Argentina

• Saturday, June 10th 2023 - 10:29 UTC

  Argentine Central Bank releases gruesome projections

  

  Argentine Central Bank's (BCRA) monthly Relevamiento de Expectativas de Mercado (Market Expectancy Survey - REM) report for May released Friday forecasted inflation by the end of this year to reach 148.9%, 22.5 percentage points (p.p.) higher than the previous projection, it was announced in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, June 8th 2023 - 10:05 UTC

  Historical number of foreigners visit Argentina in April

  

  Over 619,000 foreign travelers reached Argentina in the month of April, thus setting a YoY increase of 105.2%, a historical record for this month, according to the latest report of the National Directorate of Markets and Statistics of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports.

• Thursday, June 8th 2023 - 09:12 UTC

  Messi picks MLS Inter Miami offer to continue his club career

  

  Argentine star Lionel Messi will continue his professional footballing career in the United States, playing for Inter Miami, it was announced Wednesday.

• Wednesday, June 7th 2023 - 10:21 UTC

  Argentine citrus industry hopeful of US market for mandarins

  

  The Argentina citrus industry expects processing for mandarin and the Clementine variety to very soon begin exports to the United States. Jose Carbonell president of the Argentine Citrus Federation, Fedecitrus, was optimistic about the options of a new market.

• Wednesday, June 7th 2023 - 10:12 UTC

  World Bank releases contrasting projections for Brazil and Argentina

  

  The World Bank foresees a 1.2% growth this year for the Brazilian economy and a 2% contraction for that of Argentina, it was reported Tuesday.

• Wednesday, June 7th 2023 - 10:07 UTC

  Banco Itaú working its way out of Argentina

  

  Banco Itaú is planning to close its operations in Argentina and is already in negotiations with Banco Macro S.A. for a buy-over, it was reported in Buenos Aires Tuesday.

• Tuesday, June 6th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  All money laundering charges against CFK dismissed

  

  All charges against Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) have been dismissed in the money laundering case known as La Ruta del Dinero K (The K Money Route).

• Tuesday, June 6th 2023 - 10:13 UTC

  Argentina's Antarctica bases join national health system

  

  Argentina's seven bases in Antarctica have joined the National Health Surveillance System (SNVS), a joint initiative between the Ministries of Health and Defense to improve the capacity for early detection and effective and timely response to public health risks, it was reported.

• Tuesday, June 6th 2023 - 10:09 UTC

  Vehicle production grows in Argentina

  

  Argentina's Association of Automotive Manufacturers (Adefa) announced Monday that output reached 53,282 units in May, (14.8% more than in the same month of 2022), while exports grew by over 13% in the same period.

• Monday, June 5th 2023 - 12:45 UTC

  Argentina closer to becoming a member of BRICS and their Development Bank

  

  The board of the BRICS-led New Development Bank (NDB) will hold a vote for the incorporation of Argentina in August, the entity’s president Dilma Rousseff told Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa currently in China with a numerous delegation in search of money for an almost depleted Central Bank