Argentine peso plunges after shaggy-haired rightist who admires Trump comes first in primary vote
The Argentine peso plunged Monday after a shaggy-haired 52-year—old anti-establishment candidate who admires former President Donald Trump came first in primary elections that will help determine the country’s next president.
Argentina's Fernandez seeks dollar relief from Brazil's Lula
Argentine President Alberto Fernández and his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, vowed Tuesday to keep working to come up with a mechanism that would allow them to skip the U.S. dollar in trade between the neighboring nations.
Fernández, Biden hold talks amid Argentina's economic strain
President Alberto Fernández of Argentina has used a White House meeting to spotlight the economic strain his country faces as he looks for President Joe Biden to back Argentina’s effort to renegotiate with the International Monetary Fund on terms of $44 billion debt.
Mexican agency bars candidate accused of rape from running
(AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s elections agency has withdrawn ballot registration for a ruling-party state candidate who was nominated despite accusations of rape against him. The decision drew the wrath Friday of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has defended candidate Félix Salgado and criticized women's groups who objected to his candidacy. “This is an attack on democracy,” Lopez Obrador said, saying that “high powered, mafia interests” wanted Salgado disqualified as candidate for the governorship of southern Guerrero state. Salgado was chosen as candidate by a poll of Morena party members despite nationwide protests over the fact two women accused him of rape. AdFormer Guerrero state prosecutor Xavier Olea told The Associated Press that the current governor of Guerrero, Hector Astudillo, ordered him in 2017 not to investigate one of the rape accusations against Salgado, though Astudillo has denied that.
The Latest: Chinese, Russian vaccines to arrive in Mexico
Health officials say the first shipments of the Chinese and Russian vaccines will be used in low-income neighborhoods of Mexico City or its suburbs. — Millions of vulnerable U.S. residents will need COVID-19 vaccines brought to them because they rarely or never leave their homes. Johnson & Johnson in December agreed to provide up to 500 million doses of its vaccine to COVAX through 2022. Ad“If we are to end the global pandemic, life-saving innovations like vaccines must be within reach for all countries,” Johnson & Johnson Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Paul Stoffels said in a statement. The state health department has scheduled vaccination clinics during the weekend to replace those postponed due to a winter storm.
South Floridian soccer fans mourn loss of Argentine star Diego Maradona
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – You don’t have to be a soccer fan to know the name Diego Maradona. The news of his death has been hard to handle for many of the people who are remembering the great footballer. Maradona fans were out on Miami Beach with heavy hearts Wednesday after learning of the passing of the legend. He became a household name after winning the world cup for Argentina in 1986. Argentine President Alberto Fernandez will decree three days of national mourning following Maradona’s passing.
Trump global media chief faces GOP backlash over firings
The criticism of Michael Pack is unusual because its coming from supporters of President Donald Trump who had backed his controversial nomination to run the U.S. Agency for Global Media over staunch Democratic objections. Those moves have alarmed Democrats who fear Pack intends to turn the agency into a Trump administration propaganda machine. There was no public explanation of why Pack would dismiss any of the officials, let alone those favored by conservatives. Ambassador Fernandez was the greatest asset America had in foreign broadcasting, Gorka wrote on Twitter shortly after the dismissals became public. In addition to Fernandez and Fly, Pack also removed the head of Radio Free Asia, Bay Fang, and the acting chief of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting on Wednesday.