Argentina

• Monday, October 18th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Argentine ambassador unsuccessfully defends Jones-Huala

  

  Argentina's Ambassador to Chile Rafael Bielsa has turned up at a Chilean judicial hearing to defend incarcerated self-proclaimed Mapuche leader Facundo Jones Huala even though the latter has vociferously relinquished his Argentine citizenship.

• Monday, October 18th 2021 - 09:13 UTC

  Argentine pork meat exports fall 80% in third quarter of 2021, study shows

  

  Argentine exports of pork meat have contracted 80% in the third quarter of 2021 due to a fall in Chinese demand and a sharp decline in international prices, despite a steady domestic demand, it was reported.

• Monday, October 18th 2021 - 08:49 UTC

  Puerto Rosales to invest in monobuoys to allow for more Argentine crude exports

  

  Puerto Rosales in the Argentine city of Punta Alta continues to consolidate itself as the main point of exit of crude oil from Vaca Muerta, having dispatched so far 900,000 tons in 2021.

• Sunday, October 17th 2021 - 08:12 UTC

  Crypotocurrency in honor of Maradona announced

  

  Cryptocurrency developers have announced Friday the “Maradólar” is to be launched Oct. 30, when the late footballer Diego Armando Maradona was to have turned 61.

• Saturday, October 16th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Mercosur: Argentina, Paraguay agree to review CET

  

  Argentine Foreign Ministers Santiago Cafiero Friday welcomed his Paraguayan counterpart Euclides Acevedo at the Palacio San Martín in Buenos Aires to discuss bilateral issues.

• Saturday, October 16th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  Argentina has become a Chinese Yuan testing ground in trade and investment

  

  Following several currency swaps by which China has helped to support the Argentine central bank depleted international reserves, the administration of president Alberto Fernandez intensified relations with Beijing and a year ago allowed transactions between the two countries to be made in Yuan.

• Saturday, October 16th 2021 - 09:07 UTC

  Jet SMART's new nonstop destination from Buenos Aires' Aeroparque

  

  Budget carrier Jet SMART's flight took off from Buenos Aires' Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (AEP) Thursday at 5.19 pm for Jujuy's Gobernador Guzmán (JUJ) airport, marking the first flight of the airline's new nonstop service three times a week.

• Friday, October 15th 2021 - 23:38 UTC

  Argentina: Rio Santiago Shipyards to deliver new boat after 9 years

  

  The Argentine Río Santiago Shipyard (ARS) is to launch the 94th Navy Cadet Instruction Boat (LICA) Ciudad de Ensenada this coming Monday, Oct. 18, which will mark the facility's first delivery after nine years, during which it was on the brink of bankruptcy.

• Friday, October 15th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Argentina's Domestic Trade Secretary announces price freezing agreement to be policed by social and political organizations

  

  Argentina's newly-appointed Domestic Trade Secretary Roberto Feletti Thursday announced authorities would closely monitor compliance on the part of retailers regarding 1,247 food and other basic items made available at affordable prices until January 7, 2022.

• Friday, October 15th 2021 - 08:14 UTC

  Smiling Pope credited with an Argentine miracle on his way to sainthood

  

  The late Pope John Paul I, known for his charismatic smile and his controversial sudden death 33 days into his pontificate, is to be beatified by a decree from Argentina-born Pope Francis for a miracle having cured an Argentine girl in 2011, whom the doctors practically considered dead.