Buenos Aires, Oct 16 (Prensa Latina) The vice-presidential candidate for the Argentinean alliance Unión por la Patria (UP), Agustín Rossi, assured today that in next Sunday's general elections a model of values and society will be at stake.
Regardless of whether Milei is an economic terrorist or whether the government is the architect of its own destruction, the problems caused by the extreme volatility of this week’s four-digit dollar are all too real with panic price increases across the board.
Buenos Aires, Oct 17 (Prensa Latina) Thousands of Argentine workers on Monday took to the streets to gather at the capital's Plaza de Mayo to call for unity, sovereignty, respect for rights and democracy.
Runaway three-digit wage increases impact on multiple fronts. Tussle among unions to clinch the biggest wage hikes, conflict between the CGT and leftist groupings over increasingly poor wage-earners. The business world watches on, fearing escalation.
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.