Argentina

• Wednesday, June 7th 2023 - 10:21 UTC

  Argentine citrus industry hopeful of US market for mandarins

  

  The Argentina citrus industry expects processing for mandarin and the Clementine variety to very soon begin exports to the United States. Jose Carbonell president of the Argentine Citrus Federation, Fedecitrus, was optimistic about the options of a new market.

• Wednesday, June 7th 2023 - 10:12 UTC

  World Bank releases contrasting projections for Brazil and Argentina

  

  The World Bank foresees a 1.2% growth this year for the Brazilian economy and a 2% contraction for that of Argentina, it was reported Tuesday.

• Wednesday, June 7th 2023 - 10:07 UTC

  Banco Itaú working its way out of Argentina

  

  Banco Itaú is planning to close its operations in Argentina and is already in negotiations with Banco Macro S.A. for a buy-over, it was reported in Buenos Aires Tuesday.

• Tuesday, June 6th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  All money laundering charges against CFK dismissed

  

  All charges against Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) have been dismissed in the money laundering case known as La Ruta del Dinero K (The K Money Route).

• Tuesday, June 6th 2023 - 10:13 UTC

  Argentina's Antarctica bases join national health system

  

  Argentina's seven bases in Antarctica have joined the National Health Surveillance System (SNVS), a joint initiative between the Ministries of Health and Defense to improve the capacity for early detection and effective and timely response to public health risks, it was reported.

• Tuesday, June 6th 2023 - 10:09 UTC

  Vehicle production grows in Argentina

  

  Argentina's Association of Automotive Manufacturers (Adefa) announced Monday that output reached 53,282 units in May, (14.8% more than in the same month of 2022), while exports grew by over 13% in the same period.

• Monday, June 5th 2023 - 12:45 UTC

  Argentina closer to becoming a member of BRICS and their Development Bank

  

  The board of the BRICS-led New Development Bank (NDB) will hold a vote for the incorporation of Argentina in August, the entity’s president Dilma Rousseff told Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa currently in China with a numerous delegation in search of money for an almost depleted Central Bank

• Monday, June 5th 2023 - 12:23 UTC

  Argentine women stage 9th “Ni Una Menos” march

  

  Thousands of Argentine women marched Saturday through the streets of Buenos Aires and other cities nationwide in the now traditional “Ni Una Menos” (Not one [woman] less) demonstration against gender violence and femicides.

• Saturday, June 3rd 2023 - 12:46 UTC

  Former detention center in BA granted Mercosur patrimony status

  

  The former Argentine Navy's Mechanics School, which functioned as a clandestine detention center during the 1976-1983 military regime and was later turned into the Memory Museum to promote awareness about human rights violations, has been granted Mercosur cultural heritage status by the Culture Ministers of the bloc, who convened Friday in Buenos Aires for their 54th meeting.

• Saturday, June 3rd 2023 - 12:45 UTC

  Mercosur Summit scheduled for Puerto Iguazú

  

  The Argentine city of Puerto Iguazú in the province of Misiones will host the LXII Mercosur Summit on July 3 and 4, during which Alberto Fernández will pass on the pro tempore presidency of the bloc to his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, it was announced Friday in Buenos Aires.