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Argentina

Where Is Latin America Car Craziest? Think Southern Cone

As evidenced by new car sales, consumers in Chile and Argentina and out-buying their counterparts in some much larger countries, including Brazil and China, members of the much talked about BRICS club.

Bumper to bumper traffic in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bumper to bumper traffic in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Argentina and Chile may be relatively small players as far as global economics are concerned, but when it comes to per capita purchasing power, they have a way of punching above their weight.

New car sales are a good example. A study carried out by the Argentine consulting firm Abeceb found that so far this year, Chileans and Argentines are snatching up more "straight-out-of-the-showroom" vehicles per capita than are Mexicans, Brazilians and even Chinese.

In Brazil and China, the current rate of new car sales per 1,000 residents is 10.7 and 7.6 respectively. Argentines, in contrast, are buying nearly 13 new vehicles per 1,000 residents. In Chile, the rate is 11.6, while in Mexico, only 4.3 new cars are being sold per 1,000 residents. The world leaders in new car sales are Canada (27.8 vehicles) and the United States (23.9).

In the case of Argentina, the numbers are generating a boom for the automotive industry. "This past August, there were 79,826 units sold, 39% more than during the same month last year," Abeceb reported. The industry expansion is occurring both at the commercial and production level. At this pace, new car sales in Argentina could total approximately 830,000 in 2011.

For a sense of just how strong the Argentine car market is, it's worth making a comparison with Mexico, where new vehicles sales are also on the rise. "The Mexican market grew 10.3% over the first six months of the year, with total sales of 479,000 units." During that same period, sales in Argentina – which has only a third of Mexico's population – totaled 517,000 units.

In terms of market growth, Argentina also outpaced the United States, Brazil and China, where new car sales rose 10.9%, 8.6% and 5.5% respectively.

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How Argentina Is Changing Tactics To Combat Gender Violence

Argentina has tweaked its protocols for responding to sexual and domestic violence. It hopes to encourage victims to report crimes and reveal information vital to a prosecution.

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BUENOS AIRES - In the first three months of 2023, Argentina counted 116 killings of women, transvestites and trans-people, according to a local NGO, Observatorio MuMaLá. They reveal a pattern in these killings, repeated every year: most femicides happen at home, and 70% of victims were protected in principle by a restraining order on the aggressor.

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Now, legal action against gender violence, which must begin with a formal complaint to the police, has a crucial tool — the Protocol for the Investigation and Litigation of Cases of Sexual Violence (Protocolo de investigación y litigio de casos de violencia sexual). The protocol was recommended by the acting head of the state prosecution service, Eduardo Casal, and laid out by the agency's Specialized Prosecution Unit for Violence Against Women (UFEM).

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