Argentina

• Tuesday, August 1st 2023 - 10:21 UTC

  Extradition of Mapuche leader to Chile granted, but appeals will ensue

  

  A federal judge in Bariloche Monday ruled in favor of extraditing Mapuche Ancestral Resistance (RAM) leader Facundo Jones-Huala to Chile under the recommendation that the days he spent in detention in Argentina be counted as time served.

• Tuesday, August 1st 2023 - 10:16 UTC

  Brazilian traders want federal gov't involved in Paraná River Waterway toll dispute

  

  The Brazilian Association for the Development of Inland Navigation (Abani) requested the Brazilian Foreign Ministry takes steps after the Argentine decision to seize a vessel of a Brazilian company in Greater Rosario due to debts in the payment of tolls for using the Paraná River waterway, it was reported.

• Tuesday, August 1st 2023 - 10:08 UTC

  Opposition candidate wins gubernatorial elections in Argentine province of Chubut

  

  Ignacio Torres of the opposition Together for Change (Juntos por el Cambio - JxC) alliance finally won Sunday's gubernatorial elections in the Argentine province of Chubut with 35.71% of the votes, edging Arriba Chubut's Juan Pablo Luque, who collected 34.11% and would not admit defeat until Monday.

• Saturday, July 29th 2023 - 11:15 UTC

  Argentina announces new deal with the IMF

  

  The Government of Argentina reached an understanding with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) whereby the global agency will make disbursements worth over US$ 7 billion in August and November, it was announced Friday in Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, July 29th 2023 - 11:11 UTC

  Argentina forced to import 6,1 million tons of soybeans in first half of 2023

  

  Argentina hit by a once-in-a-lifetime drought, has been forced to import 6,1 million tons of soybeans in the first half of 2023, according to data published by the Rosario Stock Exchange. The volume, the highest ever recorded for the period, is triple the amount imported in the first half of last year. It is also very close to the 2018 annual record when the country imported 6.4 million tons of soybeans.

• Saturday, July 29th 2023 - 11:04 UTC

  Falklands: Argentine official complaint, stimulates Warrah Resources mineral exploration

  

  Argentina in an official release has complained bitterly what it describes as UK's unilateral activity, for having awarded a new license for gold and other minerals exploration to Warrah Resources in the Falkland Islands.

• Saturday, July 29th 2023 - 10:48 UTC

  Freedom of the press threatened in Argentine provinces

  

  Amid the controversy on who gets to decide what is true or not, the Association of Argentine Journalistic Entities (Adepa) Friday expressed its deep concern over the passing by the provincial Lower House in Salta of a bill establishing penalties (arrest and/or fines) for “whoever spreads false news” within the digital spectrum, it was reported.

• Saturday, July 29th 2023 - 10:38 UTC

  Argentina: Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo find Grandchild 133

  

  The organization Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo Friday announced in Buenos Aires the finding of the 133rd grandchild taken during the military dictatorship (1976-1983). He is a nephew of Mario Roberto Santucho, founding leader of the guerrilla organization PRT-ERP, whose mother Cristina Navajas was kidnapped in 1976.

• Friday, July 28th 2023 - 11:19 UTC

  NYC court US$ 300 million bond for British tycoon and Patagonian landowner

  

  A New York City court has imposed sweeping restrictions on British billionaire Joe Lewis as he awaits trial on insider trading charges. Mr Lewis, 86, pleaded not guilty and was granted US$ 300m (£230m) bail.

• Friday, July 28th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

  Argentina: “Blue” dollar breaks another record

  

  The so-called “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar in Argentina broke another record Thursday and closed at AR$ 553, it was reported in Buenos Aires. In some provinces such as Buenos Aires and Santa Fe the quotation went up to AR$558, according to local media.