Argentina

An apparent assassination attempt against Argentina's powerful Vice President Cristina Fernández has shaken the country and threatened to further roil its ...

“It is good that the attacker didn’t know how to use a gun, otherwise he would have been successful. The left-of-center leader is on trial on corruption charges involving public works while she was president from 2007 to 2015. Fernández's security detail seized the gunman and took him away, and the 69-year-old former president of Argentina was unhurt. Several political leaders similarly accused opposition politicians and media outlets of fomenting violence. She had a similar routine every evening. He was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

An apparent assassination attempt against Argentina's powerful Vice President Cristina Fernández has shaken the country and threatened to further roil its ...

“It is good that the attacker didn’t know how to use a gun, otherwise he would have been successful. The left-of-center leader is on trial on corruption charges involving public works while she was president from 2007 to 2015. Fernández’s security detail seized the gunman and took him away, and the 69-year-old former president of Argentina was unhurt. Several political leaders similarly accused opposition politicians and media outlets of fomenting violence. “We have to achieve ... He was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday condemned an attempted shooting on Thursday of Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de ...

"You are acting well, defending Cristina," Lopez Obrador wrote to Fernandez, who has had public differences with his vice president. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

Argentina is facing some of the world's highest inflation, with rates that have topped 70%. The government is on its third economy minister since July and ...

So far, there hasn’t really been one, besides trying to meet the goals set in the IMF deal. The very expectation of a devaluation is causing more people to buy dollars, hold exports or speed up imports, exacerbating the government’s greenback drain. Although the original repayment schedule remains in place, the new deal disburses IMF money to Argentina in a timetable that refinances the original payments by at least four years. So far, a population hardened by decades of economic crisis has not turned to the kind of violent street protests that brought down the insolvent government of Sri Lanka. But the IMF doesn’t just give all the money at once. The central bank is running low on net cash reserves, down to an estimated $2.1 billion as of last week, according to consulting firm Equilibra. In March, the IMF and Fernandez negotiated a new deal with the IMF. Fernandez’s election in 2019 sparked a massive selloff in government bonds that his government later defaulted on. Annual inflation has been above 50% about half the time since then, exacerbating three years of recession. South America’s second-largest economy has almost no access to international capital, and it owes over $40 billion to the International Monetary Fund. Argentina has spent more time than almost any other nation in recession since the 1950s, according to the World Bank. Argentina is facing some of the world’s highest inflation, with rates that have topped 70%.

The World Health Organization is monitoring a cluster of 10 cases of pneumonia from an unknown cause in Argentina in an outbreak that so far has included ...

Tests for known respiratory viruses and other viral, bacterial and fungal agents were all negative, PAHO said. All three people who died had other health conditions. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

Argentine health authorities are investigating a cluster of pneumonia cases from an unknown cause that has led to three deaths among 10 cases identified so ...

Three people have died and several others in Argentina have become sick after developing pneumonia from an unexplained cause, the World Health Organization ...

Jake Dunning, a senior research fellow in emerging and high-consequence infections at the Pandemic Sciences Institute at the University of Oxford, in a statement distributed by the UK-based Science Media Centre. They are also conducting contact tracing and control actions in the healthcare clinic related to the outbreak." pandemic H1N1 influenza, COVID-19, Andes hantavirus infection), so hopefully this cluster will remain relatively small and the underlying cause will be identified quickly," he said. "Pneumonia is very rarely actually diagnosed down to which specific microbe is causing it. The samples are undergoing further analysis. "The cause is currently under investigation by public health authorities and all [hypotheses] are being explored, including viral and other agents," Jasarevic wrote.

The outbreak includes one patient and eight healthcare workers, per the statement, and all cases are related to the same health care center. The illnesses have ...

The PAHO statement says that the three people who died from the illness had other health conditions (called comorbidities), though it didn’t mention what the specific comorbidities were. But context is key, and it’s important to keep in mind that not every new illness turns into a pandemic. The PAHO and WHO are continuing to investigate the outbreak with the Argentinian health authorities. According to the statement, samples have been tested for respiratory viruses (including COVID-19) as well as viral, bacterial, and fungal infections —more than 26 different possible causes in all, according to reporting from The outbreak includes one patient and eight healthcare workers, per the statement, and all cases are related to the same health care center. The illness is causing bilateral

This image taken from a video shows a man pointing a gun at Argentinian Vice President Cristina Fernández outside her home in Buenos Aires. (Televisión Pública ...

“It is good that the attacker didn’t know how to use a gun, otherwise he would have been successful. The left-of-center leader is on trial, charged with corruption related to public works while she was president from 2007 to 2015. But Thursday night’s apparent assassination attempt against the deeply divisive former president shook Argentina — a country with a history of political violence — and worsened tensions in the sharply divided nation. Several political leaders similarly accused opposition politicians and media outlets of fomenting violence. “We have to achieve ... He was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner escaped unharmed on Thursday after a man fired a loaded gun at her that failed to go off inches ...

She could face a 12-year sentence and possible disqualification from public office if convicted on the charges, which she denies. did not fire." It happened as Fernandez de Kirchner stepped out of a car outside her Buenos Aires home, where hundreds of supporters had gathered. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Cristina is still alive because, for some reason yet to be confirmed, the gun ...