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This remote town is also where an alleged graft and money-laundering scheme related to the El Calafate hotels owned by the Kirchner family took place. In El Calafate, architect Walter Pieroni said some properties on the edge of the main commercial center could go days without water because of poor planning. In Santa Cruz, a province of some 333,000 people, fixing things was once the role of the Kirchners. Under the Kirchners, an airport was built in El Calafate, roads were paved to the glaciers, and plots of land were distributed to locals. "But they created a model that does not work and now our children have no future in this country," said Feldman, who has lived in El Calafate since 1987.

Persons: RIO, Alicia Kirchner, Kirchner, Javier Milei, Milei, " Kirchner, Nestor Kirchner, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Fernandez de Kirchner, Alberto Fernandez, Patricia Bullrich, Sergio Massa, Santa Cruz, Brian Franco, Moreno, Franco, Eugenio Quiroga, El, Walter Pieroni, Weeks, Pieroni, Guillermo Carnevale, Peronist Fernandez, Mauricio Macri, Kirchnerism, Ana, Guerrero, hadn't, We've, Danny Feldman, Feldman, Lucinda Elliott, Adam Jourdan, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Peronist, Reuters, International Monetary Fund, El, Suppliers, Thomson Locations: Argentina, Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Santa, China, Brazil, El Calafate, Spain, Germany, Buenos Aires

☆ Argentina voters on a knife-edge as presidential election nears
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Horacio Soria | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] Workers unload ballot boxes and voting material from a truck, ahead of the presidential election, at a school on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina October 21, 2023. The vote is a tight three-way race between frontrunner radical outsider Javier Milei, ruling Peronist Economy Minister Sergio Massa and center-right former security minister Patricia Bullrich, all offering starkly different visions for Argentina. Libertarian economist Milei is in pole position to win, though would likely face a second round. "It seems to me that it is time for change, to see how we can alter the reality of the country." Reporting by Horacio Soria and Juan Bustamante; Writing by Adam Jourdan; Editing by Daniel WallisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mariana Nedelcu, Javier Milei, Sergio Massa, Patricia Bullrich, Soledad Sanchez, Bullrich, Milei, Massa, pollsters, Hernan Etchaleco, Agustin Geist, Horacio Soria, Juan Bustamante, Adam Jourdan, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Workers, REUTERS, Argentine, Peronist Economy, International Monetary Fund, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, Peronist, Bullrich

☆ Argentine voters, fired up by anger, ready to leap into the political void
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Nicolás Misculin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBUENOS AIRES, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Argentina may be about to leap into the political unknown. Many blame the political elite and have latched on to Milei's burn-it-all-down rhetoric. That will impact the make-up of Congress, which is being partially renewed and will likely end up fragmented. Many voters, however, appeared resigned to a Milei win - a reflection of how the former television pundit has managed to take hold of the political narrative, leveraging memes and videos online that have resonated with younger voters. "I'm going to vote for Massa, but Milei is going to win," said Stella Buk, 65, who has a book stall at the Parque Centenario fair.

Persons: Javier Milei, Agustin Marcarian, Sergio Massa, Patricia Bullrich, I'm, Sebastián Pizzo, Milei, Mariel Fornoni, Massa, Carlos Fara, Milei's, Mariel Segovia, Adriana Schedfin, Mabel Baez, Baez, Stella Buk, Nicolas Misculin, Adam Jourdan, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Argentine, La Libertad, REUTERS, International Monetary Fund, Management, Massa, Parque Centenario, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, Brazil, Asia, Europe, China, Tapiales, Argentine

☆ Argentine Voters, Fired up by Anger, Ready to Leap Into the Political Void
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +5 min

By Nicolás MisculinBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina may be about to leap into the political unknown. Many blame the political elite and have latched on to Milei's burn-it-all-down rhetoric. That will impact the make-up of Congress, which is being partially renewed and will likely end up fragmented. Many voters, however, appeared resigned to a Milei win - a reflection of how the former television pundit has managed to take hold of the political narrative, leveraging memes and videos online that have resonated with younger voters. "I'm going to vote for Massa, but Milei is going to win," said Stella Buk, 65, who has a book stall at the Parque Centenario fair.

