Argentina

• Saturday, July 1st 2023 - 10:53 UTC

  Brazil/Argentina bilateral trade better, but still lacks the dynamism of past years

  

  Trade relations between Brazil and Argentina are improving with an overall volume of US$12.5 billion in the first five months of this year. Brazil exported US$7.5 billion worth of goods and imported US$ 5 billion from Argentina, according to the Comexstat portal of the Brazilian Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Services.

• Saturday, July 1st 2023 - 10:49 UTC

  Mercosur members challenge Argentina toll fee on Parana/Paraguay waterway

  

  Delegations from Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil, and Uruguay recently convened a meeting to challenge Argentina’s imposition of a toll fee on the Paraná-Paraguay Waterway. The neighboring countries argued that the evidence presented by Argentina did not provide enough services to justify the charge.

• Friday, June 30th 2023 - 10:28 UTC

  Argentina to pay the IMF with Chinese money

  

  Argentine authorities Thursday announced that ”the payment of 2.7 billion dollars to the IMF corresponding to the second quarter will be made, partly in Special Drawing Rights (SDR) of the Treasury and partly with yuan, without using Central Bank reserves.”

• Thursday, June 29th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

  Argentina says Coast Guard unit to Yacyretá area following incident with Paraguayan Navy

  

  Argentina's Coast Guard (PNA) will up its patrolling in the Yacyretá dam area following an incident with the Paraguayan Navy which allegedly crossed into its waters, according to a complaint filed by local authorities of the province of Corrientes, it was reported.

• Wednesday, June 28th 2023 - 18:42 UTC

  Argentina grants funds for Phase 3 of identification of combatants fallen in Falklands

  

  Argentina has announced it will finance 130 million Pesos (some US$ 250,000 at the current free market exchange rate) for Project EAAF 2023 which refers to Phase 3 of the Humanitarian Project for the identification of fallen combatants buried in the Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, June 27th 2023 - 11:09 UTC

  Falklands war: Medals for Galician sailors forcibly turned into the crew of a spy vessel monitoring UK Task Force

  

  The Argentine consulate in Vigo, Spain held a ceremony to acknowledge the valor and dedication of two Galician sailors from Vigo and Cangas who were forcibly recruited into the Falklands conflict, 41 years ago, by the Argentine navy when they were about to begin their fishing season in the South Atlantic on board the vessel Usurbil.

• Tuesday, June 27th 2023 - 10:43 UTC

  Chile-bound lorries stranded in the middle of the Andes due to bad weather

  

  Some 2,000 lorries bound for Chile have been reported to be stranded in the middle of the Andes due to the closure of the Los Libertadores Path despite the road on the Argentine side being clear all the way to the Cristo Redentor tunnel.

• Tuesday, June 27th 2023 - 10:41 UTC

  Argentina: The Skyvan is “a symbol of the recovery of rights,” Massa says

  

  Argentine Economy Minister and presidential hopeful Sergio Massa Monday said the arrival back in the country of the former Coast Guard British-built Shorts Skyvan PA-51 aircraft used in the 1970s for the infamous death flights was “a symbol of the recovery of rights.”

• Tuesday, June 27th 2023 - 10:36 UTC

  Fernández thankful to his Brazilian friend Lula

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday told his Brazilian colleague Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that “when you are in trouble you ask your friends for help and friends are always there,” it was reported. Both leaders met Monday in Brasilia to celebrate 200 years of bilateral relations.

• Tuesday, June 27th 2023 - 09:03 UTC

  Brazil and Argentina strengthen alliance

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Monday said that his country and Argentina have adopted almost 100 actions to “give substance” to joint development between South America's two largest economies, Agencia Brasil reported.