Argentina
Argentina in turmoil
by Jérôme Duval
24 October 2018
After Argentine President Mauricio Macri announced, on 3rd September, a brutal austerity plan under IMF supervision, the people hit the...
Le mariage forcé entre l’Argentine et le FMI tourne au fiasco
Par Jérôme Duva
l3 Octobre 2018
Alors que le mécontentement du peuple argentin grossit de jour en jour, le président Mauricio Macri s’envole pour les États-Unis....
‘Suicidal’: Argentine Gov’t Reaches Deal with IMF, Recent Borrowing Reaches $57B
27 September 2018
A bigger loan and the early release of funds were agreed on by Argentina and the IMF, despite warnings by labor unions.
Argentina's...
Solidarity with the imprisoned popular economy’s workers and political leaders of...
A new act of police harassment took place today against the Senegalese street vendors who work daily in the neighborhood of Constitución, Buenos Aires....
Argentina Hikes Interest Rate to 60% as Peso Crashes
30 August 2018
The currency hit a new record low Thursday of 39 pesos per U.S. dollar, making it the world's worst-performing currency.
Argentina's central bank yanked...
Argentina Is Persecuting Abortion Rights Activists
16 August 2018
Three police raids took place Wednesday in the small city of Rio Grande, in Argentina, against feminist activists.
The justice system of the...
The global implications of the Turkish lira crisis
16 August 2018
As the tenth anniversary of the onset of the 2008 global financial crisis approaches, the ongoing turmoil engulfing the Turkish lira sounds...
Argentina’s Economy Contracts by 5.8% Amid Austerity
25 July 2018
The decrease in economic activity in Argentina is recorded as the country applies IMF-sponsored austerity policies.
Argentina’s Statistics and Census agency, the Indec,...
Two social indigenous leaders traveled to Italy invited by the Vatican
On June 24, Myriam Sotelo, from Esteros del Iberá (a Guaraní community) and Teresa Tripailaf, from Linares de San Martín de los Andes (a...
Argentina: Over 60 Social Movements Protest US ‘Military Base’
12 July 2018
In Argentina, political parties, social organizations, human rights groups, workers’ unions and Mapuches held a caravan to protest the installation of a...