Argentina

• Thursday, May 4th 2023 - 10:31 UTC

  Argentine deputies want lithium nationalized

  

  A group of lawmakers from Argentine's ruling Everybody's Front (Frente de Todos - FdT) has launched an initiative to nationalize the country's lithium resources, it was reported Wednesday in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, May 4th 2023 - 10:15 UTC

  Latin America lost over 39 million hectares of forests

  

  Agriculture has taken its toll on Latin American forests, particularly in South America's two largest countries. Argentina reached 444,535 hectares deforested to prioritize crops and cattle feeding.

• Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 - 11:55 UTC

  Lula promises to help his “friend” Alberto Fernández

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday thanked his Brazilian colleague Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for the latter's commitment to helping Argentine overcome the current crisis: “I celebrate the explicit support that Lula has given us as a country and as a government,” Fernández said after the meeting at the Alvorada Palace. He also highlighted Lula's pledge to strengthen Brazilian exports and support negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

• Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 - 11:20 UTC

  “Super May”: Eight Kirchnerite provinces advance local elections to avoid October debacle

  

  With the Argentine government of Alberto Fernandez and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in total disarray, the economy in shambles and with no hard currency, while a top delegation travels the world, China, Brazil, the US, and the IMF begging for fresh funds, several Argentine provinces are holding their local elections for governor and lawmakers, un hooked from the national presidential event next October.

• Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:57 UTC

  Massa to broker imports from Brazil paid in Argentine pesos

  

  Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa will travel to Brazil alongside President Alberto Fernández to find credit alternatives through which to spend fewer dollars in bilateral trade, it was reported.

• Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:22 UTC

  Schools in Mar del Plata to be named after 1982 war fallen

  

  Public schools and kindergartens in the Argentine beach resort and port of Mar del Plata will be named after local combatants fallen in the 1982 Malvinas War, it was announced Monday. The initiative was approved unanimously by the City Council.

• Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:19 UTC

  LATAC renews regional commitment to Gender and Equalities

  

  Renewed commitment brings gender and equality at the heart of the UK’s work in the Latin American And Caribbean region, LATAC, as part of the UK government’s commitment to tackle inequalities around the world.

• Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:05 UTC

  Fernández: Argentina has achieved the “lowest unemployment in decades”

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday released a recorded Labor Day message in which he praised his administration for achieving “the lowest unemployment in decades.” There are also “many provinces having full employment,” he added.

• Sunday, April 30th 2023 - 18:14 UTC

  Uruguayans flock to Argentina due to the convenient exchange rate

  

  Uruguayan drivers stayed in line for up to 7 kilometers Saturday trying to cross to Argentina for the long Labor Day weekend to capitalize on the favorable exchange rate, it was reported.

• Sunday, April 30th 2023 - 14:34 UTC

  Japanese vaccine against dengue approved for use in Argentina

  

  Argentine health authorities have approved the use of a Japanese vaccine against dengue that needs to be administered in two doses three months apart from one another, it was reported in Buenos Aires.