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Milei: Aerolíneas Argentinas could be handed over to employees if not sold

15-10-2024 18:19 Argentina’s president reiterates his government’s desire to sell off flagship state airline through privatisation, complaining that the problem is the workers “do not want it.”

Milei says state universities not under threat as occupations multiply

15-10-2024 17:13 As student takeovers of campuses multiply nationwide, President Milei says Argentina's public university system is “not under discussion” but vows auditing of state institutions will take place.

It’s the education, stupid

05-10-2024 06:24 When presenting the 2025 Budget in mid-September, Milei defined his fundamental fiscal principle as first defining the available revenue and then adjusting the spending to it – modernising the university system to that end could be an interesting application of that principle. But instead his primitive proposal is literally to cut university spending in half with his chainsaw.

Milei declares Aerolíneas Argentinas 'subject to privatisation'

04-10-2024 20:13 President Javier Milei has formally  declared the state airline Aerolíneas Argentinas to be "subject to privatisation" after weeks of union conflict.

Milei’s move to limit access to public information condemned

04-09-2024 16:52 Milei’s decree limiting access to public information sparks widespread repudiation in Argentina; Executive Branch introduces changes to current legislation including a redefinition of the concept of “public information” that offers greater “protection” for government officials and prevents publication of "working papers."

Privatisations, relaunches and retirements – Milei’s plan for state media

26-08-2024 19:14 President Javier Milei has managed to shutter the Télam news agency and is attempting to downsize and sell off a host of Argentina’s state media outlets – but are his plans working? And what is the “relaunch” his administration is planning?

by Julian D'Imperio

Single digit should not mean single issue

18-05-2024 06:13 Single-digit inflation relieves the poor more than anybody but comes at a price – must they also be the ones to pay it?

Milei says he will keep state universities, attacks the opposition

29-04-2024 15:30 President Javier Milei faced the biggest demonstration of his adminitration yet on April 23 as protesters took to the streets nationwide support of public universities.

Abortion protection in French Constitution is 'message of hope' for other nations

05-03-2024 12:41 France's new "guaranteed freedom" to have an abortion may transcend borders and "give a boost to the recognition of this fundamental right" in the world, experts and activists argue.

France enshrines abortion as constitutional right in world first

04-03-2024 16:39 Lawmakers in Versailles vote to anchor the right to abortion in the constitution, making France the first country in the world to enshrine explicit protection for terminating a pregnancy in basic law.

Milei squeezes governors, eliminates transport subsidies to inland provinces

08-02-2024 17:02 In the midst of the war with governors after the failure of his reform bill, president moves to eliminate subsidies overnight; Fares set to soar as provinces face funding shortfall.

Porteños told to register SUBE cards with authorities before fare hikes

23-01-2024 14:42 Buenos Aires City Transport Ministry warns porteños that fares will cost more than 400 pesos for those using unregistered cards – how to register your SUBE before April to avoid paying more.

Eduardo Porter: Latin America is waxing nostalgic for dictators

29-08-2023 10:09 Fifty years after Augusto Pinochet infamously squashed democracy in Chile, the false promise of authoritarian rule once again tempts the region’s citizens.

Lack of classroom days behind drive to private schooling, says polling

03-08-2023 06:15 New survey provides X-ray of Argentina’s education system and reveals teacher strikes are among, main motives for those choosing private education. Women, especially those with lower purchasing-power and living in Greater Buenos Aires, are the most concerned about lost days of classes, with the school syllabus one of the biggest worries.

by Sabrina Chemen

Report: Public employment up 34% in Argentina since 2011, private only 3%

05-07-2023 12:32 New report by IERAL, business school of the Fundación Mediterránea think tank, shows a massive imbalance between the growth of public and private sector jobs in Argentina. Only province in which private-sector jobs grew faster was Neuquén, thanks to Vaca Muerta. Córdoba recruited the fewest state employees.

Brazil court bars Bolsonaro from public office

30-06-2023 15:54 Former Brazil president says he will would appeal a court decision to bar him from public office for eight years, a ruling he described as a "stab in the back."

Poll: 60% of women have been sexually harassed on public transport

25-04-2023 15:47 New study carried out by Marea, in collaboration with the Universidad Popular Barrios de Pie, reveals that six out of every 10 women in the capital say they’ve been sexually harassed while using public transport; 90% responded that they feel unsafe.

by Claudio Corsalini

Chile’s Boric announces public-private model for tapping lithium reserves

21-04-2023 09:53 Chile’s government delivers long-awaited lithium development policy; State will partner with private firms to tap reserves says President Boric.

Bonds slide after government orders public sector sale

22-03-2023 12:17 Argentina’s sovereign-risk spread over US Treasuries widened as many as 126 basis points on Wednesday to almost 2,500, its widest in four months.

Court ruling: Fernández de Kirchner favoured Báez in a ‘criminal plan’

09-03-2023 23:42 Judges from Federal Oral Court number 2 release 1,600-page ruling outlining grounds on which it sentenced Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to six years in prison in the ‘Vialidad’ public works graft case.