Argentina

Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 10:07 UTC
Chilean timber company leaves highly volatile Argentina

Chilean timber company Masisa Wednesday announced it had liquidated all its assets in Argentina to abandon all its operations in the highly volatile neighboring country.
Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 09:56 UTC
Argentina: New Plaza de Mayo grandson found within one week

Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo Wednesday announced that the 132nd grandson taken away from his blood family during Argentina's military dictatorship (1976-1983) had been found just 6 days after the discovery of Grandson # 131.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 19:08 UTC
Argentina: Colombian drug lord returns home pending legal proceedings

Colombian drug lord Ignacio Álvarez Meyendorff, who spent several days at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza International Airport finally decided not to wait for the Argentine's Judiciary decision regarding his rejection by Migration authorities and flew back to his native country, it was reported Wednesday.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 10:57 UTC
CFK insists there is a proscription on her running for office

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) insisted there was “neither resignation nor self-exclusion” on her part because “here there is proscription,” which is why she claimed she would not be running for any office in 2023.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 09:53 UTC
Argentine peso keeps falling against unofficial US dollar

The unofficial “blue” dollar traded for AR$ 355 Tuesday in Argentina, thus reaching a new record high. It was an AR$ $9 increase in one day, AR$ 30 in one week, and AR$ 41 so far in December.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
Argentine wheat crop, one of the least productive in recent history

The Argentine wheat crop, 2022/23 is again suffering the consequences of a prolonged drought and lack of sufficient rain, which means that the overall estimate volume has again been reduced by 300,000 tons to a total of 11,5 million tons, according to the Rosario Grains Exchange.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 09:13 UTC
Rules for 5G technology approved by Argentine authorities

Argentina's National Communications Bureau (Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones - Enacom) Tuesday approved the General Regulations for the Reliable and Intelligent Telecommunications Service, which will regulate the allocation of frequency bands for the provision and deployment of fifth-generation (5G) systems, it was reported.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 08:29 UTC
Massa among world's top economy personalities of 2022, says Folha

Argentina's Sergio Massa has been named among the 10 most influential people of the year in the economic and financial world by the leading Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo. The list also includes Elon Musk, Jerome Powell, Bernard Arnault, and Christine Lagarde.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 01:49 UTC
Financial mismanagement reported at Argentina's Health Ministry

Serious irregularities have been detected by Argentina's National General Comptroller (AGN) in the handling of Health Ministry funds during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, it was reported in Buenos Aires.
Tuesday, December 27th 2022 - 19:41 UTC
No casualties in private boat fire off Buenos Aires

All three occupants of a boat that caught fire Tuesday morning off Buenos Aires were rescued alive and in good condition, the Argentine Coast Guard (Prefectura Naval Argentina - PNA) reported.