Argentina

• Tuesday, May 9th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Talks between Argentina and IMF “progressing constructively”

  

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) admitted negotiations with the Argentine Government were still going on toward a redesigning of the country's program in light of the present drought, while Casa Rosada sources agreed that “the conversations” were “progressing constructively.”

• Tuesday, May 9th 2023 - 10:48 UTC

  Argentina: Milei picks Vice-Presidential candidate

  

  Argentine Libertarian Deputy Javier Milei has announced that fellow Congresswoman Victoria Villarruel will be his running mate.

• Tuesday, May 9th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

  “I did not step down from any fight,” Argentine president says

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández traveled to La Rioja Monday to celebrate the Frente de Todos (FDT) win in last Sunday's gubernatorial elections and insisted he had not stepped down from any fight in a statement that baffled everyone following his announcement that he would not seek a second term at Casa Rosada.

• Monday, May 8th 2023 - 11:16 UTC

  Ruling parties are reelected in 3 Argentine provinces

  

  Three Argentine provinces held gubernatorial elections on Sunday. In all of them, the ruling parties were reelected. In a year with presidential elections looming, these results were expected to shed some light on who might make it to the Casa Rosada next December 10, but nothing of the sort happened.

• Saturday, May 6th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

  No Argentine special delegation to Charles III Coronation; when Peron proposed UK the purchase of Falklands

  

  Contrary to all the pageantry, rituals, and displays of past Coronations in the United Kingdom, this time Argentina is sending no special, much less extraordinary delegation to the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday, and is limited to the attendance of its ambassador in London, Javier Figueroa.

• Saturday, May 6th 2023 - 10:54 UTC

  Central Bank report corrects Argentina's inflation projections upwards

  

  According to the Argentine Central Bank's (BCRA) Market Expectations Survey (Relevamiento de Expectativas de Mercado - REM) report published Friday, the panel of economists issuing that document has made an upward correction to their inflation forecasts for 2023, placing it at 126.4%, or 16.4 percentage points above April's projections, while last month's Consumer Price Index (CPI) is believed to be of 7.5%. The National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) will release the official data on May 12.

• Friday, May 5th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  Argentina gets new loan from the IDB

  

  The Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) has granted Argentina a US$ 150 million loan to strengthen educational access for school-age youth in the province of Buenos Aires, it was announced Thursday. This new credit is in addition to another one granted the day before in the amount of US$ 265 million, to boost the inclusion of people with disabilities.

• Thursday, May 4th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  “Argentina extremely cheap,” says Uruguayan president

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said his country has a problem with prices in Argentine being so low due to a favorable exchange rate that people cross the border to do their shopping.

• Thursday, May 4th 2023 - 10:31 UTC

  Argentine deputies want lithium nationalized

  

  A group of lawmakers from Argentine's ruling Everybody's Front (Frente de Todos - FdT) has launched an initiative to nationalize the country's lithium resources, it was reported Wednesday in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, May 4th 2023 - 10:15 UTC

  Latin America lost over 39 million hectares of forests

  

  Agriculture has taken its toll on Latin American forests, particularly in South America's two largest countries. Argentina reached 444,535 hectares deforested to prioritize crops and cattle feeding.