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Labor reform: police clash with protestors as senate debate continues

Updated 7 p.m. Senators continue debating the government’s labor reform bill in a session that began on Wednesday at 11 a.m.  A slew of...

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Former head of disability agency prosecuted in bribery case

Former head of the now-extinct National Disability Agency Diego Spagnuolo was prosecuted on Monday along with 18 other people — including former government...

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Axel Kicillof to head Peronisms Buenos Aires province party branch

Buenos Aires province Governor Axel Kicillof will be the next leader of the Peronist party  provincial branch after agreeing to run as the...

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Bad Bunnys Nuestra América

For twenty years, I taught a course on Latin American political thought. Bad Bunny may have taught many of the same ideas in...

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Head of Argentinas nuclear power plant company resigns amid corruption allegations

Demián Reidel resigned as the head of Nucleoeléctrica Argentina, the state-owned company that manages the country’s three nuclear power plants, amid corruption allegations....

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Middle class at risk? Industry warns of sector decline as government tightens wage clamp

The Industrial Union of Santa Fe has drawn attention to what it describes as Argentina’s elephant in the room: the erosion of the...

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Government implements disability-sector emergency law after months-long freeze

The Argentine government officially implemented on Wednesday a law that declares an emergency in the disability sector and sets budget allocations for service...

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Argentina to pay over US$800 million of IMF debt with US backing

The Argentine government will pay more than US$800 million in interest to the International Monetary Fund on Monday, as the country continues to...

Congress begins extraordinary sessions with Mileis labor reform in the spotlight

Congress is set to begin the extraordinary sessions period on Monday with a slew of crucial bills to debate.  Until the end of...

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Mileis labor reform seems tailor-made for companies. Business leaders have doubts

The Argentine Congress is set to begin extraordinary sessions in February with a full docket. Among the bills set to be debated are...