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Montevideo, April 27th 2025 - 04:18 UTC

Argentina

  • Monday, March 14th 2022 - 20:42 UTC

    Fuel at Argentine pumps goes up for the second time this year

    The new increase is a consequence of the war in Ukraine, it was explained

    Argentina's state-run oil company YPF has increased its prices at pumps between 9.5% and 11.5%. It was the second rise this year. Other brands such as Shell have followed suit. The last increase had been in February.

  • Monday, March 14th 2022 - 20:39 UTC

    Argentine gov't eyes soybean exports as a source of financing

    Increasing export duties would be a result of the deal with the IMF

    The government of Argentine Sunday decided to shut down all registrations for new soybean oil and soybean meal exports “until further notice,” it was announced. Authorities are also said to be planning a 2% rise to export taxes of industrial by-products, to level it up with the 33% charged to soybeans.

  • Monday, March 14th 2022 - 20:27 UTC

    Puebla Group supports Argentina's agreement with the IMF

    “The debt contracted during the neoliberal government of Mauricio Macri has brought enormous consequences to the Argentine people,” the PG pointed out

    World leaders gathered under the Puebla Group have expressed their support to Argentine President Alberto Fernández for the deal reached with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and for its “overwhelming approval in Congress.”

  • Monday, March 14th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

    Argentine fisheries industry exports hit by the Russia/Ukraine war

    In 2021 Argentina exported 26,000 tons of fish produce for some 80 million dollars, mainly hake fillets and shrimp tails

    Sanctions on Russia for the invasion of Ukraine are intensifying and biting, with consequences for the Argentine fishing industry, mainly because Russian importers are rejecting shipments as the Rubble, last week, had devalued almost 75%.

  • Monday, March 14th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

    The IMF's Agreement with Argentina Could Be a Game Changer

    Argentina has demonstrated the merits of an alternative strategy focused on growth

    By Joseph E. Stiglitz and Mark Weisbrot – After long pushing failed belt-tightening policies, the International Monetary Fund has agreed to a deal that will allow Argentina's government to pursue a pro-growth strategy. The task now will be to manage the inevitable shocks that will come from today's tumultuous global economic environment.

  • Saturday, March 12th 2022 - 09:51 UTC

    Demonstrators attack Argentine Congress building during IMF deal debate

    CFK was at her office when the stones broke through the windows

    While Argentina's Lower House was debating the approval of the refinancing agreement with the International Monetary Fund, demonstrators staged several incidents in and around the Congress building in Buenos Aires.

  • Friday, March 11th 2022 - 21:46 UTC

    Argentine Lower House passes IMF deal

    Opposition lawmakers supported the bill but “there is no co-government,” Negri stressed

    Argentina's House of Deputies greenlighted the deal reached between the administration of President Alberto Fernández and the International Monetary Fund in the wee hours of Friday by 202 votes in favor, 37 against, and 13 abstentions.

  • Friday, March 11th 2022 - 21:44 UTC

    Shortage of affordable groceries reported in Argentina

    Top-notch, unaffordable brands are still available, though

    Shortages of basic products at Argentine supermarkets have been reported Friday, particularly of flour, cooking oil, and dry noodles of the most affordable brands. Media coverage has also outlined a sharp increase in the price of eggs.

  • Thursday, March 10th 2022 - 20:01 UTC

    Man who killed Che dies aged 80

    Killing the guerrilla leader was one of the worst moments of his life, Terán had told reporters

    Retired Bolivian Army non-commissioned officer Mario Terán Salazar dies Thursday, aged 80. Terán rose to worldwide notoriety for being the man who killed Argentine doctor turned Cuban guerrilla leader Ernesto “Che” Guevara in 1967.

  • Thursday, March 10th 2022 - 19:55 UTC

    Argentina less expensive than Uruguay, study shows

    Under the present conditions, the price gap looked prone to widening, according to the researchers.

    According to a study by the Catholic University of Uruguay (UCU), that measured prices in Salto, Uruguay, and Concordia, Argentina, the former turned out to be 130.3% more expensive than the latter, it was reported.