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Almost 12 million Argentines are poor. What do we know about them?

The INDEC published Argentina’s official poverty stats for the first semester of 2023 on Wednesday. According to the report, 40.1% of the population...

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‘Blue dollar’ hits all-time high of AR$800

The informal exchange rate, popularly known as the “blue dollar”, reached AR$800 to the dollar, its highest-ever recorded value. The government...

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Satanism, Star Trek, and an army of gauchos: a peek into Argentina’s video game scene

From highly personal indie passion projects to entries in billion-dollar world-famous franchises, the Argentine video game scene is booming. That...

24.09.2023 10

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Dollarization and cloning: Milei reveals who he’d appoint in 2 key posts if he wins the election

Far-right libertarian presidential candidate Javier Milei revealed on Friday that if he wins the election, he’d appoint economist and dollarization...

23.09.2023 40

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Mary-Claire King in Argentina: ‘There is always more work to do’

“There are more,” Mary-Claire King thinks every time that, in Seattle, she gets the news that another Argentine grandchild recovered their...

22.09.2023 20

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Government marks clandestine prison where Jacobo Timerman was held

“It’s the army, open up!” Someone was knocking violently on Jacobo Timerman’s door. It was the early morning of April 15, 1977, at the height...

22.09.2023 30

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Government files 2024 budget, treatment is expected after the elections

Hours before the legal deadline, the Economy Ministry presented the 2024 budget bill, the road map in which the government establishes the main...

16.09.2023 20

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Monthly inflation rate hits 12.4%, a 32-year high

Argentina’s monthly inflation rate was 12.4% in August, according to the National Institute for Statistics and Census (INDEC, for its Spanish...

13.09.2023 8

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Milei attempts to troll Massa in letter about national budget bill

Far-right presidential hopeful Javier Milei sent a letter to Economy Minister and Unión por la Patria candidate Sergio Massa on Tuesday, asking him...

13.09.2023 30

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‘Dirty Wars’: a video game where you can fight in the Chilean resistance

Editor’s Note: It’s the Herald’s policy not to use the term “dirty wars” due to its denialist associations. We’ve decided to use it here...

10.09.2023 8

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YPF expropriation ruling: politicians trade barbs as shares fall

Argentine politicians crossed swords on Friday after U.S. Judge Loretta Preska ruled against Argentina in the lawsuit over the 2012 expropriation of...

09.09.2023 30

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Post-devaluation inflation: prices up 10.8% in Buenos Aires City

Monthly inflation for Buenos Aires was 10.8% in August, according to the city government’s first price index since last month’s 22% devaluation of...

08.09.2023 10

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Argentina’s growing ‘polyworker’ scene: they already outnumber the unemployed

From Monday to Thursday, Luciana Balbuena, 36, teaches in four different high schools in La Plata, Buenos Aires province. From Monday to Saturday, she...

03.09.2023 10

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Government gets AR$464 billion in ‘surprise’ bond auction

The government raised AR$464 billion through peso securities in the local market in an off-schedule auction that took place on Friday. The goalwas to...

02.09.2023 10

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Cristina Kirchner assassination bid a year on: what we know so far

Exactly one year ago, Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was outside her Recoleta home, surrounded by hundreds of enthusiastic supporters....

02.09.2023 30

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How AI is helping keep the Abuelas’ legacy intact

Every day for 40 years, a grandmother bent over a desk, patiently cutting out news articles with a pair of scissors. Raquel Radío de Mazcurra was...

01.09.2023 10

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After 10 months, the Atucha II nuclear power plant is back online

Atucha II is a natural uranium-fueled reactor 100 kilometers from Buenos Aires City. It was the last nuclear power plant built by Siemens before the...

31.08.2023 20

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Business leaders criticize government-backed bonuses for workers

Multiple Argentine business associations spoke out against the two AR$30,000 bonuses for workers earning less than AR$400,000 a month — one of the...

30.08.2023 20

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IMF staff report on Argentina: ‘Program has gone off track’

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) considered that Argentina’s Fund-backed economic program has gone “off track” and that its economy has...

26.08.2023 20

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Central Bank to start monitoring all exchange houses in real time

The Central Bank started to require exchange houses and agencies to carry out all their transactions under an electronic system on Thursday, in a bid...

26.08.2023 30

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Deputies approve Rental Law reform

The Chamber of Deputies passed a reform which, if approved by the Senate, would change the country’s Rental Law, shortening contract periods and...

24.08.2023 40

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Election, devaluation, dollarization: consulting firms weigh in

Far-right libertarian Javier Milei’s victory in Sunday’s presidential primaries took the market by surprise and the government decided to devalue...

20.08.2023 10

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Government announces a price freeze on consumer goods, gas

Following the 12,5% raise in gas prices most oil companies decided after Monday’s devaluation, Economy Minister Sergio Massa announced on Thursday...

19.08.2023 10

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Milei promises IMF ‘significant’ cuts in Argentina if elected

International Monetary Fund (IMF) representatives met with the economic teams of Javier Milei and Patricia Bullrich, the presidential candidates of...

