Argentina

Monday, July 8th 2024 - 16:50 UTC
Lacalle Pou urges Mercosur unity, emphasizes importance of Milei's participation

During the Summit of Mercosur Heads of State and Associate Members, President Luis Lacalle Pou delivered a compelling speech emphasizing the significance of Mercosur and advocating for greater openness within the bloc. Uruguay is set to assume the pro tempore presidency of Mercosur, and Lacalle Pou used this opportunity to address pressing regional issues and international trade agreements, particularly focusing on the recent political changes in Argentina.
Monday, July 8th 2024 - 13:59 UTC
Argentina: Bases Law enacted as a prelude to the so-called “May Pact”

Argentine President Javier Milei enacted this weekend the most encompassing Bases Law granting the Government most of the tools it claims to need to rescue the country from her plight as the Libertarian Administration fine-tuned the last details for the so-called “May Pact” to be signd in Tucumán on the Eve of the Independence Day celebrations.
Monday, July 8th 2024 - 10:38 UTC
Chilean budget carrier interested in domestic flights within Argentina

Chilean budget carrier SKY has expressed its interest in operating domestic routes within Argentina given President Javier Milei's shift to “open skies” policies, as recent agreements with Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Canada and Panama would corroborate.
Monday, July 8th 2024 - 07:35 UTC
Mercosur not going through the best of times ahead of Asunción Summit

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña admitted that the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) was not going through the best of times as he prepared to host the bloc's Summit in Asunción Monday during which he is to hand over the grou's rotating presidency to Uruguay's Luis Lacalle Pou.
Monday, July 8th 2024 - 07:30 UTC
Milei attends conservative gathering with the Bolsonaros

Instead of attending Monday's Mercosur Summit in Asunción, Argentine President Javier Milei chose to spend the weekend in southern Brazil with his friends the Bolsonaros, including the former head of state Jair, with whom he watched their national team eliminated from the Copa America by Uruguay on penalties on Saturday.
Saturday, July 6th 2024 - 10:31 UTC
Argentina: No love lost between Macri and Bullrich

There seems to be no love lost between former Argentine President Mauricio Macri (2015-2019) and Security Minister Patricia Bullrich after Thursday's events at the Propuesta Republicana (PRO) Party Assembly the latter was supposed to chair but was sidelined. The rift between Macri and Bullrich has been going on for months, it was also reported in Buenos Aires.
Saturday, July 6th 2024 - 10:25 UTC
Argentines fairing worse off under Milei, study finds

Studies published this week corroborate that Argentines are fairing worse off under President Javier Milei, with people sinking into poverty despite having formal jobs which showed in a dwindling consumption of red meat, among other items, in a country that used to top the world's lists.
Friday, July 5th 2024 - 10:33 UTC
Milei creates Ministry of Deregulation and Transformation of the State

The Government of Argentina announced Thursday the creation of a Ministry of Deregulation and Transformation of the State to be headed by Economist and former Central Bank (BCRA) President Federico Sturzenegger, who will be sworn in Friday.
Wednesday, July 3rd 2024 - 21:23 UTC
Argentine province has its own money... again

The Argentine province of La Rioja finally made do with its promise to issue a pseudo-currency of its own to meet debts within its territory. Officially named Debt Cancellation Bonds (Bocade), La Rioja's money is better known as “Chacho” whereby “1 Chacho = 1 Argentine peso.”
Wednesday, July 3rd 2024 - 10:20 UTC
Bolivia recalls ambassador from Buenos Aires

The Bolivian Government Tuesday summoned its ambassador from Buenos Aires for consultations following Casa Rosada's allegations that the June 26 attempted coup d'état in La Paz was staged by President Luis Arce Catacora to improve his dwindling public image.