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Argentina

  • Friday, February 10th 2023 - 10:18 UTC

    Reopening of Argentina's embassy in Bangladesh made official

    Bangladesh celebrates Argentina's sporting achievements as if they were their own

    The reopening of Argentina's embassy in the People's Republic of Bangladesh was published Thursday in the Official Gazette. The diplomatic mission to be reopened in Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital, had been shut down in 1978 but interest from the South American country in the Asian nation resurfaced during the 2022 football World Cup, which was celebrated as if Bangladesh had defeated France in the final.

  • Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

    Malvinas to be returned to Argentina soon, says Argentine Defense Minister

    Production of the IA-63 Pampa III is carried out at the Argentine Aircraft Factory (FAdeA)

    Argentine Defense Minister Jorge Taiana said the Malvinas Islands were to be restored “sooner rather than later... to its legitimate owners.” He made those remarks to veterans from the 1982 war attending the reopening of the Air Force's Base in Rìo Gallegos, from where converted training IA-63 Pampa III jets with fighting capabilities will “monitor and control” the South Atlantic enclave. The unit had not had combat aircraft since 1996.

  • Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 10:33 UTC

    Lilita Carrió running in Argentine opposition presidential primaries

    I do not intend to win as much as I intend to have unity within JxC, Carrió explained

    Veteran Argentine politician Elisa “Lilita” Carrió of the Coalición Cívica-Ari party Wednesday announced she will be running in this year's presidential primaries within the Together for Change (Juntos por el Cambio - JxC) coalition.

  • Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

    Argentina agro-industry exports expected to drop some 28% this year because of the drought

    Less exports means less hard currency (US dollars) and less tax revenue from export levies, says FADA

    Argentine agro-industrial exports are expected to climb to some US$ 47 billion this year, which is 28% less than in 2022 mainly because of the drought and lack of rains punishing most of the country's territory. The report is from the Argentine Agriculture for Development Foundation, FADA, based on lesser export estimates of grains, beef, and dairy produce.

  • Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 10:24 UTC

    Argentina's Victor Angelescu collecting scientific data for CCAMLR in South Georgia waters

    Victor Angelescu is a state of the art research/survey vessel belonging to INIDEP, based in Mar del Plata. Built in Spain at the ARMON Vigo shipyard 2016/17

    The Commissioner of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, SGSSI, Ambassador Alison Blake CMG, GSSI has issued permission for the vessel Victor Angelescu to conduct a CCAMLR-notified survey in South Georgia waters from 07 February to 02 March 2023.

  • Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 17:25 UTC

    Brazilian minister denies single currency: no death sentence for the Real

    Haddad, who floated such a possibility in an article last year, said removing trade barriers could involve using a single currency for commerce

    Argentina and Brazil are looking at ways to stimulate bilateral trade and investments but not eliminate their own currencies, according to Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad, who played down the idea of a single shared currency between the two Mercosur partners.

  • Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 09:37 UTC

    Lithium provinces want a slice of huge revenues

    “There is an exorbitant increase in lithium prices at an international level,” Morales underlined

    Argentina's Lithium Round Table convened Tuesday in Buenos Aires to discuss a proposal whereby the country would promote adding value to the extracting activity. The meeting was chaired by Jujuy Governor and Presidential hopeful Gerardo Morales, who warned that the participating provinces were being cast aside from the activity's large revenues.

  • Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 08:20 UTC

    Argentina: Manzur resigning as Cabinet Chief next week

    Manzur and Jaldo said they will be endorsing Alberto Fernández's reelection bid

    Argentine's Cabinet Chief Juan Manzur is to leave his post sometime next week, President Alberto Fernàndez announced during an event in Tafí Viejo, in the province of Tucumán, where Manzur is Governor, albeit on unpaid leave.

  • Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:44 UTC

    Top Argentine official makes the round of talks and contacts in Spain to complain about Falklands fishing industry

    Argentine Ambassador in Madrid Ricardo Alfonsin (left) and Secretary Guillermo Carmona (right), with Spanish counterparts during the round of meetings in Spain's capital

    Guillermo Carmona, secretary of the Malvinas, Antarctica and Southern Atlantic Islands held a round of political talks in Spain in the framework of the bi-national cooperation understandings contemplated in the Buenos Aires Declaration from 2021. The document was signed by Argentine president Alberto Fernandez and his Spanish peer Pedro Sánchez and addressed the Argentina/Spain joint strategic action plan 2021/2023 referred to the Falklands/Malvinas and Gibraltar Questions as well as Antarctic and oceans cooperation.

  • Sunday, February 5th 2023 - 09:25 UTC

    BCRA's REM report forecasts 2023 inflation in Argentina will reach 97.6%

    The new inflationary projections would mean a 0.8% improvement from 2022's figures but still one of the worst in the world

    With a Consumer Price Index (CPI) for January 2023 expected at 5.6%, Argentina's Central Bank (BCRA) issued a report Friday forecasting that inflation for the entire year would be 97.6% while the country's Gross Domestic Product (the sum of all services and goods traded) will only grow by 0.5%.