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Montevideo, December 21st 2025 - 22:41 UTC

Argentina

  • Friday, April 28th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    Argentina: CFK announces no candidacies

    “Inflation does not stop with dollarization,” CFK stressed

    Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) made no announcement regarding the upcoming presidential elections during her appearance Thursday at a La Plata theater for the ceremony marking the opening of the Néstor Kirchner Institute. Following last week's declaration by President Alberto Fernández that he would not seek reelection, all eyes are focused on her next move.

  • Friday, April 28th 2023 - 10:47 UTC

    Presidents of Brazil, Argentina discuss Unasur

    Both leaders reviewed the evolution of bilateral trade and progress in the implementation of cooperation agreements signed in recent months

    Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Alberto Fernández of Argentina held a virtual conference Thursday during which they discussed the return of their countries to the South American Union of Nations (Unasur) and other bilateral issues.

  • Thursday, April 27th 2023 - 10:32 UTC

    Argentina: US dollar recoils after Minister Massa's measures

    Massa managed to calm down the market frenzy

    After the “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar reached nearly AR$ 500 on Tuesday, Superminister Sergio Massa's measures “in order to avoid speculative maneuvers” resulted in a drop to AR$ 474, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Wednesday, April 26th 2023 - 02:55 UTC

    Mercosur members, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay expected a decrease in 2023 beef exports, USDA

    Argentina is expected to export 795,000 tons, down from 823,000 last year. Paraguay, 445,000 tons, compared to 462,000 tons, while Uruguay is projected to export 485,000, down from 513,000

    Based on data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), a recent report from SAFRAS & Mercado indicates that the participation of Mercosur members Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay in global beef exports is expected to decrease in 2023 compared to the previous year.

  • Tuesday, April 25th 2023 - 19:46 UTC

    Argentine gov't losing grip: peso keeps plummeting

    ”We have been experiencing an atypical situation of rumors, versions, false reports, and their consequent impact on financial instruments linked to the dollar,” Massa explained

    By Mordechai Taji – Argentina's authorities are losing grip of the economy as the “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar hit AR$ 497 Tuesday before recoiling to AR$ 487, then bouncing back to AR$ 490, down again to AR$ 487 and back up once more to AR$ 495 amid growing unrest.

  • Tuesday, April 25th 2023 - 12:57 UTC

    “Blue” dollar hits AR$ 462 in Argentina

    In this scenario, the AR$ 300 agrodollar would be insufficient to yield the results the government expected

    The “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar went up another AR$S 20 Monday to close at AR$ 462 and somehow match inflation in other items of the country's economy, which it was lagging.

  • Tuesday, April 25th 2023 - 12:43 UTC

    Argentina to export oil to Chile again

    Iuliano said that if something has to be fixed, “there would be a change in the schedule.”

    Beginning in June, Argentina will resume exporting oil to Chile after 17 years, the website Rio Negro reported.

  • Monday, April 24th 2023 - 17:02 UTC

    Argentine inflation has the country printing money in France, Malta, Spain, China and Brazil

    The 1,000 Pesos bill was first launched in November 2017. At the time was equivalent to US$ 57, but currently US$ 4,47 at the official rate, and US$ 2,35 in the street or blue market.

    The explosive inflation situation in chaotic Argentina, close to 120% in twelve months, with the CPI at 7,7% in March ( and roaring during the three weeks of April) is showing that the country is incapable of supplying the necessary demand for bills and thus must appeal to the printing in foreign mint houses, of billions of Argentine bills.

  • Monday, April 24th 2023 - 11:03 UTC

    FIFA's U20 World Cup in Argentina and a toponymy controversy over “Malvinas” stadium

    The Malvinas stadium in Mendoza will be named simply Mendoza

    The FIFA Council has confirmed Argentina as the host of the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2023. The decision follows the removal of the original tournament host, Indonesia, as well as a subsequent bid submitted by the Argentine Football Association (AFA) and an on-site inspection by a FIFA delegation to the South American country last week.

  • Saturday, April 22nd 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Argentina: Ruling coalition welcomes President Fernández's announcement

    For Máximo Kirchner's La Cámpora, the President's message was long overdue

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández's announcement that he would not seek reelection was welcomed within the ruling Frente de Todos (FdT) coalition, which now has the opportunity to submit several candidacies to be decided upon at the Aug. 13 Open, Mandatory and Simultaneous Primary (PASO) elections.