News of review

The English (non-indicted) witness

Yesterdat 06:00 El Testigo Inglés, Luces y sombras del Buenos Aires Herald (1876-2017), by Sebastián Lacunza; Paidós, 2021, 632 pages.

by Michael Soltys

IMF DEBT

IMF: Targets in Argentina’s debt deal ‘have not changed’

19-05-2022 16:09 Fund Spokesperson Gerry Rice says staff are making “good progress” in review of debt restructuring deal, but that its “objectives have not changed.”

2021: THE YEAR IN REVIEW

2021: The year that was

31-12-2021 13:44 Covid-19 dominates another year, with the the global vaccine race illustrating the very best and worst of humanity. Aside from coronavirus (a crucial factor in the ‘VIP vaccine’ and ‘Olivosgate’ political scandals), the death of former president Carlos Menem, rising prices and poverty, trigger-happy policing, IMF debt talks and key elections across the region steal the show – including Argentina’s PASO primaries and midterms, which reshape the political landscape. This is 2021: the year that was.

by Michael Soltys

2021: YEAR IN REVIEW

2021: The world that was – events that marked a tumultuous year

31-12-2021 13:18 From the Covid pandemic to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and extreme weather, here’s a look look back at 2021’s key global events.

2021: YEAR IN REVIEW

Adieu Prince Philip and Desmond Tutu: 2021's notable deaths

31-12-2021 13:14 From Britain's Prince Philip to Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu, here are some of the most notable deaths of 2021.

2021: THE YEAR IN REVIEW

Heat, gas and NFTs: 2021's biggest records

31-12-2021 13:11 From sizzling temperatures to Messi and Ronaldo and pensioners in space, here are some of the most significant records struck in 2021.

Guest voice

The case for streamlining Congress

16-10-2021 00:01 Streamlining Congress would establish criteria of austerity, meritocracy and transparency in the use of human resources, but has not been considered for the past two decades.

by Gabriel C. Salvia

BOOK REVIEW

Tales of amazing coincidences

05-06-2021 00:18 A look at Maud Daverio de Cox’s new book, 'El misterio de las causalidades.'

by Michael Soltys

Biodiversity

Economic growth has 'devastating cost to nature', review finds

02-02-2021 09:17 Humanity's unbridled growth in recent decades has come at a "devastating cost to nature" according a wide-ranging international review on the vital economic role played by our living planet.