🇦🇷 Argentina will not join the BRICS group; Alberto Fernandez has renounced participation in the summit

Alberto Fernández, Argentina’s President, has opted not to attend the XV Summit of BRICS taking place this week in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Official sources confirmed on Monday that Argentina’s integration into the BRICS group is not on the horizon, writes EFE agency in its latest report.

Without potential membership, Argentina misses the chance to access immediate loans from the New Development Bank of BRICS.

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🇦🇷🏦 Argentina lifts wages, welfare in defiance of IMF austerity push

Argentina’s Economy Ministry announced measures to improve government workers’ salaries and funnel money toward retirees and poorer families, defying an International Monetary Fund appeal earlier this month for the country to spend less.

▪️Economy Minister Sergio Massa outlined measures that include tax-breaks, higher pension payments, additional money for food programs for families with kids, and low-interest credit lines. It also includes financing for export products.

The measures could put the government in conflict with the IMF, which approved a cash transfer to the government last week.

▪️A condition of the IMF’s aid to Fernandez’s government was that Argentina step up expenditure controls by limiting public wages and pensions. The lender said in a statement last week that the government would implement a temporary increase in taxes on select goods and services to offset losses from drought-related exports.

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🇦🇷 Milei is ahead in a potential second-round vote in Argentina’s presidential election

According to a survey by Opinaia Analytics, Javier Milei is ahead in a potential second-round vote in Argentina’s presidential election against Patricia Bullrich and Sergio Massa.

Milei leads the polls for the first round set for October 22, but the election is likely to be determined in a second round on November 19.

The survey examined three scenarios featuring the top candidates in the first-round polls: Milei, Bullrich, and Massa.

Milei vs. Massa:

Milei: 49%
Massa: 30%
Undecided: 8%
White votes: 8%
Would not vote: 5%

Milei vs. Bullrich:

Milei: 39%
Bullrich: 31%
Undecided: 7%
White votes: 14%
Would not vote: 9%

Bullrich vs. Massa:

Bullrich: 44%
Massa: 32%
Undecided: 7%
White votes: 10%
Would not vote: 7%

Opinaia Analytics interviewed 2,000 individuals from August 15 to 23. The margin of error is plus or minus 2.2 percentage points.

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🇦🇷📈 Inflation in Buenos Aires City reached 10.8% in August

Monthly inflation entered into double-digits in the capital last month amid steep price hikes and the national government’s devaluation of the peso.

Data published by the Buenos Aires City government’s statistics and census directorate reveals that prices rose 10.8 percent in August. Inflation since the turn of the year in the capital stands at 79.8 percent, with prices up 127.3 percent over the last 12 months.

Price variations were led by housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, which recorded a rise of 13.8 percent and contributed 2.56 points to the overall increase. Significant increases were seen in rent prices, water supply costs and common expenses.

Food and non-alcoholic beverages averaged a rise of 12.5 percent, pushed higher by sharp increases for meat and meat products (19.2 percent), bread and cereals (10.4 percent) and vegetables and pulses (15.9 percent).

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Yes, I talked to DD last week about El Loco Chainsaw Massacre - that is now a major Hegemon tactical victory.

🇺🇦🇦🇷 The recently elected President of Argentina, Javier Miley, is again on the Ukrainian agenda.

He invited Zelensky to host a conference on the topic of resolving the conflict in Ukraine with the participation of Latin American countries. The presidents discussed their “excellent and friendly” relations and expressed support for the Ukrainian “peace formula.”

🔻Looking at the similar ideological ( including religious ) preferences of the two leaders, there is a strong feeling that Argentina decided to repeat the post-war experience of the 40s and began to work out a route for the relocation of Ukrainian Nazis and war criminals.

Well, a conference with the participation of President Zelensky’s office will be an excellent excuse to discuss possible conditions.
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🇦🇷🇫🇷🇺🇦 The possible transfer of the so-called Ukraine's old carrier-based attack aircraft Super Étendard from Argentina is a case where the news of military supplies to the Kyiv regime can truly be met with a smirk. There are several reasons for this:

▪️The Argentine "Super Étendards" themselves are a real monument to corruption: having been purchased from France in 2017, they never took to the air and were written off in 2023.

▪️The technical condition of the aircraft is questionable, especially given that the newest Super Étendard rolled off the assembly line as far back as 1983. At the moment, no country in the world operates aircraft of this type.

▪️The Ukrainian Air Force has long been experiencing a certain shortage of flight personnel, especially experienced ones. In this regard, their "dispersion" on a new type of aircraft with ambiguous combat value does not look very rational.

▪️Finally, the appearance of "Super Étendards" in the AFU will further exacerbate the long-known problem of the "zoo" of weapons systems, which will now spread to aviation equipment as well.

Against this background, we will not be at all surprised if the announced transfer of Argentine Super Étendards to the so-called Ukraine is another business scheme to avoid the costs of their disposal. And they will not be used for their intended purpose in the end.
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🇧🇴🇦🇷Bolivia recalls ambassador to Argentina after Milei denies failed coup

Bolivia has recalled its ambassador to neighbouring Argentina after President Javier Milei declared an alleged coup attempt against his counterpart Luis Arce last week was "fraudulent."

Former president Evo Morales also accused the president of mounting a "self-coup."

On Monday, Bolivia issued a "strong rejection" of Milei's statements and said its ambassador had been recalled for consultations.

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