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Enrique Viale, president of the Argentine Association of Environmental Lawyers, told AFP that the reform threatened the water supply of "70 percent of Argentinians."

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

An estimated 5 percent of cases have required hospital care already this year; in 2025, 11 percent required hospital care.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

“Ultimately you end up maybe making more from what we call penny profit … more in absolute dollars, but maybe the percent margin had to shrink,” Kempczinski said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

It aims to become an upper middle-income country by the end of the decade, a goal that will require raising GDP per capita by 70 percent from today's $5,000.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

I was 83 percent sure that I was about to have a heart attack.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows