Argentina

• Saturday, October 14th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  Gloomy IMF projections for Argentina this year

  

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) foresees a 2.5% drop in Argentina's GDP and warned that the program between the South American country and the credit agency was in a “critical” state, barely over one week ahead of the presidential elections.

• Saturday, October 14th 2023 - 10:02 UTC

  Hamas' “Friday of Rage” leads to additional security measures in Argentina

  

  Authorities in Argentina – the only Latin American country ever hit by large-scale antisemitic attacks, in 1992 and 1994 – upped the security measures around Jewish people and entities amid Hamas' “Friday of rage” threats, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, October 13th 2023 - 09:26 UTC

  Argentina: “Blue” dollar falls back after illegal exchange parlors raided

  

  The “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar pierced the AR$ 1,000 threshold downward and closed Thursday at AR$ 980 after law enforcement raids at unofficial exchange parlors led to at least six people arrested ahead of the 4-day weekend, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, October 13th 2023 - 08:49 UTC

  September's inflation hits new monthly ceilings in Argentina

  

  Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) Thursday announced that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) went up 12.7% in September, thus hitting an all-time monthly high since 1991, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, October 12th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  More Argentines sign up for evacuation from Israel

  

  Argentina's Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero admitted Wednesday that the total number of nationals of the South American country who had requested to be evacuated from Israel had increased as he announced that “the airlift tasks will begin in the next few hours.”

• Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 15:18 UTC

  “Blue” dollar skyrockets past AR$ 1,000 threshold

  

  The “blue” (a euphemism for the “black market” dollar) pierced the psychological AR$ 1,000 barrier Tuesday and closed the day at AR$ 1.010 after reaching AR$ 1.040 at some point, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 07:51 UTC

  Argentine province of Córdoba gripped by wildfires

  

  Authorities in the Argentine province of Córdoba are increasingly concerned about multiple outbreaks of forest fires ravaging the departments of Santa María, Punilla, Totoral, Minas, and San Justo, leaving the district in a state of emergency, it was reported.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

  Argentina: “Blue” dollar hits AR$ 945 for hew all-time high

  

  The “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar traded at AR$ 945 on Monday, thus reaching a new all-time high, it was reported in Buenos Aires as the Oct. 22 presidential elections loom over.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 10:18 UTC

  Marches staged in Buenos Aires for and against Israel

  

  Scores of members of the Jewish community in Argentina marched down Buenos Aires' Estado de Israel Avenue in front of the Hacoaj Club given Hamas' attacks during the weekend. They chanted slogans such as “Together, Israel will always defeat terror.”

• Monday, October 9th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentina: All candidates but one condemn bloodshed in Israel

  

  Loquacious Leftwing Front (Frente de Izquierda) Congresswoman Myriam Bregman was the only presidential candidate not to condemn Hamas' actions against Israeli civilians this weekend during their opening speeches of the second (and last) debate ahead of the Oct. 22 elections. Moreover, she somehow blamed Israel for what happened.