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COPING WITH THE PANDEMIC

Slum priests, jack-of-all-trades in Buenos Aires’ villas

08-08-2020 09:59 Local church leaders take on all tasks, as they help to keep residents and their communities afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.

CRISIS AHEAD?

Debt deal sealed, but Argentina’s economic woes remain

08-08-2020 09:36 Experts say deal with bondholders ‘takes pressure off’ the government, but warn renegotiating terms of US$44-billion loan with IMF is now the urgent concern.

AS I SEE IT

Alberto, Cristina and a sinking economy

25-07-2020 09:45 Macri’s experience suggests that Alberto’s chances of convincing the moneymen that it would be in their interest to lend Argentina a hand right now are close to zero.

by James Neilson

POLITICS & THE PANDEMIC

Don't plan on a plan from Fernández

25-07-2020 08:20 By shunning “plans” Fernández is emulating his former boss, late former president Néstor Kirchner, who preferred to deal with issues as they came along without committing to a plan that could be easily derided.

by Martín Gambarotta

Global pandemic

Jobless and desperate: post-lockdown reality kicks across globe

23-07-2020 11:26 Many workers' lives have been abruptly upended by the coronavirus pandemic, as job losses in tourism, air travel, food and drink or other industries, hit those both on fixed contracts and in the informal sector.

PERIODISMO PURO / INTERVIEW

Hernán Lacunza: ‘We can’t reset the economy every four years, as we’ve been doing since 1945’

18-07-2020 08:30 Former finance minister Hernán Lacunza on Argentina’s debt restructuring efforts, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, inflation and more.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

AIRLINES & TOURISM

LATAM airline departs Argentina as virus crisis hits home

20-06-2020 10:03 Chilean-Brazilian airline LATAM – which filed for bankruptcy in the US last month – announces its subsidiary in Argentina will cease operations for an indefinite period. More than 1,700 jobs now at risk.

PROTESTS AGAINST RACISM

Trump: US job numbers make it for a 'great day' for George Floyd

06-06-2020 09:52 Eleven days after Floyd's death while handcuffed in the custody of Minneapolis police, Trump said such violence can't be allowed to happen.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Unemployment rate dropped to 8.9% in last quarter of 2019

27-03-2020 00:01 Argentina's unemployment rate fell in the fourth quarter of 2019, the INDEC national statistics bureau revealed Thursday, adding that underemployment rose.

Economic indicators

Data shows businesses in Argentina cutting jobs amid crisis

09-03-2020 08:00 Argentina lost 28,500 private sector jobs in December, the worst monthly decline in four years, according to government data released on Thursday.

Bloomberg

Coronavirus fallout and Congress obstacles put pressure on Bolsonaro

04-03-2020 15:03 Brazilian leader is struggling to engineer an economic take-off, as list of challenges grows.

US GROWTH

Trump rejoices at the surge in job creation, adding 225,000 posts

07-02-2020 20:32 The US economy saw an explosion of new hiring in January. President Donald Trump, who has emerged intact from his impeachment trial, can now trumpet his economic record as he battles to win re-election in November.

Economic Crisis

Unemployment reached 9.7% in third quarter of 2019

19-12-2019 15:04 Racked by economic crisis, Argentina's joblessness rate has actually shown slight improvement.

Transition 2019

Economic crisis looms large as Alberto Fernández assumes office

09-12-2019 17:37 Against a backdrop of near-economic disaster, president-elect's biggest challenges will be leading the country out of recession – and navigating his coalition government.

Transition 2019

Fernández lines up Marco Lavagna to head INDEC statistics bureau

27-11-2019 17:02 Lawmaker and son of the former economy minister Roberto Lavagna will lead the national statistics bureau, president-elect confirms.

NATIONAL STATISTICS BUREAU

Government pushes bill to protect INDEC bureau from 'political pressures'

22-11-2019 10:48 Bill sent to Congress would turn bureau into independent and autonomous unit, amid fears Kirchnerite figures may intervene in institution after December 10.

REGIONAL UNREST SPREADS?

Colombians fill streets hoping to channel wave of discontent

22-11-2019 10:08 Colombians angry with conservative President Iván Duque and hoping to channel Latin America’s wave of discontent took the streets by the tens of thousands Thursday in one of the biggest protests in the nation’s recent history.

Health and Wellness

Studying, meditation, therapy? Finding a way through Argentina's crisis

15-10-2019 18:02 With presidential elections looming and an the economic downturn dragging on, many are finding their own ways of coping with mental stress.

UNEMPLOYMENT

Bakery in Misiones receives thousands of applicants after job posting

11-10-2019 20:14 Unemployment and underemployment crisis reveals itself at small bakery in Posadas, where a search for 15 workers resulted in a line of applicants stretching almost a kilometre long.

Election 2019

Kicillof: 'There are people selling drugs because they have lost their jobs'

07-10-2019 13:50 "From going to the neighborhoods I heard news that due to the drop in employment, there are people who selling drugs," says Kicillof, prompting criticism from Patricia Bullrich and Cristian Ritondo.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC: Unemployment rose to 10.6% in second quarter

19-09-2019 19:05 Around 2.5 million people now out of work. INDEC also reveals economic activity recorded a slight recovery of 0.6% in the second quarter.

JOBLESSNESS

As crisis bites, Argentina’s young adults again face risk of jobless future

07-09-2019 00:37 More than 20% of Argentines aged under 30 are unemployed and the situation looks set to worsen in the coming months, with joblessness disproportionately affecting women.

by Lucas Robinson

ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENTS

Lay-offs: the painful price of an economic downturn

03-11-2018 07:50 Unemployment rose to almost 10 percent in the second quarter of 2018, up almost two percent from the end of 2017.