Argentina

• Wednesday, July 15th 2026 - 09:30 UTC

  British embassy in Buenos Aires jokes ahead of Argentina-England semifinal

  

  The United Kingdom's embassy in Buenos Aires posted a humorous message ahead of the 2026 World Cup semifinal between Argentina and England, played on Wednesday in Atlanta, in an attempt to ease the mood before a match loaded with historical connotations.

• Tuesday, July 14th 2026 - 22:38 UTC

  Milei removes embassy official in Spain over internal dispute

  

  The government of Argentine President Javier Milei has dismissed Marcelo Alejandro Nimo as specialized attaché for Investment Promotion and International Trade at the Argentine embassy in Spain, ending an internal conflict the official had been engaged in with the ambassador in Madrid, Wenceslao Bunge Saravia.

• Tuesday, July 14th 2026 - 22:31 UTC

  Argentina's YPF Luz seeks dual listing in New York and Buenos Aires

  

  Argentine power generator YPF Luz has filed a preliminary prospectus with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a potential initial public offering of shares, which would list simultaneously on the New York Stock Exchange and on Bolsas y Mercados Argentinos (BYMA) in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, July 14th 2026 - 22:26 UTC

  Argentina's inflation slows to 1.9% in June, lowest monthly rate in 10 months

  

  Inflation in Argentina slowed for the third consecutive month in June, coming in at 1.9%, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC). It was the lowest monthly figure since August 2025 and the first time this year that the index dropped below the 2% threshold. Year-on-year, prices rose 33.5%, while the first-half cumulative figure reached 16.8%.

• Monday, July 13th 2026 - 15:45 UTC

  Scaloni plays down England semifinal: 'It's a football match, nothing more'

  

  Argentina's head coach, Lionel Scaloni, rejected attributing any meaning beyond sport to the World Cup semifinal against England, to be played on Wednesday, and urged that the match be treated as just another game of football.

• Monday, July 13th 2026 - 09:24 UTC

  Argentina's foreign minister calls for talks, says Islanders cannot decide sovereignty

  

  Argentina's foreign minister, Pablo Quirno, has reaffirmed his country's claim to the Falklands in a lengthy article published in the newspaper La Nación, in which he rejected the validity of the 2013 referendum and argued that sovereignty over the archipelago cannot be determined by its inhabitants. The text restates Buenos Aires' long-standing position and appeared days before the World Cup semifinal between Argentina and England.

• Monday, July 13th 2026 - 08:25 UTC

  Argentina weighs protest over British patrol ship's passage to Chile

  

  Argentina's foreign ministry is considering a formal statement following the transit of the Royal Navy patrol vessel HMS Medway, which sailed from the Falklands to the Chilean port of Punta Arenas, in an episode over which Buenos Aires and London offer conflicting accounts.

• Monday, July 13th 2026 - 08:06 UTC

  Lula aide insults Milei over plan to campaign for Bolsonaro's son in Brazil

  

  A senior Brazilian government official called Argentine President Javier Milei an “imbecile” after he announced he will travel to Brazil on July 25 to take part in the launch of the presidential candidacy of Flávio Bolsonaro, the main opposition figure to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

• Monday, July 13th 2026 - 08:00 UTC

  Argentine buyers slow their push into Uruguay's property market

  

  The flow of Argentine investors into Uruguay's property market, which intensified after the pandemic and during the years of greatest economic uncertainty in Argentina, is showing signs of easing. Sector operators attribute the shift to Argentina's economic recovery and to the narrowing price gap between the two countries.

• Sunday, July 12th 2026 - 08:43 UTC

  Argentina and England to meet in World Cup semifinal loaded with history

  

  Argentina beat Switzerland 3-1 in extra time to reach the semifinals of the 2026 World Cup, where they will face England on Wednesday in a rematch of one of the most historically charged fixtures in international football.