Argentina

• Monday, December 8th 2025 - 10:47 UTC

  Prolonged stagnation reported in Argentina

  

  Argentina's Industrial Union (UIA) released a study last week showing simultaneous declines in production, sales, employment, and finances. The UIA's Industrial Performance Monitor (MDI) remains below the expansion threshold for the 14th consecutive survey, signaling a deepening contraction across all sectors, driven by weak demand and rising costs.

• Monday, December 8th 2025 - 09:39 UTC

  Uruguay buying Argentine gas to supply electricity plant

  

  Uruguay's state-owned electric company, UTE, has formalized an agreement with Gasoducto Cruz del Sur to supply natural gas from Argentina, thereby significantly reducing generation costs.

• Monday, December 8th 2025 - 09:21 UTC

  Milei touts F-16s as Argentina's new “Guardian Angels”

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei officially presented the first six F-16 fighter jets acquired from Denmark on Sunday, calling the multimillion-dollar purchase “the most important military acquisition in the last 50 years of Argentine history.”

• Saturday, December 6th 2025 - 09:47 UTC

  Argentina: Welcome ceremony for F-16s rescheduled due to weather

  

  Weather conditions have forced Argentine President Javier Milei to move forward the reception ceremony for the first batch of US-built F-16 fighter jets bought from Denmark, following their 12,000 km delivery journey.

• Saturday, December 6th 2025 - 09:36 UTC

  Argentina: Dollar keeps falling after new debt plan announcement

  

  Argentina's official exchange rate and key financial dollar segments registered declines on Friday, after Economy Minister Luis 'Toto' Caputo announced plans for a new dollar-denominated bond issuance aimed at refinancing maturities and strengthening foreign currency reserves.'

• Friday, December 5th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Venezuelan opposition leader in Argentina threatened by Caracas' regime

  

  Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello —deemed to be the “number two” of Nicolás Maduro's socialist regime— launched a veiled threat against exiled activist Elisa Trotta Gamus, accusing her of conspiring with Israel against the Chavista leadership. Argentine security authorities are now reviewing her protection detail.

• Friday, December 5th 2025 - 09:14 UTC

  Chile's ENAP to get oil supply from Vaca Muerta through Trans-Andean pipeline

  

  Chile's State-owned oil company, Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (Enap), has finalized a colossal import deal worth US$12 billion with major Argentine energy producers, securing a critical long-term supply from the Vaca Muerta unconventional field.

• Friday, December 5th 2025 - 09:11 UTC

  Flybondi eyes Paraguay flag carrier status

  

  Argentine low-cost carrier Flybondi has announced an ambitious regional expansion plan involving a projected investment of US$1.7 billion and the establishment of a new operation under a Paraguayan flag.

• Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 12:03 UTC

  Martín Menem re-elected as Speaker of Argentina's Lower House

  

  The Argentine House of Deputies swore in 127 new legislators on Wednesday in a session that concluded with the reelection of Martín Menem as Speaker. The occasion wss attended by President Javier Milei as the ruling La Libertad Avanza (LLA) became the largest minority bloc. LLA secured 95 seats after Entre Ríos' Francisco Moechio changed sides.

• Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 11:20 UTC

  Argentine judge rules in favor of extraditing 5 defendants convicted in Brazil's coup d'état case

  

  Buenos Aires Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas ruled Wednesday to extradite five Brazilian nationals who were convicted for their roles in the January 8, 2023, attacks on Brazil's government headquarters.