Argentina

• Tuesday, December 19th 2023 - 10:14 UTC

  Brazil sees bilateral trade with Argentina falling in 2024

  

  Brazil's main financial and business publication, Valor Economico is forecasting that bilateral trade with Argentina is expected to fall in 2024, based on the recent measures announced by the government of president Javier Milei. In the eleven months of 2023, bilateral trade between Argentina and Brazil reached US$ 27 billion, with Brazilian exports totaling US$ 17bn, and Argentina US$ 11bn.

• Monday, December 18th 2023 - 10:58 UTC

  Unprecedented storm: Roof collapses in Bahía Blanca killing 13

  

  At least 13 people were reported dead in the city port of Bahía Blanca some 690 kilometers south of the Argentine capital and three others elsewhere in the province of Buenos Aires after Sunday's storms. Parts of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA), where one victim was reported, and other provinces were left without electricity for hours.

• Monday, December 18th 2023 - 10:53 UTC

  Argentina to buy electricity from Brazil due to storm

  

  Following the disruption caused by last weekend's storms to the country's grid, Argentina will import electricity from Brazil on a transitory basis, it was reported Sunday, in addition to other emergency measures adopted to face the crisis and restore supply in parts of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CAMA) and its Metropolitan Area (AMBA).

• Monday, December 18th 2023 - 10:33 UTC

  Milei booed at Boca Juniors elections for supporting Macri

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei was jeered and called names Sunday when he cast his vote for Andrés Ibarra for president of Club Atlético Boca Juniors at the iconic Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires before leaving for the storm-hit Bahía Blanca.

• Sunday, December 17th 2023 - 15:59 UTC

  Argentina appoints a new Malvinas Secretary, an academic with vast experience in maritime issues

  

  Argentine foreign minister, Diana Mondino has named Paola Di Chiaro, an academic with a political science background, involved with domestic maritime think tank issues, and linked to German Christian Democrat foundation Konrad Adenauer, as the new head of the Malvinas Islands Secretariat.

• Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:49 UTC

  Argentine company wants to launch satellites from Uruguay

  

  The Argentine company Tlon Space S.A. has been reported to be involved in Uruguay's plans to build an aerospace launch platform on the coast of Rocha to send small satellites into space to collect images.

• Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:37 UTC

  IDB will continue to support Argentina

  

  Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President Ilan Goldfajn said his entity “has supported Argentina for many years and decades and will continue to” do so after President Javier Milei's administration adopted a series of measures he found to be “strong.”

• Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:25 UTC

  Argentine hostage mistakenly killed by Israeli forces

  

  According to Buenos Aires media, one of the Hamas hostages Israel mistakenly killed had Argentine roots.

• Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:05 UTC

  Argentina: Milei says burden on private sector is “transitory”

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei Friday released a live broadcast through his Instagram account explaining that “The effort that falls on the private sector is transitory.” The head of state added his administration was “focused on avoiding hyperinflation.”

• Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:02 UTC

  Presidential Spokesman warns Argentina going through hyperinflation

  

  Argentina's Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni Friday confirmed his country was going through hyperinflation since the 1% daily rate mentioned earlier this week by Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo would result in a 3,678% per annum.