BLOOMBERG Soy meal shipments roar back from strike disruptions 28-01-2021 15:26 Soybean meal exports are recovering strongly after labour strikes decimated soybean processing in December.
AND THAT REMINDS ME... Grain means pain, corn meets scorn 16-01-2021 09:13 Maize in a maze would be as good a way as any of describing the government’s slapdash suspension of corn exports early in this new year. by Michael Soltys
AGRICULTURE Export cap reversal rounds off chaotic week of agro tensions 16-01-2021 08:31 Government responds to three-day strike action with concessions to agricultural producers, removing corn-export block, then cap, before finally agreeing to ‘monitor supplies’ jointly.
THE WEEK What we learned this week: January 9 to 16 16-01-2021 08:19 The key stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.
BLOOMBERG Crop U-turn peeves importers, lays bare Argentina's infighting 15-01-2021 17:01 Argentina’s chaotic reversal on corn exports could hurt its standing among the world’s top grain suppliers as buyers get exposed to the unpredictability of government feuding.
paro agrario Agricultural producers begin three-day strike 11-01-2021 15:27 Agricultural producers begin three-day strike in rejection of the government’s move to suspend maize exports for the next two months, despite last-ditch tweaks to measure.
THE WEEK What we learned this week: January 2 to 9 09-01-2021 08:24 Our pick of the headlines from the last seven days in Argentina.
AGRO TENSIONS Amid tension, Farming groups call three-day halt to grain trading 09-01-2021 07:37 Three-day stoppage next week called by three of four main agricultural groups to protest suspension of maize exports.
Bloomberg Argentine soy workers reach deal on wage hike, ending strike 30-12-2020 13:43 Soybean workers reached an agreement on wage talks, ending a strike that had snarled shipments and fuelled a surge in Chicago futures.
ECONOMY Ship line-up swells as soy crushers extend strike 26-12-2020 10:31 Soybean crushers at export plants agreed to extend a strike over wages during the Christmas season.
THE WEEK What we learned this week: November 28 to December 5 05-12-2020 09:27 Stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina. by Michael Soltys
THE LAST SEVEN DAYS May 2nd-May 9th: What we learned this week 09-05-2020 08:15 Key stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.
Coronavirus Pandemic Celebrating May Day in the midst of a pandemic 01-05-2020 19:13 Across the globe workers celebrate, strike and demonstrate for International Workers' Day. In Argentina, essential employees are praised by the government while demonstrations take place during a lockdown.
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
Cross Kirchnerite Boudou: ‘Macri's was the most corrupt government in history’ 10-03-2020 21:57 Jailed former vice-president Amado Boudou renews talk of 'lawfare,' criticises farming sector strike and alleges Mauricio Macri persecuted his opponents to cover up corrupt exploits.
AGRO POLICY Farmers begin four-day strike, the first under Alberto Fernández 09-03-2020 16:00 Four farmers' unions began halting the marketing of grains and livestock for four days starting Monday, in rejection of an increase from 30 percent to 33 percent in duties on exports of soybeans and derivatives.
Salary Disputes Teachers: Main unions reach agreement with government on pay 27-02-2020 16:59 Collective bargaining talks for teachers, frozen since 2017, ends with agreement: 23,000 peso pay-floor from March, rising to 25,000 pesos in July.
Colectivo chaos 38 bus routes affected by 24-hour UTA dissident strike 11-02-2020 12:52 Dissident faction of transport-workers union makes move against UTA leader Roberto Fernández, as it decries falling purchasing power.
STATE AIRLINE Pablo Ceriani to be new chief of Aerolíneas Argentinas 11-12-2019 13:27 Ceriani is not a new face to the firm. He formerly served as vice-president at Aerolíneas under Mariano Recalde, from 2013 to 2015 and worked under Axel Kiciloff at the same firm from 2009.
Subway Strike Subte drivers announce strike for Wednesday 19-11-2019 16:02 After the revelation that asbestos is in carriages on underground metro's B-line, workers unveil plans to stop service at varying times throughout the day on Wednesday.
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES Putting Chile’s protest crisis in context 09-11-2019 11:50 In Chile a pro-market approach has never hinged on the electoral result – when the right loses an election, the country is assured of a broadly similar set of fiscal, monetary, trade and other economic policies. by Michael Soltys
SPECIAL FEATURE Students take over schools in Chubut amid crippling debt crisis 12-10-2019 09:56 Three months into a teachers strike over unpaid salaries and the shocking condition of public schools in the oil-rich province, students have had enough. by Lucas Robinson
LABOUR UNREST Aerolíneas Argentinas reaches 'agreement in principle' with pilots 10-10-2019 10:01 Accord with APLA pilots union expected to be endorsed by the Labour Ministry today, but one other grouping remains at odds with carriers.
LABOUR UNREST Pilot unions dramatically call off strike at last minute 05-10-2019 09:27 Biró confirms temporary suspension of walkout after Labour Ministry guarantees some level of compensation for pilots. Presidential candidate Alberto Fernández pulls strings in the background.
LABOUR UNREST Fernández wades into aviation dispute as pilots plan 48-hour strike 01-10-2019 17:57 Stakes are escalating in labour conflict in the aviation industry, with two pilots unions saying they will carry out a 48-hour strike this weekend.
CHUBUT CRISIS Teachers stage national strike in solidarity with Chubut 05-09-2019 13:20 Attacks on teachers in Chubut by energy union members earlier this week prompts national strike by CTERA union.
2019 Elections Aerolineas alleges pilot message on flights supports Fernandez-Fernandez 24-07-2019 04:40 Luis Malvido took aim at pilots for reading a statement to passenger upon arrival at their destinations, describing the message as 'political' and a 'measure to favour Kirchnerism' electorally.
Vicious attack Assailants slit bus driver's throat; drivers strike to demand more security 17-07-2019 09:51 Drivers in Lomas de Zamora, in Buenos Aires province, protested Wednesday to call for greater security measures on bus services.
Taxi Attack City of Neuquén without public transit after attack on taxi driver 15-07-2019 16:11 Workers throughout province block bridges, roads and airport access
Standstill Transport union calls Friday strike across provinces 11-07-2019 09:53 Public bus services to grind to halt across the country on Friday as drivers in provinces demand same conditions as BA counterparts.
STRIKE ACTION Delays and cancellations at major Buenos Aires airports as pilots protest 05-07-2019 15:07 Transportation minister Guillermo Dietrich criticises 'Kirchnerite campaign' for walkouts, saying they are intended at discrediting President Mauricio Macri.
KEY STORIES May 27th-June 2nd: What we learned this week 01-06-2019 11:59 The stories that caught our eye from the last seven days.
EDITORIAL Complicating Greater Transformations, CGT 01-06-2019 11:47 The strike was even illusory as an index of labour militancy. This always tends to be lower in times of recession when the defence of jobs invariably takes priority over wage claims.
PARO Government cries foul as general strike paralyses country 01-06-2019 09:59 Seventy unions adhered to walk-out on Wednesday, with dozens more political and social groups adding their voices to the protest.
NO PARO Transport unions lift planned 25 de Mayo strike 24-05-2019 15:19 There will be train, Subte and bus services running this Saturday, avoiding disruption on a national holiday.