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Montevideo, January 24th 2026 - 08:01 UTC

Argentina

  • Saturday, September 20th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Milei: bailout from Washington being negotiated

    The last time the US Treasury's Exchange Stabilization Funds were touched was in 1995 to bail Mexico out of the “Tequila Crisis”

    Argentine President Javier Milei confirmed on Friday that his government was in “very advanced” negotiations with the US for an emergency loan from the Treasury's Exchange Stabilization Fund. If secured, the bailout would be used to cover more than US$8.5 billion in debt maturities due in January and July of 2026.

  • Saturday, September 20th 2025 - 01:34 UTC

    Argentine agency admits to issuing faulty passports

    The documents are still valid, but free replacements are available for those who might need them

    Argentina's National Registry of Persons (Renaper) admitted a printing flaw in passports issued between May 12 and June 30 of this year, belonging to the AAL series with specific serial number ranges 314,778-346,228; 400,000-607,599; and 616,000-620,088.

  • Friday, September 19th 2025 - 21:38 UTC

    UK after closer trade ties with Argentina and Brazil, South America’s largest economies

    UK trade with Brazil has reached an all-time high of £12.3 billion but given the size of our economies alignment, sectors such as clean energy, life sciences, and digital transformation

    Newly appointed Trade Minister Chris Bryant is visiting Brazil and Argentina, South America’s largest economies, to champion British business and closer trade ties. As part of the Trade Strategy’s plan to focus on practical deals that deliver faster benefits for businesses, Minister Bryant will progress several targeted partnerships with Brazil, including on customs, good regulatory practices, and export credit. 

  • Friday, September 19th 2025 - 10:22 UTC

    Dollar soars amid Argentina's political instability

    People get scared and cover themselves, Caputo argued

    Argentina's Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo announced on Thursday that the government would sell “every last dollar” to defend the current parity between the Argentine peso and the greenback. He made those remarks following a rise in the official quotation, which pierced the upper limit of its exchange rate band. Caputo insisted this approach fell within the program agreed upon with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

  • Friday, September 19th 2025 - 09:37 UTC

    Argentina records 21st straight trade surplus

    Imports grew at a faster pace than exports, so if the trend persists, a negative balance would be on the radar

    Argentina's trade surplus last month was US$1.402 billion, which was way higher than expectations. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec), this marks the 21st consecutive month of a trade surplus for the country.

  • Thursday, September 18th 2025 - 13:50 UTC

    UK Trade Minister visiting Brazil and Argentina

    Bryant will also engage with leading Latin American investors to promote the UK as a destination for fund expansion

    As the UK seeks agreements to make it easier and cheaper for British businesses to export, newly appointed Trade Minister Chris Bryant is visiting Brazil and Argentina on Thursday to achieve those goals.

  • Thursday, September 18th 2025 - 10:12 UTC

    Lower House deals Milei a heavy blow amid nationwide protests

    Milei has convened a cabinet meeting at Casa Rosada for Thursday

    Argentina's Lower House dealt a significant blow to President Javier Milei on Wednesday by overturning his vetoes on bills that would increase funding for public universities and pediatric hospitals. This action follows large protests in Buenos Aires and other cities nationwide, where thousands of students, teachers, and healthcare workers demonstrated against the Libertarian government's budget cuts.

  • Thursday, September 18th 2025 - 09:50 UTC

    Unregulated overfishing in South Atlantic waters has predatory effects

    These fishing boats are damaging to the local fauna and also their own crews

    A large fleet of Asian fishing vessels, primarily from China, is overfishing squid in unregulated international waters off the coast of Argentina, according to the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF).

  • Wednesday, September 17th 2025 - 20:04 UTC

    Milei highlights contrast between Argentina's decline and Paraguay's progress

    “I can't help but think about what my country can learn from” Paraguay, Milei stressed

    Argentine President Javier Milei praised Paraguay's economic progress and highlighted the political alignment between the two countries.

  • Wednesday, September 17th 2025 - 11:12 UTC

    Falklands ‘bashing’, a listing Milei appeals to an old Argentine political habit

    President Javier Milei and his influential sister Karina

    Last Friday following a negative electoral week for the government of Argentine president Javier Milei, which forced him to reshape his economic program, and open the tight purse of the budget, looking ahead to the midterm election in October, (and ahead of the arrival of the new British ambassador in Buenos Aires), the Falkland Islands, this time hydrocarbons development, were again the target of Argentine political frustration.