Argentina

• Tuesday, September 21st 2021 - 08:46 UTC

  Argentina will pay IMF US$ 1,9bn plus interests on Wednesday, but no budget funds contemplated in 2022

  

  In the midst of the critical situation that emerged following the results of Sunday 12 September primary election, and the cabinet reshuffle a week later, the government of Argentine president Alberto Fernandez nevertheless confirmed that this week it will honor a US$ 1,9bn repayment plus interests to the IMF.

• Monday, September 20th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Felipe Solá found out he was being sacked as Argentine FM while enroute to Celac Summit

  

  Outgoing Argentine Foreign Minister Felipe Solá found out during a stopover in El Salvador that his services would no longer be required, so he decided to cut short his trip which should have ended with his presence at the Celac Summit in Mexico City.

• Monday, September 20th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Celac supports Argentina's stance regarding Malvinas issue

  

  The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Saturday ratified its support to “the legitimate rights of Argentina in the sovereignty dispute over the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and the spaces surrounding maritime areas,” it was reported.

• Monday, September 20th 2021 - 09:18 UTC

  Chilean cities of Osorno and Puerto Montt want restrictions eased on Argentine tourists

  

  In the Chilean cities of Osorno and Puerto Montt, the local chambers of commerce have asked that requirements for Argentine tourism arriving by air be simplified.

• Monday, September 20th 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  Land crossing between Argentina and Chile reopened

  

  The Cristo Redentor (officially the Los Libertadores International Pass) connecting Mendoza and Chile has been reopened for the Argentines and foreign residents to return to the country, it was announced.

• Monday, September 20th 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  Scathing criticism from the Pope and Church to the Argentine political system: “President little time left”

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez and the political and power struggle that emerged from Sunday, September 12 primary elections cataclysm received scathing criticisms from the Pope and the Catholic Church.

• Monday, September 20th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Bradesco, one of Brazil's top leading banks is leaving Argentina

  

  Bradesco, Brazil's second-largest private bank is ceasing operations in Argentina. Mainly a commercial bank that works with corporations and foreign trade, Bradesco joins a long list of companies that stopped making business in Argentina and have left or are leaving.

• Monday, September 20th 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  Frozen potatoes plant in Argentine city of Mar del Plata foresees exports worth US $ 120 million

  

  The Sociedad Comercial del Plata (SCP) plant in the Argentine city and port of Mar del Plata has announced that following their deal with US company Lamb Weston to build a plant in the General Savio Industrial Park for the production of frozen pre-fried potatoes, a 60% increase in exports was to be expected.

• Monday, September 20th 2021 - 07:52 UTC

  Filmus pleased with the ministerial appointment: “I am passionate about science and technology”

  

  Argentina' s newly appointed Science and Technology minister, Daniel Filmus, said he was very thankful to president Alberto Fernandez for the job since “it's a enormous opportunity to fight for an issue” of which he is “passionate” and was also pleased that the consequences of last Sunday's primary elections were “quickly settled” with a consensus cabinet.

• Saturday, September 18th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Argentine President reshuffles cabinet to overcome electoral defeat

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday announced a major cabinet reshuffle in an attempt to build up a new government team with which to reverse last Sunday's loss at the Open, Mandatory and Simultaneous Primary (PASO) elections.