Persons: Javier Milei, Sergio Massa, Patricia Bullrich, I'm, Sebastián Pizzo, Milei, Mariel Fornoni, Massa, Carlos Fara, Milei's, Mariel Segovia, Adriana Schedfin, Mabel Baez, Baez, Stella Buk, Nicolas Misculin, Adam Jourdan, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Reuters, Argentine, International Monetary Fund, Management, Massa, Parque Centenario Locations: Misculin BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Brazil, Buenos Aires, Asia, Europe, China, Tapiales, Argentine

☆ Argentina braces for election with economy in 'intensive care'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Eliana Raszewski | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

"It is an economy that is in intensive care," Miguel Kiguel, a former undersecretary of finance at the Economy Ministry in the 1990s, told Reuters. "The main challenge is to get Argentina out of stagnation, but to do that you have to lower inflation." J.P. Morgan has estimated inflation will end 2023 at 210%, while a central bank poll of analysts forecast 180%. In a bid to tamp down inflation Argentina's central bank has hiked the benchmark interest rate to 133%, which encourages saving in pesos, but hurts access to credit and economic growth. Milei wants to ditch the peso completely and dollarize the economy, while Bullrich says she favors a dual peso-dollar system.

Persons: Javier Milei, Sergio Massa, Patricia Bullrich, Miguel Kiguel, J.P, Morgan, Fernando Morra, Bullrich, Eliana Raszewski, Adam Jourdan, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Argentine, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Economy Ministry, Reuters, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Coldplay, Reuters Graphics, CENTRAL, International Monetary Fund, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, China, Brazil

"He is the change that Argentina needs," said 28-year-old Milei voter Ayrton Ortiz at a recent rally in Buenos Aires province in support of the candidate. Those working with his campaign say it is his authenticity that has made him so successful, especially with two-fifths of the population in poverty and looking for a new voice. "You can like him or not, but he is himself," said Fernando Cerimedo, a political consultant who works on Milei's campaign. Many Milei voters say they are willing to take the risk. At the end of the month, you see how they count pennies and cry," said Milei voter Valentina Brites, 18.

Persons: Javier Milei, Agustin Marcarian, Juan Luis Gonzalez, Gonzalez, Milei, Donald Trump, Beppe Grillo, Ayrton Ortiz, Sergio Massa, Patricia Bullrich, MURRAY, MILTON, ROBERT AND LUCAS Milei, Karina, Conan, Murray, Milton, Robert, Lucas, Milton Friedman, Eduardo Eurnekian, Fernando Cerimedo, Fernando Morra, Valentina Brites, Javier, Anna, Catherine Brigida, Eliana Raszewksi, Lucinda Elliott, Adam Jourdan, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Argentine, La Libertad Avanza, REUTERS, American, Peronist, Forces, Libertad Avanza, Reuters, Thomson Locations: La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, Argentine, Candelaria

☆ Sergio Massa: can Argentine political wheeler-dealer save Peronism?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Nicolás Misculin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Argentina's Economic Minister Sergio Massa and Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad (not pictured) hold a news conference, at the Casa Rosada presidential palace in Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 23, 2023. Massa has his own political structures," a spokesman for the ruling party told Reuters. He studied at a Catholic school in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, joined a conservative political party and then shifted to Peronism. He rose to chief of staff under Fernandez de Kirchner(2007-15), though later left her government under a cloud and set up his own political party. He finished third in the first round of voting when he ran for president in 2015, before he returned to the Peronist coalition as a congressman in 2019.

Persons: Sergio Massa, Fernando Haddad, Agustin Marcarian, Javier Milei, Massa, Julio Burdman, Agustin Rossi, Patricia Bullrich, Alberto Fernandez, grandee Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Kirchner, Fernandez de Kirchner, Nicolás Misculin, Adam Jourdan, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Argentina's Economic, Brazil's Finance, Casa, REUTERS, Peronist, Observatory, Reuters, International Monetary Fund, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, U.S, Peronism, Tigre

[1/3] Simon Rubinstein, 17, casts his first vote ever, in the presidential primary election, in Buenos Aires, Argentina August 13, 2023. Argentina is one of a handful of Latin American countries that allows 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote. Kremenchuzky, nicknamed "Toto," 17, is part of that teenage electorate. In an August open primary vote, Toto voted for conservative Patricia Bullrich - which he puts down to influence from his parents - but says he could shift his vote in October to Milei if the libertarian convinces him in election debates. However, Milei's conservative social views and promise of sharp cuts to government spending are off-putting to some young voters.

