Argentina

• Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 10:56 UTC

  Massa gets loans from IDB and WB ahead of IMF meeting

  

  The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Bank (WB) will grant Argentina additional financing of US$ 1,300 million, Economy Minister and presidential candidate Sergio Massa announced Tuesday from Washington DC.

• Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Argentina: Sharp drop in mass consumption reported

  

  Private studies released Tuesday in Buenos Aires showed a 16.1% drop in mass consumption in the first week of August, which further aggravated July's 15.8%, the Buenos Aires daily La Prensa reported.

• Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 09:24 UTC

  Dozens arrested in Argentina for looting

  

  Several dozens were arrested Tuesday in Argentina for looting in the provinces of Córdoba and Mendoza, it was reported. There were other incidents in the Greater Buenos Aires area and also in the country's capital.

• Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 08:49 UTC

  Sea lions in Necochea died of avian flu?

  

  Argentine authorities are investigating whether the death of around 40 sea lions inside the port terminal of Necochea / Quequén was due to an outbreak of avian flu, it was reported Tuesday. A colony of about 400 sea lions is usually to be found there.

• Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 08:37 UTC

  Argentine President not attending BRICS Summit

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández called off his trip to Johannesburg after learning that his country would not be -at least for now- joining the BRICS (a trade bloc made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) during the ongoing XV Summit, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Milei dating CFK impersonator ahead of presidential elections

  

  Libertarian Congressman and presidential candidate Javier Milei are dating comedian and impersonator, Fátima Florez, it was reported in Buenos Aires as the winner of the Aug. 13 Mandatory, Simultaneous and Open Primary (PASO) came under heavy criticism for his almost perennial singleness and his devotion to his sister and dogs.

• Monday, August 21st 2023 - 11:23 UTC

  Argentina: Who can fix the political and economic problems?

  

  To most people's surprise, the divisive libertarian populist Javier Milei won Argentina's presidential primary. Milei took around 30% of the vote, triumphing in 16 out of the country's 24 provinces.

• Monday, August 21st 2023 - 11:06 UTC

  Brazil limits the purchase of Argentine hake: twenty companies under “Import Alert Regime”

  

  Argentina is taking steps to ease the entry of hake into the Brazilian market following the placement of twenty companies under the “Import Alert Regime” in May. In recent decades, Brazil’s role as an importer of specific animal products, particularly fish and dairy items, has been growing.

• Monday, August 21st 2023 - 10:19 UTC

  Stolen cell phone leads to arrest of Argentine pedophile

  

  A thief in the Argentine city of Resistencia, the capital of the northern province of Chaco, stole a cell phone containing child pornography and tipped the police, leading to the arrest of the alleged pedophile who owned it, it was reported this weekend.

• Monday, August 21st 2023 - 09:49 UTC

  Paraguay's new FM faced with further waterway negotiations

  

  Paraguay's new Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez met last week with representatives of the Paraguay-Parana Waterway Agreement Committee (CPTCP) to discuss the next steps toward the elimination of the toll of US$ 1.47 per ton of net register to river transport circulating through the “Port of Santa Fe-Confluencia” section unilaterally imposed by Argentina.