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Mercosur: What next? | Art by Joaquín Temes The Mercosur bloc could be on the verge of historic changes, after member nations agreed this week to debate a potential liberalisation of its trade rules at a key meeting next month Talks over a reduction in the common external tariff could also be on the table. The news was announced by the Foreign Ministries of Argentina and Uruguay jointly last Monday following a virtual extraordinary meeting to broach these two issues presented by the government in Montevideo. "The Uruguayan proposal will be studied by the Common Market Group co-ordinators wit...

Sputnik VIDA. | Art by Joaquín Temes The Sputnik VIDA vaccine, manufactured by local pharmaceutical firm Laboratorios Richmond, will be used "in principle for the Argentine State," company chief Marcelo Figueiras has confirmed. Speaking after his company and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced this week that Argentina had become the first country in Latin America to begin production of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, Figueiras expressed his delight at the “good news” and praised the skill of the nation’s scientists. The 57-year-old then confirmed that the initial dos...

“All of the oxygen that is produced today in Argentina has as an absolute priority to supply hospitals,” said Kulfas. Argentina is cancelling all exports of oxygen to cope with growing domestic demand, Productive Development Minister Matías Kulfas announced Tuesday. The demand for oxygen for medical use grew between 300 and 330 per cent in recent days, which triggered the alarms in the national government. Kalfas held a meeting at Casa Rosada with Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero and Health Minister Carla Vizzotti, after which it was decided that the supply of oxygen to...

Photos representing sectors of Argentina's economy. | NA One year on from Argentina’s strict Covid-19 lockdown, a second wave of infections looms on the horizon, this time accompanied by the circulation of new, more contagious strains of the virus and a slow vaccination rate.  The cocktail threatens to impact on the economic recovery, yet Productive Development Minister Matías Kulfas has declared that “it will not be necessary to resort to closures like last year." He says industry has "learned to produce" while complying with health protocols. Experts, for now, tend to agree. Those con...

Sputnik VIDA. | Art by Joaquín Temes The Sputnik VIDA vaccine, manufactured by local pharmaceutical firm Laboratorios Richmond, will be used "in principle for the Argentine State," company chief Marcelo Figueiras has confirmed. Speaking after his company and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced this week that Argentina had become the first country in Latin America to begin production of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, Figueiras expressed his delight at the “good news” and praised the skill of the nation’s scientists. The 57-year-old then confirmed that the initial dos...