Persons: Simon Rubinstein, Magali, Tomas Kremenchuzky, Kremenchuzky, Toto, Javier Milei, thieving, He's, Patricia Bullrich, Milei, Rocio Pozzetti, Sergio Massa, Massa, Pozzetti, Noelle Chab, Rubinstein, Magali Druscovich, Lucila Sigal, Adam Jourdan, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: REUTERS, Peronist, Milei, Bullrich, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, Argentine, Milei

"You have to have a backbone to govern this country," Bullrich, the candidate for the Together for Change coalition, told Reuters at a recent press event. Bullrich is facing front-runner libertarian economist Javier Milei, who is promising more extreme policies, and economy minister Sergio Massa. She also cited the strong political machinery of the conservative coalition. Bullrich, replying to Reuters, said that the coalition - win or lose - would be a strong political force with around 10-11 governors and large presence in Congress. Another voter, 61-year-old retiree Patricia Amalia Rojas, said she backed Bullrich for her tough line on gangs and crime.

Persons: Patricia Bullrich, Bullrich, Javier Milei, Sergio Massa, Fernando de la Rua, Mauricio Macri, Cristian Ritondo, Maria Alejandra Ferreyra, Milei, Horacio Larreta, Ana Balcarce, Lomas de Zamora, Macri, Facundo Martinez Maino, Patricia Amalia Rojas, Eliana Raszewski, Adam Jourdan, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Peronist, Change, Reuters, Milei, Massa, Buenos Aires, University of Avellaneda, Lomas, Monetary Fund, Thomson Locations: BUENOS AIRES, Argentine, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Bullrich, Buenos

While most traders are waiting on the sidelines, anxious about the election and unsure of libertarian frontrunner Javier Milei, some daring bond investors are moving in. "There has been a lot of pain from being invested in Argentina over the past decade," Reed said. Rob Citrone, founder of U.S.-based hedge fund Discovery Capital Management, said Argentina presented one of the best opportunities in emerging markets. The depressed values offer another reason to be bullish on Argentina's debt, said Thomas Haugaard, a portfolio manager on the emerging markets debt hard currency team at Janus Henderson Investments in Copenhagen. Armando Armenta, an analyst for Latin American fixed-income and currency markets at AllianceBernstein in New York, said it was a mixed picture.

Persons: Javier Milei, Cristina Sille, Milei, Patricia Bullrich, Sergio Massa, Christine Reed, Reed, Bullrich, Mauricio Macri's, Massa, Rob Citrone, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Fernandez de Kirchner, Thomas Haugaard, Janus Henderson, Haugaard, Morgan Stanley, Armando Armenta, Milei's, Rodrigo Campos, Carolina Mandl, Adam Jourdan, Paul Simao Organizations: Argentine, REUTERS, Peronist, International Monetary Fund, U.S, Discovery Capital Management, Reuters Graphics Reuters, BancTrust, Reuters, Janus, Janus Henderson Investments, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, New York, Ghana, Sri Lanka, Copenhagen, Congress, AllianceBernstein

☆ The Buenos Aires barber's books: a history of 19,900% inflation
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Adam Jourdan | Thomson Reuters | Regional Bureau Chief In South Latin America With Previous Experience Leading Corporate News Coverage In China | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian Acquire Licensing RightsBUENOS AIRES, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The hand-written entries in the two dozen notebooks - date, haircut, price - chronicle decades of a Buenos Aires barber's working life. A price of 15 pesos equaled $15 with the currency peg. In her first term the haircut price rose 117%, speeding to 200% in her second term. Haircut prices rose 133% in his four years. The earliest health insurance bill he has was 798 pesos in 2007, since when it has hit 142,636 pesos, outstripping his haircut prices.

