Postcards: In homeland of Pope Francis, long absence prompts prayers for return
LUCILA SIGAL, of Reuters, reports from Argentina…
“No to the IMF”: thousands protest in Argentina against debt deal
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaReuters Thousands of Argentines marched through the streets of Buenos Aires on Tuesday to protest against a likely deal with the International Monetary Fund to revamp more than $US40 billion of debt the country cannot pay back. The protesters paraded through the capital with banners saying “no to paying the IMF” and “no […]
“We want justice”: Argentines vent anger after adulterated cocaine kills 22
Tres de Febrero, Argentina Reuters At least 22 people have died in Argentina and more than 80 others have been hospitalised, many on ventilators, after consuming cocaine suspected of being adulterated, local government officials said on Thursday. The cases are clustered around several towns in Buenos Aires province, the country’s most populous and home to […]
“We live day to day”: Almost half of Argentines in shadow of poverty
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Eduardo David Rodriguez takes bags of fruit and vegetables to sell in a fresh produce market in Buenos Aires twice a week to make ends meet for his family. They barely do. Rodriguez, like over four in ten Argentines, lives below the poverty line, a rate which has climbed during the […]
Postcards: In Buenos Aires downtown, a city seeks new lease of life after pandemic “iceberg”
ELIANA RASZEWSKI, of Reuters, reports from the Argentine capital…
Argentines stream through city streets to press for more jobs, food
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaReuters Tens of thousands of Argentines took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Saturday to protest over poverty and a lack of jobs amid a lengthy economic crisis that has only deepened with the coronavirus pandemic. Organisations working with the unemployed and leftist groups led the protest that started at a church […]
Argentine man cleared in deadly bombing at Jewish centre
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaAP A court said Wednesday it has cleared the only Argentine still facing charges in the 1994 bombing that killed 85 people at a Jewish cultural centre in the nation’s capital. The federal court ruling came after former auto dealer Carlos Telleldín again denied knowing that the truck he sold would be used […]
URBAN UPGRADE: BUENOS AIRES BOLD SLUM RENEWAL FORGES AHEAD AMID HOPES AND CONCERNS
JOSEFINA SALOMAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from the Argentine capital…