Tag: Argentina
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Puerto Rico declares dengue fever epidemic amid alarming surge of ‘bone breaking’ disease – in warning to spring breakers
[ad_1] Health officials in Puerto Rico have declared an epidemic after an alarming surge of cases of ‘bone-breaking’ disease. The US territory has recorded at least 549 cases of dengue fever this year, and more than 340 have been hospitalized. The health department warned that this is a 140 percent spike from this time last year…
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Government Company Signs Key Lithium Mining Deal With Argentina’s State-Owned Firm
[ad_1] New Delhi: The Ministry of Mines has announced a significant milestone achieved by Khanij Bidesh India Limited (KABIL) by signing an agreement with the state-owned enterprise of Catamarca province of Argentina CATAMARCA MINERA Y ENERGETICA SOCIEDAD DEL ESTADO (CAMYEN SE) on Monday. The agreement was signed in the presence of Governor of Catamarca Lic…
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Argentina sharply devalues its currency and cuts subsidies as part of shock economic measures – Times of India
[ad_1] BUENOS AIRES: Argentina on Tuesday announced a sharp devaluation of its currency and cuts to energy and transportation subsidies as part of shock measures new President Javier Milei says are needed to deal with an economic emergency.Economy Minister Luis Caputo said in a televised message the Argentine peso will be devalued by 50% to…
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Opinion | Argentina Gambles on Milei
[ad_1] When there’s no real alternative, there’s no problem, as the saying goes. And that may be the logic of Argentina voters on Sunday who rejected the catastrophe of Peronist rule in favor of impulsive and charismatic outsider Javier Milei, who promised what for Argentina is the radical change of free-market economics. Mr. Milei, a…
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After Forty Years of Democracy, Argentina Faces a Defining Presidential Runoff
[ad_1] Argentina is just a day away from a Presidential runoff election that may bring to power the most bizarre candidate whom the nation has produced since democracy was restored there, exactly forty years ago. Javier Milei came in second in the first round of voting, on October 22nd, but several polls place him as…
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Taylor Swift’s postponed Argentina show prompts airline to waive flight-change fees
[ad_1] Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Like hurricanes, blizzards or wildfires, Taylor Swift is now prompting an airline to waive ticket-change fees. The popstar said she was postponing a show in Argentina’s capital scheduled for Friday until Sunday because of heavy rain, writing on X, the platform formerly called Twitter:…
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Argentina fuel pump crisis deepens as government threatens export halt – Times of India
[ad_1] BUENOS AIRES: Argentina‘s fuel crisis deepened on Monday as filling stations around Buenos Aires ran out of petrol and long queues formed elsewhere, while the government said it could halt exports to preserve supplies and oil sector workers threatened a strike. The South American country, a major shale oil and gas producer, has suffered…