Argentina

• Thursday, October 19th 2023 - 10:41 UTC

  Blue dollar plummets in Argentina

  

  The “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar plunged on Wednesday, closing at AR$ 885/905 (buy/sell), down from AR$ 985 the previous day, after the extension of the swap with China was announced and raids on illegal exchange parlors known as “cuevas” (caves) intensified, leading to new arrests, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, October 19th 2023 - 08:55 UTC

  Argentine spy granted war veteran status after long legal battle

  

  A 65-year-old Argentine woman known by the initials A.C., who claimed to have performed intelligence duties during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict against the United Kingdom, has been granted war veteran status after a legal process that lasted several years because navy records showed she was assigned other duties, Mar del Plata's La Capital reported this week.

• Thursday, October 19th 2023 - 08:38 UTC

  Argentina: Deal to buy Norwegian P-3s moves forward

  

  With a nod from the United States, Argentine authorities have finally reached an agreement with the Norwegian government for the purchase of four Lockheed Martin P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft, Argentine Defense Minister Jorge Taiana and Norwegian Defense Materiel Agency (NDMA) D3 Director Magnus Hansvold announced during a ceremony aboard the Fragata Sarmiento museum ship in Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, October 18th 2023 - 08:57 UTC

  Argentine President has busy agenda in China

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández met with the head of the New Development Bank (NDB), Dilma Rousseff, to advance the South American country's accession to the BRICS financial institution.

• Tuesday, October 17th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  Fuel shortages reported in Uruguay and Argentina

  

  Fuel shortages have been reported on both ends of the River Plate. But while supply is expected to be back to normal before the end of this week in Montevideo, Argentine rural producers are concerned that the lack of diesel might impact their activity shortly.

• Tuesday, October 17th 2023 - 09:13 UTC

  Argentine President starts holding meetings in Shanghai

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández held meetings in Shanghai with businessmen and local authorities ahead of his participation at the Third Belt and Road Forum to which he was invited by Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

• Tuesday, October 17th 2023 - 08:34 UTC

  Argentina: JxC's strength lies in the others' weaknesses

  

  Opposition candidate Patricia Bullrich of former President Mauricio Macri's Together for Change (Juntos por el Cambio - JxC) Monday closed her presidential campaign in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) together with Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, whom she defeated in the primaries and would now appoint as Cabinet Chief if elected.

• Monday, October 16th 2023 - 09:51 UTC

  Argentina: Massa would not keep all Kirchnerites onboard if elected

  

  Argentina's Economy Minister and presidential candidate Sergio Massa said Sunday over dinner with 96-year-old TV host Mirtha Legrand that some ministers of the Alberto Fernández administration would not be included in his government, should he get elected.

• Monday, October 16th 2023 - 07:35 UTC

  Argentine President arrives in China

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández landed in Shanghai during the weekend on a Chinese tour during which he is to meet with his local colleague Xi Jinping as well as with New Development Bank (NBD - also known as the BRICS bank) CEO Dilma Rousseff.

• Sunday, October 15th 2023 - 13:58 UTC

  Argentina: BA Mayor would be Cabinet Chief under Bullrich

  

  In a move to convey a message of unity within Together for Change (Juntos por el Cambio - JxC), presidential hopeful Patricia Bullrich Saturday announced that should she be elected, Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, whom she defeated in the primaries, would become her Cabinet Chief.