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Montevideo, October 26th 2025 - 08:44 UTC

Argentina

  • Sunday, March 26th 2023 - 14:55 UTC

    Fernández thanks Ibero-American Summit support on Malvinas

    Mercosur has lived through the different political signs ruling each member country, Fernández explained

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández Saturday thanked att attendees at the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit for their unanimous support in a joint declaration urging the United Kingdom to resume talks regarding the Falklands/Malvinas Islands issue.

  • Saturday, March 25th 2023 - 10:57 UTC

    Argentina: Human Rights groups commemorate 24M at Plaza de Mayo

    “We are honoring the memory of those who fought for a just, free, and sovereign homeland,” said Carlotto

    Human rights and leftwing militants convened Friday at Buenos Aires' iconic Plaza de Mayo to commemorate the 47th anniversary of the last military coup d'état in the country and to insist that “Never Again” should democracy be taken away from Argentines.

  • Friday, March 24th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Argentina's 2022 GDP shows improvement from previous year

    Non-demanding underemployment went up in 2022, according to Indec's review

    Argentina's Gross Domestic Product (GDP - the sum of all products and services traded) grew by 5.2% in 2022, a 1.9% improvement from 2021, the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) reported Thursday in a study that also showed that last year's fourth quarter GDP was 1.9% higher than that of the same period of 2021, but 1.5% below the third quarter of 2022.

  • Thursday, March 23rd 2023 - 10:53 UTC

    Argentine gov't to pesify state-held securities in foreign currency

    The US dollar fell slightly against the US peso after the announcements although it will take some time to implement the new measures

    Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa and his aides held a working lunch Wednesday with a group of businessmen from banks, insurance companies, and investment funds, during which the new measures adopted to control a ballooning exchange rate between the local currency and the US dollar were outlined.

  • Thursday, March 23rd 2023 - 10:51 UTC

    Brazil would like to see Argentina join BRICS, FM says

    The issue will have to be discussed at the next BRICS summit because Lula's upcoming meeting with Xi Jinping will be of a bilateral nature, Vieira also explained

    Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira told the website Metrópoles that his country would like to have Argentina join the BRICS group, but insisted that for such a move to happen it would depend on the consensus from the other bloc members (Russia, India, China, and South Africa).

  • Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Uruguayan Supreme Court gives thumbs down to Pepín

    Rodríguez Simón's extradition process may now continue, but his lawyers will not make it easy

    Uruguay's Supreme Court Tuesday voted against granting refugee status to former Macrist lobbyist Fabián “Pepín” Rodríguez Simón, who is staying in Montevideo to avoid an arrest warrant from Buenos Aires claiming political persecution and parliamentary immunity as a member of Parlasur.

  • Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:24 UTC

    Massa to announce new measures as Argentine peso sinks against US dollar

    Massa will tell businessmen over breakfast about the measures to be published in the Official Gazette

    With the informal exchange rate between the Argentine peso and the US dollar known as “blue” going up AR$ 8, and reaching a new record high of AR$ 394, Economy Minister Sergio Massa is planning a set of measures to reverse that trend. The new package is to be conveyed to businessmen and bankers over breakfast Wednesday before being announced.

  • Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:16 UTC

    Puebla Group supports CFK at Buenos Aires gathering

    “If we have to fight against drug trafficking, first we have to fight against the financial system that launders drug money,” CFK noted

    The Puebla Group Tuesday expressed its support to Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) during a convention at Buenos Aires' Centro Cultural Kirchner (CCK).

  • Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:10 UTC

    First shipment of Argentine beef to Mexico takes off

    “The opening of Mexico for Argentine beef is a reaffirmation of the quality and safety of our food,” Bahillo said

    The first shipment of Argentine beef took off from Ezeiza Airport Tuesday on an AeroMexico flight after more than 10 years of negotiations, the South American country's National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality (Senasa) reported. Both countries had agreed on December 2 on the sanitary certificate requirements.

  • Tuesday, March 21st 2023 - 10:05 UTC

    Argentina tries to collect toll from Paraguay for Parana waterway traffic

    “This attitude of the Argentine authorities of not recognizing and ignoring international agreements and pacts is very striking,” Dos Santos explained

    As of Monday last week, Argentina's General Administration of Ports (AGP) started issuing invoices for “navigation settlements of the previous months.” In other words, a fee began to be collected for the passage of Paraguayan cargo through the Santa Fe-Confluencia section.