LatinNews Daily - 12 August 2020

* Argentina’s Transport Minister Mario Meoni has said the suspension of commercial flights in the country could continue well beyond the 1 September resumption date proposed in March, due to a recent rise in coronavirus (Covid-19) infections. During a videoconference organised by Argentine think-tank Fundación Mediterránea, Meoni said that for now the outlook remains unclear. He added the government “hopes air transport will return within the next 60 days”, but that until a vaccine arrives it will be very difficult to create the necessary conditions, noting that many countries have reopened air travel and have subsequently suffered a resurgence of cases. Following the conference, the national civil aviation authority (Anac) confirmed that the decree banning international and domestic flights, as well as the sale of commercial airline tickets, remains in place and could be extended (although some international flight routes have been authorised in August). On 11 August, President Alberto Fernández said Argentina was suffering its “worst moment of the pandemic”, adding that while “people’s freedoms are not in discussion, the first condition of freedom is being alive”.

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