Persons: Barber Ruben Galante, Luciano Munoz, Agustin Marcarian, Ruben Galante, Alberto Fernandez, it's, Galante, Javier Milei, he's, Carlos Menem, Raul Alfonsin, Fernando de la Rua, de la Rua, Nestor Kirchner, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Nestor's, Mauricio Macri, That's, Milei, Patricia Bullrich, Sergio Massa, Luciano Muñoz, Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi, Adam Jourdan, Eliana Raszewski, Prinz, Claudia Parsons Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Reuters Graphics Reuters Graphics, Currency, Reuters Graphics, Monetary Fund, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, Belgrano, United States

☆ Argentina Inc doesn't want dollarization, business leaders say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Jorge Otaola | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Supporters of Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei hold dollar bills with his face on them, during a campaign rally, in Buenos Aires, Argentina September 25, 2023. REUTERS/Cristina Sille/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMAR DEL PLATA, Argentina, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Corporate Argentina is strongly against full dollarization of the economy, one of the key proposals of presidential election frontrunner Javier Milei, according to 125 business people Reuters spoke to. The survey gives the clearest and most in-depth view yet on how corporate Argentina sees the dollarization debate, which is at the heart of the election race towards the Oct. 22 vote. Some two-thirds of those Reuters spoke to supported a bi-monetary system proposed by conservative candidate Patricia Bullrich, who is popular with business leaders but lagging in wider opinion polls. Most business people surveyed at the IDEA business summit said it was important to keep the peso to be able to adjust monetary variables and maintain competitiveness.

Persons: Javier Milei, Cristina Sille, Patricia Bullrich, Milei, Sergio Massa, Jorge Otaola, Adam Jourdan, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Argentine, REUTERS, DEL PLATA, Reuters, IDEA, Massa, Milei, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mar del Plata, Ecuador, El Salvador

☆ Exclusive: Argentina's soy crushers face 'disaster' as bean shortage sharpens, chamber head says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Maximilian Heath | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Soy plants are seen in a farm near Pergamino, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires in Argentina April 27, 2021. "With those 3 million tons we have to survive until May 2024," he said. "Argentina may total 10 million tons of (soy) imports this year," Idigoras said, a new estimate. Government data show a record 8.2 million tons of soy imports until August, already over the 6.4 million tons for the entire drought-hit 2018. Last season's wheat harvest was cut in half to some 11.5 million tons, according to the local Rosario grains exchange, which estimates a better 15 million tons for the current season.

Persons: Agustin Marcarian, Gustavo Idigoras, CIARA, Idigoras, Maximilian Heath, Nicolas Misculin, Adam Jourdan, David Gregorio Our Organizations: REUTERS, Bunge, Cargill, Neighbor, Ministry of Agriculture, Thomson Locations: Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, Parana, Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil, Rosario

REUTERS/Cristina Sille Acquire Licensing RightsBUENOS AIRES, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Argentina's presidential election race is putting abortion access and women's rights in the spotlight, sparking fierce debate in a country that has been a pioneer in expanding reproductive rights in Latin America. The election frontrunner, economist Javier Milei, opposes abortion and wants to hold a referendum on whether the 2020 legalization of abortion before the 14th week of pregnancy should be repealed. He also wants to shut the ministry of women, gender and diversity, which he has called a type of "affirmative action" that is degrading towards women. She would leave abortion laws unchanged, though also close the women's ministry. Repealing the abortion law is not on their agenda, because "Argentina already had that debate," she told Reuters.

Persons: Javier Milei, Cristina Sille, Sergio Massa, Patricia Bullrich, Myriam Bregman, Eugenia Rolon, influencer, Nelly Borquez, Karina, Victoria Villarruel, Javier doesn't, Valentina Brites, Ayelen, Milei, Massa, Silvia Lospennato, Bullrich, Anna, Catherine Brigida, Candelaria Grimberg, Lucinda Elliott, Adam Jourdan, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Argentine, La Libertad, REUTERS, Reuters, Milei, Taquion Research, PRO, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, Latin America, American

