Argentina

• 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.

• Tuesday, December 27th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Argentina to receive bivalent Covid-19 vaccines in first quarter of 2023

  

  Argentina's Health Ministry Carla Vizzotti insisted that people needed to get an additional shot of Covid-19 vaccine if the last application was over 120 days ago, regardless of the number of doses taken previously, and announced the country would have bivalent vaccines available in the first quarter of 2023.

• Tuesday, December 27th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Lula plans to rebuild bridges with South America

  

  Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will seek to rebuild ties with its South American neighbors and regain a leading role in the fight against climate change under future Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, Agencia Brasil reported Monday.

• Tuesday, December 27th 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  Venezuela closer to Mercosur and Argentina

  

  Venezuela's return to Mercosur, the resumption of flights between Buenos Aires and Caracas, and an invitation to President Nicolás Maduro to attend the CELAC summit in Buenos Aires next month are some of the signs showing the Argentine government's rapprochement with Chavismo. In addition to that, a rise in bilateral trade of up to 60% is expected.