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Montevideo, September 27th 2026 - 00:30 UTC

Argentina

  • Tuesday, July 14th 2026 - 22:38 UTC

    Milei removes embassy official in Spain over internal dispute

    The conflict had become public in April, when Nimo said on social media that Bunge had taken away the office where he received businesspeople interested in investing in Argentina

    The government of Argentine President Javier Milei has dismissed Marcelo Alejandro Nimo as specialized attaché for Investment Promotion and International Trade at the Argentine embassy in Spain, ending an internal conflict the official had been engaged in with the ambassador in Madrid, Wenceslao Bunge Saravia.

  • Tuesday, July 14th 2026 - 22:31 UTC

    Argentina's YPF Luz seeks dual listing in New York and Buenos Aires

    YPF Luz, which has operated since 2013, presents itself as Argentina's largest independent power generator by installed capacity

    Argentine power generator YPF Luz has filed a preliminary prospectus with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a potential initial public offering of shares, which would list simultaneously on the New York Stock Exchange and on Bolsas y Mercados Argentinos (BYMA) in Buenos Aires.

  • Tuesday, July 14th 2026 - 22:26 UTC

    Argentina's inflation slows to 1.9% in June, lowest monthly rate in 10 months

    The government presents the slowdown as one of the main achievements of the fiscal and monetary adjustment program launched after Javier Milei took office in December 2023

    Inflation in Argentina slowed for the third consecutive month in June, coming in at 1.9%, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC). It was the lowest monthly figure since August 2025 and the first time this year that the index dropped below the 2% threshold. Year-on-year, prices rose 33.5%, while the first-half cumulative figure reached 16.8%.

  • Monday, July 13th 2026 - 15:45 UTC

    Scaloni plays down England semifinal: 'It's a football match, nothing more'

    “We are going to play against a great team, with a great coach, whom I appreciate and admire greatly. It's a football match, full stop. There's nothing more to it,” he added

    Argentina's head coach, Lionel Scaloni, rejected attributing any meaning beyond sport to the World Cup semifinal against England, to be played on Wednesday, and urged that the match be treated as just another game of football.

  • Monday, July 13th 2026 - 09:24 UTC

    Argentina's foreign minister calls for talks, says Islanders cannot decide sovereignty

    A spokesperson for Prime Minister Keir Starmer recently said sovereignty rests with the United Kingdom and that the islanders' right to self-determination is paramount

    Argentina's foreign minister, Pablo Quirno, has reaffirmed his country's claim to the Falklands in a lengthy article published in the newspaper La Nación, in which he rejected the validity of the 2013 referendum and argued that sovereignty over the archipelago cannot be determined by its inhabitants. The text restates Buenos Aires' long-standing position and appeared days before the World Cup semifinal between Argentina and England.

  • Monday, July 13th 2026 - 08:25 UTC

    Argentina weighs protest over British patrol ship's passage to Chile

    Any Argentine claim could rest on the Madrid II Agreement, signed by both countries in 1990 after diplomatic relations were restored

    Argentina's foreign ministry is considering a formal statement following the transit of the Royal Navy patrol vessel HMS Medway, which sailed from the Falklands to the Chilean port of Punta Arenas, in an episode over which Buenos Aires and London offer conflicting accounts.

  • Monday, July 13th 2026 - 08:06 UTC

    Lula aide insults Milei over plan to campaign for Bolsonaro's son in Brazil

    “What does this imbecile think he has to teach the Brazilian people?” wrote Guilherme Boulos, chief minister of the Secretariat General of the Presidency and a figure close to Lula

    A senior Brazilian government official called Argentine President Javier Milei an “imbecile” after he announced he will travel to Brazil on July 25 to take part in the launch of the presidential candidacy of Flávio Bolsonaro, the main opposition figure to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

  • Monday, July 13th 2026 - 08:00 UTC

    Argentine buyers slow their push into Uruguay's property market

    Among the reasons operators say keep Uruguay attractive is legal certainty in the rental market

    The flow of Argentine investors into Uruguay's property market, which intensified after the pandemic and during the years of greatest economic uncertainty in Argentina, is showing signs of easing. Sector operators attribute the shift to Argentina's economic recovery and to the narrowing price gap between the two countries.

  • Sunday, July 12th 2026 - 08:43 UTC

    Argentina and England to meet in World Cup semifinal loaded with history

    Argentina beat Switzerland 3-1 in extra time to reach the semifinals of the 2026 World Cup, where they will face England on Wednesday in a rematch of one of the most historically charged fixtures in international football.

  • Friday, July 10th 2026 - 18:27 UTC

    Milei plans regional tour seeking investment, with a Bolsonaro visit that irks Lula

    Milei said he would travel on July 25 to São Paulo to take part in the event at which, he said, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro — son of former President Jair — will be proclaimed a presidential candidate

    Argentine President Javier Milei announced a busy international schedule for the coming weeks, with trips to Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador, which he presented as part of an outward-looking strategy aimed at attracting trade and investment. The itinerary includes a gesture toward the Brazilian opposition that is likely to cause discomfort for the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.