Criminal complaints have been filed against Argentine President Alberto Fernández for non-compliance with the Supreme Court ruling ordering the national government to give the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) 2.95% of the so-called “federal co-participation funds.”
Argentina s Productive Development Minister Daniel Scioli is taking center stage this week as he leaves Wednesday for Sao Paulo on a mission to overcome the sustained trade deficit between his country and Brazil, where he has served as Ambassador up until last month when he was summoned to Buenos Aires to replace Matías Kulfas.
Argentina s Interior Minister Wado De Pedro and Israeli President Issac Herzog discussed agriculture in the South American country and its possible cooperation to feed the world, it was reported.
Covid-19 dominates another year, with the the global vaccine race illustrating the very best and worst of humanity. Aside from coronavirus (a crucial factor in the ‘VIP vaccine’ and ‘Olivosgate’ political scandals), the death of former president Carlos Menem, rising prices and poverty, trigger-happy policing, IMF debt talks and key elections across the region steal the show – including Argentina’s PASO primaries and midterms, which reshape the political landscape. This is 2021: the year that was.