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Added on the 04/08/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde warns that the rapid rise in coronavirus cases fuelled by the Delta variant poses "a growing source of uncertainty" for the eurozone economy. SOUNDBITE
Le variant Delta inquiète les autorités sanitaires
Protesters throw objects at police who use tear gas and water cannons amid demonstrations outside Congress, where lawmakers are debating a swath of liberalizing reforms proposed by budget-slashing President Javier Milei. The measures include declaring a one-year state of economic emergency, allowing Milei to disband state agencies, and privatizing about a dozen public companies including state-owned carrier Aerolineas Argentina. Observers and opposition MPs say dozens of demonstrators and a handful of lawmakers received medical attention. IMAGES
Argentine police use gases against lawmakers and protesters during a demonstration outside Congress as senators debate one of far-right President Javier Milei's key reform packages. The five lawmakers affected were hospitalized, according to opposition congresswoman Cecilia Moreau. IMAGES
Protesters gather outside Argentina's National Congress in Buenos Aires as senators debate a key reform package for far-right President Javier Milei, who this week marks six months in office without passing any law. IMAGES
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele welcomes his Argentine counterpart and ideological ally Javier Milei to his second presidential inauguration ceremony at the National Palace. Bukele, 42, is set to govern for another five years with near-total control of parliament and other state institutions after his New Ideas party dominated in legislative polls on the back of a brutal but popular gang crackdown. IMAGES