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Montevideo, August 23rd 2025 - 10:50 UTC

Argentina

  • Wednesday, August 6th 2025 - 09:39 UTC

    Uruguay's La Libertad Avanza garners enough signatures

    Quintana noted that Uruguay was a different country from Argentina, but they were both “dying from socialism”

    The Uruguayan version of La Libertad Avanza has successfully obtained the required signatures to be officially recognized as a political party by the Electoral Court. Led by Nicolás Quintana, the group will now have its statutes and principles published, and if no challenges are made within ten days, it will be eligible to participate in upcoming elections.

  • Wednesday, August 6th 2025 - 07:28 UTC

    Argentina accepts Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, five remaining for entry into force

    Ambassador Lunazzi: This firm commitment to fairer and freer trade not only strengthens our economy, but also protects the marine resources in the South Atlantic

    Argentina deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies on 22 July. Ambassador Gustavo Lunazzi presented Argentina’s instrument of acceptance to WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Just five more acceptances are needed for the Agreement to enter into force.

  • Tuesday, August 5th 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    IMF money arrives in Buenos Aires, boosting reserves

    “The new agreement is more favorable and should facilitate access to international credit,” said Economy Minister Luis 'Toto' Caputo

    Argentina has received a US$2 billion disbursement from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a move that has boosted the country's international reserves and provided a temporary reprieve from exchange rate volatility. The funds, part of an agreement reached in April, have raised the Central Bank's reserves to over US$43 billion, the highest since early 2023.

  • Monday, August 4th 2025 - 10:28 UTC

    Sales of brand new cars surge in Argentina

    Toyota featured two models among the top-three selling ones

    Sales of brand new cars grew 44% yoy in July, marking the best performance since 2018. The Argentine Automobile Dealers Association (Acara) attributes this growth to economic stability, greater model availability, promotions, and attractive financing. The motorcycle market also saw significant growth, with sales increasing by 33.9% interannually to 54,060 units. The top-selling brand was Toyota, with the Yaris its most popular model.

  • Monday, August 4th 2025 - 10:21 UTC

    Ernesto Samper pays CFK a visit at Buenos Aires apartment

    Samper likened CFK's case to Lula's detention, which would have spared Brazil the Bolsonaro years

    Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) was visited at the apartment where she is under house arrest by former Colombian President Ernesto Samper and former Ecuadorean National Assembly Speaker Gabriela Rivadeneira.

  • Friday, August 1st 2025 - 10:47 UTC

    US tariffs: Argentina and Uruguay charged only 10%

    The new scenario could bring on some opportunities for Uruguay, Oddone noted

    As the new tariffs scheme established by US President Donald Trump became effective Friday, Uruguay and Argentina were among the least affected countries, with surcharges of only 10%, a steep difference from Canada's 35% or Brazil's 50% and a default 15% surcharge unless otherwise specified.

  • Friday, August 1st 2025 - 09:40 UTC

    IMF Board approves US$2 bn disbursement to Argentina

    The disbursement was approved after Buenos Aires implemented “corrective measures” to bring reserves closer to the target

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the first review of its agreement with Argentina, authorizing a disbursement of US$2 billion. The decision comes days after the IMF projected a 5.5% growth for the country.

  • Thursday, July 31st 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Argentine Justice Minister under flak for hidden camera footage

    Cúneo Libarona was recorded talking with Sound of Freedom's Tim Ballard

    Argentina's Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona is facing calls for his resignation after a video was leaked showing him offering to help former CIA agent Timothy Ballard clean up his public image. Ballard, who inspired the film Sound of Freedom, has been accused of sexual violence by former employees of his anti-trafficking organization, Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.).

  • Wednesday, July 30th 2025 - 09:11 UTC

    US gov't official calls for release of all of Venezuela's political prisoners

    Molano urged international cooperation to pressure “Maduro's dictatorship” to release all political prisoners

    The US government of President Donald Trump publicly demanded the release of Argentine National Border Guard Corporal Nahuel Gallo, who has been detained in Venezuela since December 8, 2024, on accusations of espionage.

  • Tuesday, July 29th 2025 - 10:58 UTC

    Argentina joining US visa waiver program still a long way ahead

    Noem does not see Argentina entering the visa waiver program in less than a year

    US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem warned it would take about a year before holders of Argentine passports are allowed back into the United States without a visa as they were between 1996 and 2002, despite the agreements she signed Monday with President Javier Milei.