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BUENOS AIRES, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Argentine President Alberto Fernandez said Friday that the reorganization of his cabinet is a response to the economic challenges facing the South American country.

(Reuters) - Argentine's head of lower house Sergio Massa will take charge of a new economy "superministry", the government said on Thursday in a statement.

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) has been reportedly pressing Economy Minister Silvina Batakis to move forward with a proposal to create the so-called Basic Universal Wage (BUW), as a way out of the current scheme of handouts in the form of endless unemployment subsidies.

Quito, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) The talks between the indigenous movement and the Ecuadorian Government mark third day this Friday amid some progress in the initial issues related to fuel subsidies and debts.

Argentinas Productive Development Minister Daniel Scioli is taking center stage this week as he leaves Wednesday for Sao Paulo on a mission to overcome the sustained trade deficit between his country and Brazil, where he has served as Ambassador up until last month when he was summoned to Buenos Aires to replace Matías Kulfas.

Quito, Jul 13 (Prensa Latina) The Government of Ecuador and the indigenous sector launched a dialogue that seeks to address social demands that triggered the national strike less than a month ago.

After a weekend of fury, a newly reconfigured power structure has been put in place that promises to keep us on our toes, with the vice-president continuing to gain territory.

Always subordinating economic policy to electoral strategy in classic populist style, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner seems convinced that a 2023 election irretrievably lost with Martín Guzmán’s IMF orientation can be turned around with an extreme transformation.

The Bolivian government Tuesday announced the creation of the state-run Empresa Pública Productiva de Industrialización to start the production of a new brand of toothpaste made from coca leaves to fulfill the Constitutional mandate to capitalize on a native and ancestral natural resource, which is the cultural heritage of the country.