worst economic crisis since fall of USSR 16-07-2021 03:00 Cuba's deepest economic crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a spike in Covid-19 infections, power blackouts and increased use of social media all helped fan discontent with the 62-year-old communist regime.
Food Security World Food Programme head warns of 'biblical' famine without action 30-06-2021 11:41 At the G20 Conferance, head of the World Food Programme David Beasley appealed for US$6 billion to prevent a "famine of biblical proportions" caused by pandemic-exasperated food shortages.
CRISIS IN VENEZUELA Venezuela's public sector surviving on 'starvation salary’ 25-06-2021 23:46 Highest monthly salary for someone working in public administration is less than US$10 – many working in the public sector now take second or even third jobs to make ends meet.
BUENOS AIRES CITY Almost half of porteños live in poverty or precariously 25-06-2021 22:48 City Hall data shows rise in poverty. City Hall figures includes all families earning below 97,000 pesos, not even covering the Canasta Total. Upper and middle classes have fallen by eight points over the last 15 months, even among formally employed many have slipped below poverty line.
HUMAN RIGHTS UN warns of worst 'cascade of human rights setbacks in our lifetimes' 21-06-2021 11:16 UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet decries worst global deterioration of rights seen in decades, highlighting situations in China, Russia and Ethiopia, among others.
Economy World Bank forecasts 'modest recovery' for Latin America and Caribbean 09-06-2021 14:51 Latin America and the Caribbean will have "modest economic recoveries" in 2021, the World Bank has warned. Argentina's economy forecast to rebound 6.4% this year.
Environment Millions of pesticide containers illegally discarded or recycled in Argentina 04-06-2021 02:00 Argentina may be a leader in the production and sale of grains and oilseeds, but the country does not yet have a comprehensive strategy for the recycling of pesticide and fertiliser containers.
MEXICAN ELECTIONS Pandemic, poverty loom over Mexican elections 02-06-2021 16:38 Mexico's Covid-19 death toll of more than 227,000 is the fourth-highest in the world. On Sunday, citizens will go to the polls to elect 500 members of the lower house of Congress, as well as 15 state governors and thousands of local politicians.
POVERTY & THE PANDEMIC Child labour has soared during pandemic, says new poll 29-05-2021 11:07 Child labour in Argentina now reaches a 10th of all children in the 5-15 years age group and 30 percent of adolescents aged between 16 and 17. by Clara Fernández Escudero
Alberto in Europe President talks poverty and pandemic with Pope at Vatican 15-05-2021 11:41 Alberto Fernández’s inner circle hail “excellent” meeting with Pope Francis. Argentina’s debt woes were also on the agenda.