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Montevideo, August 21st 2026 - 08:45 UTC

Argentina

  • Friday, January 28th 2022 - 20:55 UTC

    Argentina's JMC has 431 foreign vessels on its radar

    JMC coordinates operations between Navy and Argentine Coast Guard

    Argentina's Joint Maritime Command (JMC) has denounced the presence of some 431 foreign boats near the country's South Atlantic territorial waters limit, it was reported. Around 80% of the vessels were said to be of Chinese origin.

  • Friday, January 28th 2022 - 20:04 UTC

    Argentina reaches agreement with IMF, dodges default

    After the agreement was announced, the unofficial exchange rate between Argentine pesos and US dollars dropped 4.5% to AR $212.50 / US $ 1.

    The Government of Argentina and The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Friday reached an agreement for the repayment of the South American country's debt stemming from a loan granted under the administration of Former President Mauricio Macri.

  • Friday, January 28th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

    YPF granted loan to boost clean energy developments

    The funds must be allocated to eligible projects from the “Environmental, Social and Governance” (ESG) perspective

    Argentina's state-run oil company YPF has been granted a US $ 300 million loans, which “shows the confidence of the markets in the results obtained by the company in 2021,” it was announced.

  • Thursday, January 27th 2022 - 20:53 UTC

    Chávez's daughter praises CFK in Tegucigalpa

    It is not easy to be a female President, CFK said

    Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and María Gabriela Chávez Contreras, daughter of the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez Frías, met Wednesday at the National University of Honduras, where the former Argentine head of state delivered a speech under the title “Peoples always return”.

  • Thursday, January 27th 2022 - 19:53 UTC

    WaPo tells Americans not to fret over local inflation: Argentina is worse off

    Inflation transforms the way people spend, save and think, the WaPo said

    An article published by The Washington Post highlights Argentina's inflationary tradition and suggests US citizens should take a look at the South American country's “way of economic life” after prices locally rose around 7% in one year.

  • Thursday, January 27th 2022 - 19:50 UTC

    Bolivia's gas output problems spells collapse for Argentine reserves

    Argentine authorities are already speaking of a “collapse” in gas reserves

    Just when the deal between IEASA and Bolivia's YPFB for the supply of gas is about to end (Jan. 31), Argentina has been offered 35% less for the winter compared to previous years, it was reported.

  • Thursday, January 27th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

    Argentina to develop new polar ship with Finnish consultants

    The ARA Almirante Irízar has given up a lot of cargo capacity

    The Government of Argentina Wednesday approved the allocation of funds to the Tandanor state shipyard to advance in cooperation with Finnish consultants Aker Arctic in the design and construction of a new polar ship to join the icebreaker ARA Almirante Irízar in delivering supplies to the thirteen bases in Antarctica.

  • Thursday, January 27th 2022 - 09:26 UTC

    Violence on the rise on Mexico's Caribbean beaches

    Violence has been on the rise for more than 15 years, resulting in some 335,000 people dead and 93,000 missing since 2006

    Two Canadian tourists and one Argentine hotel manager have been found murdered in less than a week, in Mexico's Riviera Maya area. These events have once again put the spotlight on violence in this region full of beach resorts.

  • Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 20:35 UTC

    Argentina endorses request that Venezuela investigates human rights violations

    Machuca highlighted Argentina's stance in favor of the protection of all persons against forced disappearances

    Argentina Wednesday supported from its role within the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) previous requests filed by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, who insisted the Venezuelan administration of Nicolás Maduro needed to investigate the numerous reports on violations and hold the perpetrators accountable.

  • Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 14:28 UTC

    Uruguay and Chile, the least corrupt “in a corrupt continent”

    Uruguay gained two points since 2020 and ranks as the “least corrupt in a corrupt continent”.

    Corruption in Latin America is one of the most notorious problems on the region's agenda after a decade of major judicial operations that exposed corruption schemes involving governments and companies alike. According to Transparency International (TI), corruption has been entrenched in Latin America for more than a decade with little progress and many setbacks in terms of democracy and human rights.