19.08.2023 40

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Government turns to price agreements following devaluation

Following a 22% devaluation of the peso and tensions after Sunday’s primaries, the Economy Ministry has created a new “price renegotiation unit”...

17.08.2023 40

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First contact: IMF to have meetings with Bullrich, Milei

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) contacted presidential hopefuls Javier Milei and Patricia Bullrich to coordinate meetings, sources close to the...

16.08.2023 20

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Devaluation uncertainty: market reactions, government strategies

After devaluing the peso by 22% on Monday, the government is deploying a variety of strategies to mitigate its expected impact on prices while...

16.08.2023 60

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Javier Milei: the fringe economist pundit turned presidential frontrunner

“Do you agree with [legalizing] selling organs?” journalist Jorge Lanata asked presidential hopeful Javier Milei.  Milei, who at that moment was...

14.08.2023 30

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Santiago Maldonado death: four gendarmes acquitted

Trelew judge Gustavo Lleral has acquitted all four military police officers who were under investigation over the August 2017 disappearance and death...

12.08.2023 20

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Why does the US dollar go up before elections in Argentina?

Argentines and the US dollar have a very special relationship and have come to know what to expect from each other. For instance, people in the...

11.08.2023 20

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‘Blue dollar’ breaches AR$600 mark

The informal US dollar exchange rate, popularly known as the “blue dollar,” breached the AR$600 mark for the first time on Wednesday just days...

10.08.2023 20

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Campaign rallies suspended following death of 11-year-old

Candidates from the ruling and opposition coalitions suspended their closing campaign rallies for Sunday’s primaries due to the death of an...

10.08.2023 4

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White flag in JxC: Larreta and Bullrich to expect primary results together

Buenos Aires city mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta and former security minister Patricia Bullrich will expect the primary election results that’ll...

05.08.2023 10

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Government further restricts access to USD bond market

The National Securities Commission (CNV, by its Spanish initials) announced new restrictions on authorizations to buy bonds in US dollars on Thursday....

04.08.2023 30

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US ambassador meets with left-wing UxP presidential candidate

Unión por la Patria’s left-wing presidential candidate in the primaries Juan Grabois met United States Ambassador to Argentina Marc Stanley on...

03.08.2023 4

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Argentina to take US$1 billion loan to pay the IMF

The Development Bank of Latin America (CAF, its Spanish acronym) approved a short-term US$1 billion loan for Argentina Friday night, which the country...

29.07.2023 10

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The Central Bank changes the publication date of a key inflation report

The Central Bank announced that, starting in August, it will publish its monthly market expectation survey (REM, by its Spanish initials) on inflation...

27.07.2023 4

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London GDP-linked debt: Argentina awaits permission to appeal a US$1.5 bn ruling

Argentina will have to pay 1.33 billion euro (US$1.46 billion) to a group of hedge funds if the British Court of Appeal rules that the country cannot...

22.07.2023 30

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IMF-Argentina negotiations continue amid intense speculation

Negotiations between Argentina and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding the country’s economic program are taking place in Washington,...

21.07.2023 20

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Economy Ministry team makes long-awaited trip to IMF headquarters

After weeks of rumors and cancellations, a team from the Economy Ministry arrived in Washington on Tuesday morning to close ongoing negotiations with...

19.07.2023 30

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Adrián Moreira, the man running a scam posing as a son of desaparecidos

When Agustín Cetrángolo, a member of HIJOS — the movement that groups children of desaparecidos, people who were kidnapped during the last...

16.07.2023 10

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Widespread condemnation after Jujuy police burst on to a college campus without warrant

The unauthorized entrance of Jujuy Police officers into the National University of Jujuy (UNJu) campus to burst into a meeting of the Superior Council...

15.07.2023 20

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Uncertain optimism: no end date for government-IMF negotiations

Negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the fifth review of Argentina’s economic program are “pretty close” to finishing,...

14.07.2023 30

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June inflation dips to 6%

June inflation was 6% according to the National Institute for Statistics and Census (INDEC, its Spanish acronym), a 1.8% drop compared to last...

13.07.2023 8

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‘Blue dollar’ breaches AR$500 mark in record high

The informal dollar exchange rate, popularly known as the “blue dollar,” surpassed the AR$500 mark for the first time in history today. The...

13.07.2023 30

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‘Blue dollar’ breaches record-high AR$500 mark

The informal dollar exchange rate, popularly known as the “blue dollar,” surpassed the AR$500 mark for the first time in history today. The...

13.07.2023 20

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The ‘blue dollar,’ one step away from the AR$500 mark

The informal dollar exchange rate, popularly known as the “blue dollar,” reached today the record-high value of AR$499 per unit — a AR$4...

12.07.2023 20

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Buenos Aires inflation dips to 7.1% in June

Inflation in Argentina’s capital slowed to 7.1% in June from 7.5% in May, according to the city government statistics released on Friday....

07.07.2023 20

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Argentina postpones IMF payments to July 31

The Argentine government will postpone all three of its July payments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the last day of the month. According...

07.07.2023 20

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Argentina postpones IMF payments to July 31

The Argentine government will postpone all three of its July payments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the last day of the month. According...

07.07.2023 8

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