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Montevideo, June 9th 2025 - 11:29 UTC

Argentina

  • Sunday, April 30th 2023 - 14:34 UTC

    Japanese vaccine against dengue approved for use in Argentina

    Between week 15 and week 16, there were 15,393 new infections, it was reported

    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.

  • Sunday, April 30th 2023 - 09:46 UTC

    Argentina needs a way out of the dollar gamble, Mujica says

    “It has been many decades since the Argentine people lost confidence in their currency,” Mujica explained

    Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica said Argentines have long lost confidence in their currency; hence the jump of the “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar.

  • Friday, April 28th 2023 - 11:15 UTC

    “Blue” dollar keeps backtracking in Argentina

    Massa secured a US$ 690 million loan with the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) during a meeting in Uruguay. Photo: Gastón Britos / FocoUY

    The “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar dropped to AR$ 467 Thursday after further announcements and measures from Argentine authorities, after reaching an intraday record of AR$ 497 on Tuesday. It is still an AR$ 72 peso (18.2%) increase for the month of April.

  • Friday, April 28th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    Argentina: CFK announces no candidacies

    “Inflation does not stop with dollarization,” CFK stressed

    Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) made no announcement regarding the upcoming presidential elections during her appearance Thursday at a La Plata theater for the ceremony marking the opening of the Néstor Kirchner Institute. Following last week's declaration by President Alberto Fernández that he would not seek reelection, all eyes are focused on her next move.

  • Friday, April 28th 2023 - 10:47 UTC

    Presidents of Brazil, Argentina discuss Unasur

    Both leaders reviewed the evolution of bilateral trade and progress in the implementation of cooperation agreements signed in recent months

    Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Alberto Fernández of Argentina held a virtual conference Thursday during which they discussed the return of their countries to the South American Union of Nations (Unasur) and other bilateral issues.

  • Thursday, April 27th 2023 - 10:32 UTC

    Argentina: US dollar recoils after Minister Massa's measures

    Massa managed to calm down the market frenzy

    After the “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar reached nearly AR$ 500 on Tuesday, Superminister Sergio Massa's measures “in order to avoid speculative maneuvers” resulted in a drop to AR$ 474, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Wednesday, April 26th 2023 - 02:55 UTC

    Mercosur members, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay expected a decrease in 2023 beef exports, USDA

    Argentina is expected to export 795,000 tons, down from 823,000 last year. Paraguay, 445,000 tons, compared to 462,000 tons, while Uruguay is projected to export 485,000, down from 513,000

    Based on data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), a recent report from SAFRAS & Mercado indicates that the participation of Mercosur members Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay in global beef exports is expected to decrease in 2023 compared to the previous year.

  • Tuesday, April 25th 2023 - 19:46 UTC

    Argentine gov't losing grip: peso keeps plummeting

    ”We have been experiencing an atypical situation of rumors, versions, false reports, and their consequent impact on financial instruments linked to the dollar,” Massa explained

    By Mordechai Taji – Argentina's authorities are losing grip of the economy as the “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar hit AR$ 497 Tuesday before recoiling to AR$ 487, then bouncing back to AR$ 490, down again to AR$ 487 and back up once more to AR$ 495 amid growing unrest.

  • Tuesday, April 25th 2023 - 12:57 UTC

    “Blue” dollar hits AR$ 462 in Argentina

    In this scenario, the AR$ 300 agrodollar would be insufficient to yield the results the government expected

    The “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar went up another AR$S 20 Monday to close at AR$ 462 and somehow match inflation in other items of the country's economy, which it was lagging.

  • Tuesday, April 25th 2023 - 12:43 UTC

    Argentina to export oil to Chile again

    Iuliano said that if something has to be fixed, “there would be a change in the schedule.”

    Beginning in June, Argentina will resume exporting oil to Chile after 17 years, the website Rio Negro reported.