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Montevideo, December 9th 2025 - 03:06 UTC

Argentina

  • Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 09:47 UTC

    Argentine pilots want to launch nationwide strike

    Pilots are against President Javier Milei's decree changing their work conditions

    Argentina's Airline Pilots Association (APLA) has called for a nationwide strike to protest President Javier Milei's decree 378/2025, which alters working conditions for flight crews.

  • Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 11:42 UTC

    YPF legal saga: Irish court rules in favor of Argentina

    There are no assets to seize in Ireland, the judge argued

    An Irish court has ruled in favor of Argentina, rejecting a request by plaintiffs to enforce a US$16 billion New York judgment in that country. The plaintiffs in the YPF expropriation lawsuit sought to recognize and enforce New York Judge Loretta Preska's ruling in various foreign jurisdictions, namely England, France, Luxembourg, Australia, Canada, and Cyprus. However, the Irish court's decision was the first to deny this request.

  • Monday, August 18th 2025 - 08:30 UTC

    Bad weather expected in southern Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina

    Residents were advised to take precautions

    Weather forecasters in southern Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina foresee stormy conditions early this week due to an extratropical cyclone expected to bring severe havoc to the region.

  • Saturday, August 16th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    YPF case: NY Court of Appeals rules in favor of Argentina

    The stay is limited solely to the June 30 surrender order from Judge Loretta Preska

    The Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York has suspended a lower court's order that required Argentina to transfer 51% of its shares of the state oil company YPF to a New York bank. This overruling of Judge Loretta Preska's Sept. 2023 order is a significant win for Buenos Aires, as it allows the South American country to appeal the $16 billion judgment without having to surrender a key state asset

  • Saturday, August 16th 2025 - 10:30 UTC

    Uruguay interested in increased Paraguayan barge traffic

    There is a longstanding rivalry between Uruguayan and Argentine ports to handle Paraguayan cargo

    Uruguay is in talks with Asunción to improve the flow of Paraguayan barge fleet – the world's third-largest – through the port of Montevideo. In addition, extra berths have been requested at the port of Nueva Palmira.

  • Friday, August 15th 2025 - 10:53 UTC

    Fentanyl scandal splashing Milei's rivals leading up to midterms

    Fentanyl is between 50 and 100 times more potent than morphine

    The death toll from contaminated medical fentanyl in Argentina has been updated to 100 people, with the Libertarian government publicly blaming HLB Pharma Group S.A., and its owner, Ariel Garcia Furfaro, for it.

  • Friday, August 15th 2025 - 09:59 UTC

    Argentine prosecutor charges President Javier Milei over threats and defamation against journalist

    Mengolini’s lawyer, Juan Grabois, said the investigation involves the alleged use of public funds “to finance a para-state psychological terrorism network”

    Argentine President Javier Milei has been formally charged in a case investigating the dissemination of a fake pornographic video generated with artificial intelligence depicting journalist Julia Mengolini, along with threats and harassment against her on social media.

  • Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 10:18 UTC

    Argentina's inflation in July stands at 1.9%

    There is not enough cash in circulation to validate widespread increases

    Argentina's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.9% in July, bringing the year-on-year inflation to 36.6% and the year-to-date figure to 17.3%, according to a report from the National Institute of Statistics (Indec) released Wednesday in Buenos Aires. This marks the third consecutive month with a monthly inflation rate below 2%, a trend not seen since late 2017.

  • Wednesday, August 13th 2025 - 20:48 UTC

    Uruguay's Salto more expensive than Argentina's Concordia across the border

    The UCU's research found the gap to have grown again, albeit still far from previous years' sharp differences

    A study by the Catholic University of Uruguay's (UCU) Economic Observatory on the Salto Campus released this week showed that goods were once again much less expensive in Argentina. However, the difference was not as large as in previous years.

  • Wednesday, August 13th 2025 - 10:34 UTC

    Argentine SMEs losing ground to imports

    Suspensions, early vacations, and layoffs were reported on the rise

    A report by the SME Observatory Foundation (FOP) warned that one-third of Argentina's small and medium-sized industrial enterprises (SMEs) were losing market share to imports. The study, which surveyed 407 companies, found that 45% of SMEs feel a growing threat from imported goods, the highest level since 2007.