☆ Buenos Aires central square becomes nighttime soup kitchen as poverty hits 40%
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Miguel Lo Bianco | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Demonstrators camp outside the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace, as unemployed and informal workers protest to demand more subsidies from the national government, at Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina April 19, 2023. Standing in a long line for food in the central square that is flanked by the Casa Rosada presidential palace, Erica Maya, 45, told Reuters she could earn just 3,000-4,000 pesos working all day collecting cardboard, worth $4 at real exchange rates. "We estimate the level of poverty in Argentina at 40% of the population," said Eduardo Donza, from the Social Debt Observatory of the Catholic University. "I have resorted to selling tortillas to find a way for my family and my daughter to survive," said Diego Ortiz, 30, as he cooked flour tortillas over hot coals in a Buenos Aires suburb. Reporting by Miguel Lo Bianco; Writing by Nicolas Misculin; Editing by Adam Jourdan and Rosalba O'BrienOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mariana Nedelcu, Erica Maya, Sergio Massa, Javier Milei, Conservative Patricia Bullrich, Eduardo Donza, Donza, Diego Ortiz, Miguel Lo Bianco, Nicolas Misculin, Adam Jourdan, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Casa, Plaza de Mayo, REUTERS, Reuters, Peronist, Economy, Conservative, Social, Catholic University, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, de Mayo

☆ Peru seeks mining investment revival with pledge to end 'chaos, disorder'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Marco Aquino | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] Trucks remain stuck during a roadblock caused due to a demonstration by anti-government protestors demanding the resignation of Peru's President Dina Boluarte, in Condoroma in Cusco region, Peru February 4, 2023. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSummaryCompanies Peru mining investment expected to drop 18% this yearMiners push to use contractorsGovernment aims to streamline environmental permittingLIMA, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Peru is looking to put the "chaos" of months-long protests earlier this year behind it to revitalize flagging mining investment in the world's no. As a mining conference in the southern Andean region of Arequipa got started this week, Prime Minister Alberto Otarola addressed concerns about political instability and protests that have led to an expected 18% drop in mining investment this year. The last major investment in Peru was Anglo American (AAL.L)'s $5 billion Quellaveco project, which came online last year and has helped buffer production figures. Reuters GraphicsReporting by Marco Aquino; Editing by Adam Jourdan and Sonali PaulOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dina Boluarte, Pilar Olivares, Alberto Otarola, Otarola, Raúl Jacob, Pedro Castillo, Boluarte, Mines Oscar Vera, Victor Gobitz, Gobitz, Marco Aquino, Adam Jourdan, Sonali Paul Organizations: REUTERS, Companies, Miners, Reuters, Mining, Grupo Mexico's, Reuters Graphics, of Energy, Mines, BHP, Mitsubishi, Thomson Locations: Condoroma, Cusco region, Peru, Companies Peru, LIMA, Arequipa, American, Teck

☆ Argentina wheat sales stall as farmers wait for election, rains
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Maximilian Heath | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

This figure compares with 5.28 million tons recorded at almost the same date 2022/23, according to the farming secretariat. The Buenos Aires grains exchange forecasts a 2023/24 wheat harvest of 16.5 million tons, up from the previous drought-hit harvest but lower than a peak of 22.4 million tons in 2021/22. Reuters GraphicsWEATHER AT PLAYThe other factor that is holding wheat sales in the weather, after a historic drought hammered crops over the last year. Cane agreed that, along with a drop in international wheat prices compared with last season, climate uncertainty is weighing farmers as they wait for heavier rainfall. A report on Wednesday by the Rosario grains exchange said heavier rain may only arrive "in the last days of September or the first days of October."

Persons: Nina, Agustin Marcarian, Miguel Cane, Cane, Patricia Bullrich, Javier Milei, Sergio Massa, Roberto Frigo, Rosario de Tala, Frigo, Maximilian Heath, Nicolás Misculin, Adam Jourdan, Marguerita Choy Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Entre, Tala, Thomson Locations: Navarro, Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, El, Rosario de, Entre Rios, Rosario

"Social media is the new way of doing politics," said Eugenia Rolon, an 21-year-old influencer who describes herself as anti-feminist and fighter of a "cultural battle" against progressive ideas. Cerimedo said social media support for Milei was organic, and played down previous comments he made to local media that he had used AI-powered trolls. "Many people said Javier was going to do poorly because what happened on social media was my trolls," Cerimedo said. Agustin Romo, 27, a legislative candidate for Buenos Aires province with Milei's Libertad Avanza party, informally coordinates the social media team. "These are people who are contributing their grain of sand where they can, so that Argentina changes and Javier Milei becomes president," Romo said.

