Argentina

Monday, April 10th 2023 - 12:54 UTC
More dramatic estimates from Argentine agriculture and soy crop

The Safras & Mercado consultancy revised Argentina's soybeans production estimate for 2022/2023 of some 24.8 million tons, dramatically down from the previous forecast in March of 31.4 million tons.
Saturday, April 8th 2023 - 10:13 UTC
Argentina: inflation projections take turn for the worse

Leading Argentine economists foresee the country's inflation in 2023 might reach 110%, a 10.2 % increase from previous projections, it was explained in Buenos Aires. The projection thus reached three digits for the first time since the REM was implemented.
Saturday, April 8th 2023 - 10:11 UTC
Uruguay's Health Minister worried about travelers bringing home dengue

Uruguayan health authorities have issued a series of recommendations to nationals of the South American country traveling abroad, particularly to Argentina, for the Easter Weekend due to a surge in the number of dengue cases detected in the neighboring nation. Health Minister Karina Rando stressed that those returning from that country and from Brazil should be attentive to possible symptoms for 10 or 12 days.
Friday, April 7th 2023 - 10:19 UTC
Argentine fishing research campaign in South Georgia Islands completed

A research expedition in the South Atlantic to further explore the oceanographic fishing scenario around the South Georgia Islands ended “satisfactorily” despite the “extreme” hydro-meteorological, environmental, and topographic conditions of the area, the Argentine Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MINCyT) announced this week.
Thursday, April 6th 2023 - 16:21 UTC
Argentina officially rejoins Unasur to play a leading role in its “revitalization”

Argentina made official its return to the Union of South American Nations (Unasur), founded in 2009 and from which it had left in 2019, to “promote its institutional revitalization and build an increasingly integrated region,” official sources said Thursday.
Thursday, April 6th 2023 - 14:28 UTC
Reversing Latin America’s Democratic Decay, the proliferation of “hybrid regimes”

By Jorge G Castañeda and Carlos Ominami (*), NEW YORK – The best way to safeguard democracy in Latin America is to build strong welfare states. But since this is a medium- to long-term project, meeting the short-term threat of authoritarian populism will require more immediate solutions.
Thursday, April 6th 2023 - 10:55 UTC
Presidents Fernández and Boric discuss regional agenda

Argentine President Alberto Fernández and his Chilean colleague Gabriel Boric discussed Wednesday in Santiago issues of bilateral and regional interest during an encounter to celebrate the 205h anniversary of the so-called Abrazo de Maipú (Maipú hug) between independence heroes José de San Martín and Bernardo O'Higgins.
Wednesday, April 5th 2023 - 10:11 UTC
Argentina: Minister Massa discusses trade with group of US Senators

Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa met Tuesday in Buenos Aires with a group of US Senators to discuss economic and political cooperation in order to face the challenges posed by the new global reality.
Tuesday, April 4th 2023 - 21:30 UTC
Brazil ready to supply Argentina with soybeans for the its crushing industry

Brazil has enough potential to supply up to half of the soybeans that Argentina will import to keep its industrial park running in the face of the historic drought that ravaged the 2022/23 crop in the country, which is usually the largest exporter of soy oil and soy meal in the world.
Tuesday, April 4th 2023 - 09:13 UTC
No statute of limitations wanted for Brazilian enslavers

Brazil's Attorney General Augusto Aras Monday filed a request before the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to make the crime of “labor analogous to slavery” uneligible for a statute of limitations, which is a constitutional guarantee for defendants, but it is not absolute.