News of rules

Decree details new nighttime restrictions

09-01-2021 16:07 Regional leaders granted power to decide on timeframe of new restrictions. Officials in Buenos Aires City and Province say businesses, food and drink establishments and venues must shut between 1am to 6am, set 10-person limit on social gatherings.

BLOOMBERG

CEOs frustrated with Argentina rattle off list of problems

13-11-2020 19:02 Global companies are growing ever more frustrated with Argentina. The specific gripes vary, but broadly speaking executives say it’s hard to make money given the multitude of challenges facing the nation.

Global pandemic

Peru's Machu Picchu reopening Sunday after pandemic closure

28-10-2020 08:05 Currently open to maintenance workers only, the world-renown Incan citadel of Machu Picchu will reopen to the public on November 1.

Coronavirus pandemic

Fernández puts 14-day restrictions on movement in 18 provinces

10-10-2020 08:28 Government to tighten measures restricting the movement of people in 18 provinces for two weeks, as Covid-19 infections and fatalities continue to break new records.

DIPLOMACY

US official urges Vatican, Pope to condemn human rights abuses in China

30-09-2020 10:08 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urges Vatican to denounce violations of religious freedom in China, saying the Catholic Church should be at the forefront in the fight to insist on basic human rights there.

WOMEN'S RIGHTS

Brazil expands requirements for abortion in rape cases

30-08-2020 09:54 Brazil expanded its requirements Friday for rape victims seeking an abortion, including a rule that medical staff must tell the woman she can see the embryo or foetus via ultrasound.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Married priests debate raises fears of split in Catholic Church

10-10-2019 08:29 Suggestion that married men should be allowed to become priests in remote locations is bitterly dividing a Vatican assembly on the Amazon, with critics warning the emotive issue could fracture the Catholic Church.