Persons: Javier Milei, Karina Milei, Agustin Marcarian, Elon Musk, Eugenia Rolon, Donald Trump, Jair, Milei, That's, Sergio Massa, Patricia Bullrich, Tucker Carlson, Bolsonaro, Diego Corbalan, Bullrich, Jeremias Madrazo, Madrazo, Massa, Inaki Gutierrez, Argentine, Fernando Cerimedo, Cerimedo, Javier, Carlson, Musk, overspending, Agustin Romo, Romo, Anna, Catherine Brigida, Adam Jourdan, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Argentine, La Libertad, REUTERS, Elon, YouTube, Reuters, Peronist, Buenos, Milei's Libertad, Thomson Locations: La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, Massa, Milei's Libertad Avanza, Candelaria

☆ A tale of two central banks as Uruguay rises and Argentina slides
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Lucinda Elliott | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Diego Labat, Central Bank Governor of Uruguay, poses for a picture during an interview with Reuters, in Montevideo, Uruguay September 8, 2023. REUTERS/Lucinda Elliott/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMONTEVIDEO, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Diego Labat, Uruguay's central bank chief, is sitting pretty. "A problem in Argentina back then was a problem in Uruguay," Labat said. Argentina's net central bank reserves are also estimated to be in the red, hurting its ability to make payments as it battles to keep a $44 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) program alive. Total non-resident deposits have fallen to 8%, from a peak of 41.5% in 2001, central bank data show.

Persons: Diego Labat, Lucinda Elliott, Labat, Uruguay's, That's, Adam Jourdan, David Holmes Organizations: Central Bank Governor, Reuters, REUTERS, Rights, European Union, Monetary Fund, Reuters Graphics, JPMorgan, Thomson Locations: Uruguay, Montevideo, Rights MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay's, de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, China, Brazil, Chile, America

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott threw for two touchdowns, Zach Wilson had three interceptions in his first start after Aaron Rodgers' season-ending Achilles tendon injury, and the Dallas Cowboys beat the New York Jets 30-10 on Sunday. But New York had just 147 yards outside the long TD, and four second-half turnovers left little doubt for Dallas. Prescott targeted Lamb so much — 13 times, two shy of his career high — it was almost one too many. Cowboys: CB Jourdan Lewis made his season debut after missing the final 10 games last season with a broken foot. UP NEXTJets: The second AFC East rival in the first three weeks with a visit from New England next Sunday.

Persons: — Dak Prescott, Zach Wilson, Aaron Rodgers, CeeDee Lamb, Brandon Aubrey, Wilson, Garrett Wilson, Daniel Jones, Jayron Kearse, Malik Hooker, Trevon Diggs, Dalvin Cook, Micah Parsons, Cook, Parsons, Prescott's, Luke Schoonmaker's, Brandin Echols, Jake Ferguson, Brandin Cooks, Lamb, Garrett Wilson's, Tony Adams, Prescott, Sauce Gardner, Tony Pollard, Sharrif Floyd, Floyd, Adams, upended Lamb, Michael Carter II, Jourdan Lewis, LG Chuma Edoga, Tyler Smith, Smith, T.J ., RG Zack Martin, Pollard, ___ Organizations: Dallas Cowboys, New York Jets, Cowboys, Giants, Jets, Dallas, LG, UP NEXT Jets, AFC East, Sunday, Arizona Locations: ARLINGTON , Texas, New York, Dallas, York, New England

Each day things costs a little more, it's like always racing against the clock, searching and searching," said Laura Celiz as she shopped for groceries in Tapiales on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. "You buy whatever is cheaper in one place and go to the next place and buy something else." "In this way we try to beat inflation or at least compete with it a little," he added. "While the rest of the Latin American countries have single-digit inflation, Argentina is already in triple-digits." "People are angry and have every right to be because they can't afford to buy a kilo of meat."

Persons: Matias Baglietto, Laura Celiz, Fernando Cabrera, Javier Milei, Sergio Massa, Patricia Bullrich, Damian Di Pace, Massa, Butcher Marcelo Capobianco, Capobianco, Miguel Lo Bianco, Jorge Otaola, Claudia Martini, Walter Bianchi, Hernan Nessi, Lucila Sigal, Nicolás Misculin, Adam Jourdan, Chizu Nomiyama, Sandra Maler Organizations: Mercado Central, REUTERS, International Monetary Fund, Reuters Graphics Reuters, IMF, Business, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, Tapiales, Olivos

