Argentina

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  CELAC FMs call for joint connection with the rest of the world

  

  Foreign Ministers of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Buenos Aires Wednesday issued a statement calling for the consolidation of regional unity while deepening strategies for joint approaches regarding the bloc's connection with the rest of the world.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Car production halted in Argentine plant due to lack of imported parts

  

  Carmakers Fiat had to halt production Wednesday at its plant in the Argentine province of Córdoba due to the lack of imported inputs, the Stellantis group explained.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

  Uruguayan customs to up smuggling controls

  

  Uruguayan Customs is to seize any package over 5 kilos to protect traders in border towns, who suffer the consequences of the depreciation of the Argentine peso which makes shopping across the border more convenient, it was announced.

• Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 21:34 UTC

  Argentine team off to France for Paris Club debt talks

  

  A technical team headed by Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census Chief Marco Lavagna is on its way to Paris to renegotiate the nearly US$ 2.500 billion debt the South American country has with 24 agencies and banks from 16 countries.

• Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 19:55 UTC

  Milei: “Hong Kong solution for Falklands? Remember Islanders live in a developed country and not a miserable one as Argentina”

  

  A rising far-right wing star in Argentine politics, promising orthodox economic policies, and with ascending presidential chances among a population fed up with rampant corruption, inflation and government handouts instead of jobs, Javier Milei, has pledged a Hong Kong similar solution for the disputed Falkland Islands, if he makes it to the Pink House in Buenos Aires, next year.

• Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 19:26 UTC

  Argentine ruling party creates yet a new tax by a 1-vote difference referred as “the Milei tax”

  

  Argentina's Lower House passed the 2023 budget bill in the wee hours of Wednesday. Among the most significant changes was an Airport Security tax which will reportedly help support the Airport Security Police (PSA).

• Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 09:06 UTC

  EU's top diplomat holds talks with Argentine officials

  

  The European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell was welcomed Tuesday by Argentine President Alberto Fernández at Casa Rosada to discuss the fate of the free trade agreement with Mercosur signed in June 2019 and still pending ratification.

• Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 08:46 UTC

  Argentine President meets with group of US Senators

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday welcomed US Ambassador Marc Stanley and a delegation of visiting lawmakers to discuss the importance of bilateral ties and the strengthening of democratic institutions and human rights in the region.

• Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 08:39 UTC

  US requests confiscation of Emtrasur's 747

  

  A District of Columbia Court Tuesday filed a request before Argentine authorities to confiscate the Venezuelan-Iranian Boeing 747-300 freighter aircraft grounded at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza international airport, it was reported.

• Tuesday, October 25th 2022 - 09:41 UTC

  Argentine president Fernandez praises Xi on his reelection and “impressive achievements”

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez was among the first world leaders in congratulating Xi Jinping for his reelection, over the weekend, as chairman of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, pointed out the Chinese official news agency Xinhua