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WEB2 days ago · SPORTS BROADCASTING Pirate football streaming sites come under attack from authorities. 15-08-2024 17:18 Argentina’s justice system launches a probe against football piracy in Argentina, shuttering the popular ‘Fútbol Libre’ site and a host of others. Behind the criminal complaints are a group powerful firms, grouped together as the Alianza Contra la Piratería Audiovisual, who are ...
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WEB4 days ago · Child poverty in Argentina Child benefits, food stamps, social policies ‘cannot be a stopgap’ 28-09-2024 06:58 In the first half of 2024, child poverty reached 71 percent with over 1.5 million kids newly impoverished, according to a report from the ACIJ NGO. Despite cuts in the budget dedicated to children in diverse programmes, the AUH (Asignación Universal por Hijo) payment is reaching ...
Villarruel vows to reopen criminal cases against anti-junta guerrillas
WEBAug 28, 2024 · Vice-President Victoria Villarruel promised Tuesday to reopen criminal cases investigating the deaths of victims of left-wing guerrilla fighters who fought against Argentina’s 1976-1983 military dictatorship. The move sparked criticism from human rights groups, who said the conservative leader was disregarding the “genocide” committed ...
Century-old confitería La Ideal reopens after six-year closure
WEBNov 15, 2022 · The historic venue at 300 Calle Suipacha, near the corner of Avenida Corrientes, close to rival confiterías Del Molino, Las Violetas, Tortoni, La Giralda and La Puerto Rico, among others, was the best expression of the local gastronomic world for a good part of the first decades of the last century. It …
Milei lowers key import tariff to cool inflation
WEBAug 28, 2024 · Economy Minister Luis Caputo announced Argentina would lower a levy known as the PAIS tax on imports from 17.5 percent to 7.5 percent. The Milei administration actually increased the tax after taking office December 10 in an effort to boost federal revenues and close a fiscal deficit, but the higher tariff has elevated prices on imports.
Inflation hit 94.8% in 2022, highest rate in 32 years
WEBJan 12, 2023 · Argentina registered inflation of 94.8 percent in 2022 – its highest official annual figure since 1991 and the hyperinflation registered in the late 1980s and at the beginning of the 1990s, the INDEC national statistics bureau confirmed on Thursday. Latin America's third-largest economy has been suffering from runaway price hikes throughout ...
Why is Argentina’s national team known as ‘La Scaloneta’?
WEBNov 17, 2022 · The Albiceleste is now also the Scaloneta, a sort of symbolic van with Lionel Scaloni at the wheel. The nickname has become more and more popular ahead of the World Cup in Qatar, with Argentina seen as one of the big favourites to win the trophy. There are different theories as to which moment was the definitive boost for …
Argentina arrests ex-member of Italy's Red Brigades
WEBAug 29, 2024 · A former member of Italian Marxist-Leninist armed group the Red Brigades was arrested in Argentina on Thursday, authorities in Rome and Buenos Aires said. Leonardo Bertulazzi was detained after authorities in Argentina revoked the refugee status he had obtained in the country in 2004 and following a …
Selling your soul to the devil? | Buenos Aires Times
WEBAug 31, 2024 · Caputo, who is quickly becoming Macri’s nemesis, controls the spy agency through Sergio Neiffert, the latest “Mr. 5,” and the Milei administration’s official communications strategy, including the so-called “troll army” which loves to target the former president. Macri, who knows all too well the power of using the spy agencies ...