Persons: Matias Baglietto, Laura Celiz, Fernando Cabrera, Javier Milei, Sergio Massa, Patricia Bullrich, Damián Di Pace, Butcher Marcelo Capobianco, Capobianco, Miguel Lo Bianco, Jorge Otaola, Claudia Martini, Walter Bianchi, Hernan Nessi, Lucila Sigal, Nicolás Misculin, Adam Jourdan, Chizu Organizations: Mercado Central, REUTERS, International Monetary Fund, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, Tapiales, Olivos

☆ A divided Chile marks 50 years since Pinochet's bloody military coup
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Natalia A. Ramos Miranda | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/5] A woman dressed in black holds a candle as she walks around La Moneda presidential palace during an event ahead of the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Chilean military coup, in Santiago, Chile, September 10, 2023. Victims of military rule and their families have ramped up a push for justice and accountability, but politically the far-right has gained ground amid growing fears over rising crime. "Some people don't know anything about what happened and aren't interested, others are tired that...even after 50 years, many people still don't know what happened to their disappeared relatives," said Elvira Cádiz, who was six years old in 1973. According to various Chilean human rights commissions, there are 40,175 victims classified as politically executed, disappeared, imprisoned and tortured during military rule. "We don't know if we will achieve complete justice, but what we do have to do is get to the truth, find out where they are."

Persons: Carlos Barria, Augusto Pinochet, Salvador Allende, Gabriel Boric, aren't, Elvira Cádiz, Boric, he's, Allende's, Pinochet, José Antonio Kast, Cristián Valdivieso, Allende, Pinochet's, Gaby Rivera, Luis Rivera, Argentina's Alberto Fernández, Colombia's Gustavo Petro, Mexico's Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Carlos Gonzalez, Natalia Ramos, Adam Jourdan, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Hawker Hunter, Reuters, Thomson Locations: La, Santiago , Chile, Chile, South America, Estación Central, Santiago, Allende

☆ Chile Political Prisoners Reclaim Torture Sites to Preserve Coup Memory
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

Fifty years after a 1973 coup in Chile that ushered in 17 years of brutal military rule and saw some 40,000 people imprisoned, disappeared, tortured or killed, Reuters went with five former political prisoners to the sites of their confinement. Carlos Gonzalez was arrested and tortured by Pinochet's secret police in 1976 at the age of 28. For months he was held in detention centers, including the Tres Alamos and Cuatro Alamos political prison camps in Santiago. They beat you before asking you anything, you couldn't breathe," he told Reuters at another former detention center, the Clinica Santa Lucia. Chile returned to democracy in 1990, though Pinochet himself was never convicted of a crime and died in 2006.

Persons: Ivan Alvarado, Natalia A, Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO, Viola, Carlos, Alejandra, General Augusto Pinochet, Carlos Gonzalez, Gonzalez, Salvador Allende, Pinochet, Alejandra Holzapfel, Ingrid Olderock, Holzapfel, Viola Todorovic, Ivan Alvaredo, Natalia Ramos, Adam Jourdan, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Reuters, Tres, Cuatro, Valech, MIR, Londres Locations: Chile, Tres Alamos, Cuatro Alamos, Santiago ., Santa Lucia, Santiago

Fifty years after a 1973 coup in Chile that ushered in 17 years of brutal military rule and saw some 40,000 people imprisoned, disappeared, tortured or killed, Reuters went with five former political prisoners to the sites of their confinement. Carlos Gonzalez was arrested and tortured by Pinochet's secret police in 1976 at the age of 28. For months he was held in detention centers, including the Tres Alamos and Cuatro Alamos political prison camps in Santiago. Chile returned to democracy in 1990, though Pinochet himself was never convicted of a crime and died in 2006. Reporting by Ivan Alvaredo and Natalia Ramos; Editing by Adam Jourdan and Rosalba O'BrienOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Viola, Carlos, Alejandra, General Augusto Pinochet, Carlos Gonzalez, Gonzalez, Salvador Allende, Pinochet, Alejandra Holzapfel, Ingrid Olderock, Holzapfel, Viola Todorovic, Ivan Alvaredo, Natalia Ramos, Adam Jourdan, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Reuters, Tres, Cuatro, Valech, MIR, Londres, Thomson Locations: Chile, Tres Alamos, Cuatro Alamos, Santiago ., Santa Lucia, Santiago

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