News of tarifas

Argentina plows ahead with utility-subsidy cuts key to IMF deal

16-08-2022 19:17 Plan is to impose the steepest increases on high earners and shield low-income users from the same treatment across gas, electric and water bills.

TARIFAS TRANSFORMED

Government unveils new segmentation plan for public service billing

17-06-2022 09:46 New plan to segment price increases for utilities and public services, one of the nation’s most politically sensitive topics.

ECONOMY

Argentina to ‘take more time’ reducing energy subsidies

30-05-2022 16:16 Argentina will reduce energy subsidies for utility bills at a slower pace than anticipated because of higher costs stemming from the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

economy

Kirchnerites told to resign if they won’t approve gas, electricity hikes

13-05-2022 00:06 Challenging critical Kirchnerite voices, sources close to the Presidency said this week that any public official that opposes rises in utility prices “will not be able to continue in the government.”

IMF DEBT DEAL

IMF focus on saving Argentina from dangerous inflation path

04-02-2022 11:00 IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says lessons have been learned from 2018 and that the Fund's "main focus" is to help Argentina tackle high inflation.

EDITORIAL

Power politics

15-01-2022 02:00 If the government cannot scale back the subsidy mountain for billing which is a virtual invitation to squander energy, an IMF agreement will be an even longer shot than it seems now – a deadlock where both the problem and its solution is increasingly seen as “geopolitical.”