Argentina

• Monday, March 13th 2023 - 08:48 UTC

  Argentina's industry grows 6.3% YoY in January

  

  Argentina's industrial output recorded a 6.3% interannual growth in January of 2023 and 9.6% against the same month of 2019, the Secretariat of Industry and Productive Development reported. It was the second-highest January, only surpassed by 2018. Against January 2022, the sectors that grew the most were Food and Beverages (+9.1%), Automotive (+24.8%), Metal Industries (+8.9%), and Metal Products (+15.2%).

• Saturday, March 11th 2023 - 12:52 UTC

  Presidents Fernández and Abdo agree on Mercosur bilateral agenda

  

  Presidents Alberto Fernández of Argentina and Mario Abdo Benítez of Paraguay met Friday at the former's Olivos residence to discuss a broad bilateral and regional agenda, including the current situation of Mercosur and the challenges facing the bloc under Buenos Aires' pro-tempore presidency.

• Saturday, March 11th 2023 - 11:56 UTC

  Argentine Province of Buenos Aires, Defense Ministry sign cooperation deal

  

  Buenos Aires Governor Axel Kicillof and Defense Minister Jorge Taiana signed an agreement for the shipyards Tandanor and Río Santiago to develop a multipurpose landing ship, a polar ship, and a floating dock for the Argentine Navy.

• Friday, March 10th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

  Argentine soldier dies while training amid heat wave

  

  An Argentine Army cadet died Monday during a training session in the middle of a heat wave, it was reported this week. A 21-year-old young man in the first year of his military career died during “physical training” practices at the National Military College (Officer's Academy - CMN).

• Friday, March 10th 2023 - 10:41 UTC

  Scioli asks Brazil to bring down barriers and even up the trade balance

  

  Buenos Aires' Ambassador to Brazil Daniel Scioli Thursday asked the local administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva to even up the trade balance between the two countries because it has been negative from Argentina's side for the past two decades.

• Thursday, March 9th 2023 - 09:57 UTC

  Argentine Women's Ministry an achievement of feminist struggles, Minister Mazzina says

  

  Argentina's Minister of Women Ayelén Mazzina Wednesday warned that the opposition has long called for the closing of her office but celebrated it did not go beyond words, claiming that the agency's existence was a victory “in the heat of feminist struggles.”

• Thursday, March 9th 2023 - 09:53 UTC

  Machismo kills, says Argentine President

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández said that “in its maximum expression, machismo kills” and saluted the feminist movement that had managed to bring gender issues to the center stage of political debate to fight “inequality.” Fernández also questioned the “lack of gender perspective in the Judiciary.”

• Wednesday, March 8th 2023 - 12:45 UTC

  Argentina's cancellation of Córdoba-Mt. Pleasant route made official

  

  The Argentine Government's decision to strike the authorization once granted to LATAM Brasil to serve Mount Pleasant in the Malvinas/Falkland Islands from Córdoba has been made official since it was published Tuesday in the Official Gazette.

• Wednesday, March 8th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  Argentine federal gov't gets involved in Rosario violence crisis

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday announced through a recorded message from the Olivos residence, that federal forces would be deployed to the Rosario area in an attempt to curb drug-trafficking-related violence. “Rosario needs us”, said the President.

• Wednesday, March 8th 2023 - 10:11 UTC

  Aerolíneas Argentines to resume Carrasco-Ezeiza route

  

  Aerolíneas Argentinas will resume its direct route between Buenos Aires' largest international air terminal (Ezeiza) and Montevideo's Carrasco, which will serve as a feeder for Uruguayan travelers to board transatlantic flights to Madrid or Rome or other domestic and regional services to destinations such as New York, Cancun, Punta Cana, or Havana.