Argentina

• Sunday, September 12th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  Argentine opposition demands results of Sunday's primaries be known by 9pm

  

  Argentina's leading opposition Juntos por el Cambio (Together for change - JxC) coalition has once again pressed for the results of Sunday's Open Primary, Mandatory and Simultaneous (PASO) elections to be released by 9pm.

• Sunday, September 12th 2021 - 08:46 UTC

  Over 417,000 foreigners cleared to vote in City of Buenos Aires without prior registration

  

  Foreign residents in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) have long been cleared to vote at the municipal level, but since participation is not mandatory for non-nationals, they were required to register.

• Sunday, September 12th 2021 - 08:42 UTC

  Cryptocurrency trader sponsors Argentine First Division football team

  

  Argentine football First Division team Huracán will don jerseys sponsored by a cryptocurrency trader starting this week, it was announced Saturday.

• Saturday, September 11th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  First case of Mu variant detected in northern Argentina

  

  Argentine health authorities have detected the first case of the coronavirus Mu variant in the country, it was announced Friday.

• Saturday, September 11th 2021 - 07:25 UTC

  Sales of choripanes falls 80% in Argentina due to sanitary restrictions

  

  In Argentina, choripán is a portmanteau word for chorizo (pork sausage) sandwich (chorizo + pan = bread): It is also the most popular food and has tremendous political connotations.

• Friday, September 10th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Argentine President Fernández underscores differences between him and Macri ahead of primary elections

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández and Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner took centre stage Thursday as the ruling Frente de Todos party rounded up its political campaign aimed at next Sunday's Open, Simultaneous and Mandatory Primary (PASO) elections.

• Friday, September 10th 2021 - 09:25 UTC

  Argentina heads to the primary election with almost record country risk and the US dollar at 186 Pesos

  

  As a direct consequence of political uncertainty ahead of the primary elections to be held by the different Argentine political parties on Sunday, the US dollar in the black market climbed 5 Pesos during the first seven working days of September, reaching 187 Argentine Pesos.

• Friday, September 10th 2021 - 09:08 UTC

  Chile's President meets Argentina-born Pope; no comments about the latest territorial dispute

  

  Chile's President Sebastián Piñera Thursday met with Pope Francis at The Vatican during one of his stops on his current European tour.

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 12:48 UTC

  Brazil imports record volumes of Argentine corn to feed poultry and pork

  

  While Brazil is complying with the last shipments of corn contracted earlier and at a lesser rhythm and volume than a year earlier, imports of the grain compared to 2020, have more than doubled this year, mainly from Argentina.

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Brazil terminates bilateral shipping agreements with Argentina and Uruguay

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has decided to terminate both bilateral maritime transport agreements with Argentina and Uruguay, it was announced.