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We were left with nothing : Argentina s misery deepens in the pandemic 20 Apr, 2021 07:00 AM 9 minutes to read Volunteers at a soup kitchen in the slums of Buenos Aires. The pandemic has added to strains on Argentina s poor. Photo / Sarah Pabst, The New York Times Volunteers at a soup kitchen in the slums of Buenos Aires. The pandemic has added to strains on Argentina s poor. Photo / Sarah Pabst, The New York Times New York Times By: Peter S. Goodman and Daniel Politi The economy contracted by nearly 10 per cent last year, and the country faces a reckoning with the IMF over US$45 billion in debts. ....
(MENAFN - Trend News Agency) Argentina s former President Carlos Menem has died at the age of 90, the Todo Noticias television channel reported on Sunday, Trend reports citing TASS . Menem was taken to hospital with an infection in December 2020 and has been under medical supervision since then. Menem was Argentina s president from 1989 to 1999. Since 2005, he has held a seat in the country s Senate. He faced several trials for his actions during his presidency. In 2013, he was sentenced to seven years in prison on charges of involvement in illegal weapons transfer. In 2015, he was sentenced to 4.5 years on embezzlement charges and in 2019 he was awarded a prison term of three year and nine months for violations during sales of government property. ....