News of subsidies

Fernández unveils plan to boost production at Vaca Muerta

17-10-2020 08:05 President Alberto Fernández says Argentina wants energy firms to invest some US$5 billion to boost hydrocarbon production and generate jobs in the country’s prized Vaca Muerta shale deposits.

Bloomberg

Government to spend over US$880 million to prop up Aerolíneas Argentinas

01-06-2020 13:56 President of state airline, Pablo Ceriani, says budget shortfalls – which totalled US$680 million last year – will persist until demands rebounds in 2022, though no redundancies are on the cards.

survival during quarantine

The agony of Colombia's quarantined sex workers

22-04-2020 14:18 Survival has become a struggle for Colombia's sex workers during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown. Now, with half of humanity in confinement and those places off limits, they are struggling on handouts and meager savings.

PROTESTS IN ECUADOR

Ecuador's president agrees deal with indigenous to end protests

14-10-2019 11:58 Ecuador celebrated a deal President Lenín Moreno and indigenous leaders struck late Sunday to cancel a disputed austerity package and end nearly two weeks of protests that have paralyzed the economy and left seven dead.

ECUADOR IN CRISIS

Clashes at protests in Ecuador over fuel price hike, oil facilities seized

08-10-2019 09:26 President Lenín Moreno accuses predecessor and ex-ally Rafael Correa and Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro of an "attempted coup d'état." Government business temporarily moved to the port city of Guayaquil.

PROTESTS

Ecuador's declares state of emergency after clashes over fuel prices

04-10-2019 09:17 Clashes broke out between protesters and police in Ecuador after President Lenín Moreno declared a state of emergency Thursday following demonstrations against rising fuel prices due to the government scrapping subsidies. Moreno's measure allow the government to restrict movement, to employ the Armed Forces to maintain order and to censor the press.

NUCLEAR ENERGY

China eyes Argentina in global nuclear roll-out

22-06-2019 09:14 Costs, emissions and safety at stake as Argentina and China look set to seal a nuclear power deal.

News of subsidies

Fernández unveils plan to boost production at Vaca Muerta

Government to spend over US$880 million to prop up Aerolíneas Argentinas

The agony of Colombia's quarantined sex workers

Ecuador's president agrees deal with indigenous to end protests

Clashes at protests in Ecuador over fuel price hike, oil facilities seized

Ecuador's declares state of emergency after clashes over fuel prices

China eyes Argentina in global nuclear roll-out

Argentina hits one million cases as virus slams Latin America

Argentina bond rout blows up the template for debt restructuring

Exposed: US pundit latest to fall foul of nude Zoom mishap

Authorities demand probe as fire ravages Jujuy national park

More sales, less profits: Glass half-full for Argentine wine producers

Axel Kicillof explicó su furcio y criticó a los medios: "Nadie habla de 'Baronesas del conurbano'"

Sergio Berni: "Macri garantizaba la paz social en la calle pagándole a los piqueteros"

Córdoba | El coronavirus se llevó la vida de un matrimonio de médicos en tan solo 7 días

Mauricio Macri: "Hoy el peronismo es el partido de los que no trabajan"

Nodio | Cruces con fuertes acusaciones entre Waldo Wolff, Miriam Lewin y Gabriela Cerruti