Thousands of state employees were fired on Friday in a new wave of layoffs further cutting policies centered around memory and reparation for dictatorship victims, the fight against gender-based violence, and welfare programs. In a report published on Sunday afternoon, the national State Workers Association (ATE, by its Spanish initials) recorded 2,300 total layoffs on Friday. On Monday, ATE representatives from those areas will meet with Justice Ministry authorities to monitor the working conditions of the remaining employees. Workers from memory sites, the National Memory Archive, the Unified State Terrorism Victims Register, and the Reparation Policies Directorate have also been laid off. All of those areas belong to the Human Rights Secretariat.

But its detractors argue that the legislation, in its anxiety to attract international investment, doesn’t do enough to help Argentina build reserves or develop local industry. The RIGI offers tax, customs, legal, and foreign exchange benefits for investments exceeding US$200 million. Corporate tax breaksInvestors with projects in the RIGI will pay 25% corporate income tax, instead of the current 35%, for thirty years. Under the RIGI, projects will be exempt from import duty on capital assets, machinery, and spare parts, and exempt from paying export duties for three years. In May, presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni said it was essential to clinch key investment after a decade of flat exports for Argentina.

The Argentine government tried to bring back mandatory registration for journalists but quickly backtracked following heavy criticism of Thursday’s announcement. “If you are a professional journalist you can obtain the National Registry of Journalists from the Secretariat of Labor, Employment and Social Security,” read an X post published Thursday morning by the Human Capital Ministry. The post included a link to the government website stating that the registration was mandatory and detailing the cumbersome procedure allegedly required for all professional journalists, cartoonists, translators, and proofreaders, among others. “Entire generations of journalists are not even aware of the rule and have never registered,” FOPEA said in a post on X. The X post was also deleted.

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The Publishers’ Fair (FED) has announced its line-up of activities, guests and participants, including more than 330 publishing houses from Latin America and Spain. The event will run from August 8-11 with free admission at the C Complejo Art Media center, in Buenos Aires, from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Since its creation in 2013, the continuously-expanding Publishers’ Fair has fostered exchange between readers and book publishers, offering book debates, presentations and other activities. The main international guests at the fair include Marie-Pier Lafontaine (Canada), Thomas Reinertsen Berg (Norway), Seynabou Sonko (France-Senegal), Luna Miguel (Spain) and Deborah Eisenberg (US). The finalists this year are La Sede (Bariloche), Libro de Oro (Tucumán), Los Confines (Villa Ballester), and Buenos Aires bookshops Céspedes Libros, Magia and Mandolina.

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday he believes his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei owes him and Brazilians an apology for having said “a lot of stupid things” about Brazil. The leftist Brazilian leader said in an interview with news outlet UOL that he has still not met Milei, a right-wing libertarian who took office in December, because he wants an apology first. Milei, an ally of far-right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, attacked Lula several times during the Argentine politician’s successful presidential campaign last year, dubbing him an “angry communist” and “corrupt.”“I just want him to apologize,” Lula said. “Everything that President Lula intends, that’s fine, it’s among his wishes and we respect that, but the president [Milei] hasn’t done anything he should feel sorry for, at least so far,” Adorni said. Milei suggested during his campaign that he would balk at doing business with Brazil, which is Argentina’s top trade partner and the largest economy in Latin America.

Argentina made it into the quarterfinals of the 2024 Copa América after a hard-fought 1-0 win against Chile on Tuesday. Chile played them fiercely, trying to interrupt their ball movement and keep them far away from their goal. Defender Nahuel Molina came in front of the goal after a Messi pass, but Bravo managed to save his kick. Argentina’s final group stage match will be on Saturday against Peru at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami at 8 p.m. local time, 9 p.m., Argentina time. Chile will play Canada at the same time, and the results will determine what position Scaloni’s team ends up in.

After a year-long hiatus, she will perform at the Buenos Aires Trap Festival, which will take place on December 7 and 8 at the Parque de la Ciudad venue. Since then, she has released hit songs regularly, including collaborations with top artists from the urban music scene like Bizarrap, Duki, Neo Pistea, and YSY A. Cazzu surprised fans in April 2023 when she took off her puffer jacket on stage during a show in Buenos Aires and revealed her full pregnant belly. Buenos Aires Trap Festival: the home of urban music starsThe Buenos Aires Trap Festival will take place on December 7 and 8 in Parque de la Ciudad in Buenos Aires City. After being canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this will be the return of the Buenos Aires Trap festival, with many headliners now global music stars.

Argentina’s gross domestic product shrank by 5.1% compared to the same period last year, while unemployment climbed to 7.7% in the first quarter of 2024, according to reports by the National Institute for Statistics and Census (INDEC) released on Monday. In terms of interannual comparisons, construction (–19.7%) and industrial manufacturing (–13.7%) sectors were the most affected, according to the study. Meanwhile, the 7.7% unemployment rate is higher than in the first quarter of 2023 (6.9%). A May report from the statistics bureau INDEC indicated that March economic activity fell by 8.4% year-on-year and 1.4% from February. You may also be interested in: Argentina’s dollar rates, EMBI index surge while bonds, shares plummet

U.S. President Joe Biden heads into a crucial debate with rival Donald Trump this week armed with new immigration and border policies that his backers hope will boost his standing among skeptical voters. Record numbers of migrants have been caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border during Biden’s presidency and immigration has emerged as a top voter concern ahead of the November 5 election. 17-point voter gap on immigrationOn immigration policy, registered voters prefer Trump over Biden by a 17 percentage point margin, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll in mid-May. Earlier this year, Biden pushed Congress to pass a bipartisan Senate border security bill, but Republicans rejected the effort in February after Trump came out in opposition. “They love them.”Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt last week criticized the new Biden program and pointed to voter support for deportations.

We’ve already had banderazo and the unfortunate LTA as football translation troubles. A little bit like “till kingdom come” or “until the cows come home.”That, however, was before 2011, the year Argentina got an official Goalkeeper’s Day in honor of Amadeo Carrizo’s birthday. Whatever its origins, we decided against Amy’s literal translation of nuezdemoscadeó. Do let me know if there’s a football-related idiom or phrase in English that captures the sentiment! You may also be interested in: How 30,000 witches helped Argentina win the World Cup

Beef consumption is down almost 16% this year so far in the country, where beef has always been an essential part of the social fabric, along with soccer and mate tea. Consumers are taking decisions thinking just about their wallets,” said Miguel Schiariti, president of local meat chamber, CICCRA, who expected meat consumption to remain depressed. “Beef consumption has been dropping quite sharply recently,” he added, blaming inflation and the economic slump. By far the top buyer of Argentine beef is China, though it imports cheaper cuts not used domestically. Milei, a free market economist who calls himself an anarcho-capitalist, ended the previous Peronist government’s freeze on beef prices.

Economy Minister Luis Caputo denied that the government is planning to devalue the currency further or eliminate the preferential export scheme, as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) suggested in its latest review. The minister also said it had not started negotiations for a new agreement with the last-instance lender. “It is in the statement because it is from earlier, when we estimated that the [Ley Bases] would be approved in March,” Caputo explained in his post. Last week, Caputo also said the government was going to start negotiations for a new program with the lender to obtain fresh funds, which it would use to lift the exchange restrictions known as the cepo, Spanish for clamp. Caputo concluded his X post by saying the government has not yet started these negotiations, but clarified that the administration has a “very good relationship” with the lender.