Argentina

• Saturday, October 16th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Mercosur: Argentina, Paraguay agree to review CET

  

  Argentine Foreign Ministers Santiago Cafiero Friday welcomed his Paraguayan counterpart Euclides Acevedo at the Palacio San Martín in Buenos Aires to discuss bilateral issues.

• Saturday, October 16th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  Argentina has become a Chinese Yuan testing ground in trade and investment

  

  Following several currency swaps by which China has helped to support the Argentine central bank depleted international reserves, the administration of president Alberto Fernandez intensified relations with Beijing and a year ago allowed transactions between the two countries to be made in Yuan.

• Saturday, October 16th 2021 - 09:07 UTC

  Jet SMART's new nonstop destination from Buenos Aires' Aeroparque

  

  Budget carrier Jet SMART's flight took off from Buenos Aires' Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (AEP) Thursday at 5.19 pm for Jujuy's Gobernador Guzmán (JUJ) airport, marking the first flight of the airline's new nonstop service three times a week.

• Friday, October 15th 2021 - 23:38 UTC

  Argentina: Rio Santiago Shipyards to deliver new boat after 9 years

  

  The Argentine Río Santiago Shipyard (ARS) is to launch the 94th Navy Cadet Instruction Boat (LICA) Ciudad de Ensenada this coming Monday, Oct. 18, which will mark the facility's first delivery after nine years, during which it was on the brink of bankruptcy.

• Friday, October 15th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Argentina's Domestic Trade Secretary announces price freezing agreement to be policed by social and political organizations

  

  Argentina's newly-appointed Domestic Trade Secretary Roberto Feletti Thursday announced authorities would closely monitor compliance on the part of retailers regarding 1,247 food and other basic items made available at affordable prices until January 7, 2022.

• Friday, October 15th 2021 - 08:14 UTC

  Smiling Pope credited with an Argentine miracle on his way to sainthood

  

  The late Pope John Paul I, known for his charismatic smile and his controversial sudden death 33 days into his pontificate, is to be beatified by a decree from Argentina-born Pope Francis for a miracle having cured an Argentine girl in 2011, whom the doctors practically considered dead.

• Thursday, October 14th 2021 - 21:32 UTC

  Maritime transport crisis affects Catamarca exports of must

  

  Export of Argentine must through the San Francisco Path to Chile from the province of Catamarca have to wait due to the international logistics scenario, it was reported Thursday.

• Thursday, October 14th 2021 - 19:19 UTC

  Argentina terminates symbolic aviation deal with Chile

  

  Argentina's National Civilian Aviation Agency (ANAC) Thursday terminated the so-called inter-change agreement with Chile's DGAC dating back to early July 2019, which benefitted the now-defunct LATAM Argentina airlines.

• Thursday, October 14th 2021 - 09:25 UTC

  Argentina votes funds for the construction of a Logistic Pole in Ushuaia

  

  The Argentine government has earmarked some 70 million dollars, in three years, for the construction of an Antarctic Logistic Pole in Ushuaia, capital of the extreme south province of Tierra del Fuego. Some US$ 25 million will be invested next year to begin the development of the strategic project aimed at consolidating Ushuaia as the support hub for scientific research in Antarctica.

• Thursday, October 14th 2021 - 09:09 UTC

  Reopening of land-crossings between Argentina and Paraguay nears

  

  People on both sides of the Argentina / Paraguay border eagerly await the prompt reopening of land crossings between the two countries.