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Montevideo, December 14th 2025 - 14:32 UTC

Argentina

  • Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 09:53 UTC

    Argentina launches 2025/26 Summer Antarctic Campaign

    The Almirante Irízar is the campaign's flagship

    Argentina has formally commenced its 2025/26 Summer Antarctic Campaign (CAV), a massive, multi-faceted operation integrating logistics, scientific research, and infrastructure development in one of the planet’s most challenging environments.

  • Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 10:39 UTC

    Strong peso leading to outflow of dollars from Argentina

    A convenient exchange rate drives Argentines to vacation abroad

    Argentina is on track for a historic outflow of dollars due to surging outbound tourism, driven by a favorable exchange rate. Initial projections for this year have been significantly revised upward, with analysts now anticipating a total dollar outflow between US$11 billion and US$13 billion (around 1.6% of the country's GDP), which would outpace the US$10.662 billion recorded in 2017 under then-President Mauricio Macri.

  • Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 10:36 UTC

    Argentine gov't wants stiffer Penal Code

    This reform ”will bring order where barbarism once reigned, Adorni and Bullrich pointed out

    Argentina's Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni and outgoing Security Minister Patricia Bullrich on Monday announced the Libertarian government's initiative to submit a bill to Congress to update the Penal Code, providing for more stringent penalties and fewer concessions to convicted offenders.

  • Monday, December 1st 2025 - 21:01 UTC

    Uruguay leads Latin America in electric car sales

    During the first semester of 2025, electric vehicle sales in Uruguay reached over 5,000 units, representing a 124% yoy increase

    Uruguay has cemented its position as the undisputed leader in Latin American electric vehicle (EV) adoption, achieving a remarkable market penetration of 27.97% in the third quarter of 2025, the Latin American Zero Emissions Observatory (ZEMO) reported. The South American country is way ahead of its nearest competitor (Costa Rica, with 16.26%).

  • Monday, December 1st 2025 - 09:08 UTC

    Just a formality: Bullrich resigns as Argentina's Security Minister

    Bullrich thanked Milei for the trust placed in her, the Senator-elect wrote in her resignation letter

    Argentina's Security Minister Patricia Bullrich turned in her resignation effective Monday to President Javier Milei to prepare for her accession to the Senate on December 10, to which she was elected on Oct. 26 on behalf of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA). Alejandra Monteoliva is set to succeed her as the new head of the security portfolio.

  • Saturday, November 29th 2025 - 09:24 UTC

    Argentine SME's decry effects of Milei's policies

    Diab's CAME had previously endorsed the Libertarian administration's initiatives

    The Argentine Confederation of Medium-Sized Enterprises (CAME) is sounding the alarm over business closures, attributing the crisis to the government's dual policies of import openness and reduced consumption.

  • Saturday, November 29th 2025 - 09:14 UTC

    “Malvinas are Argentine” again for Buenos Aires buses

    La Blunda stressed that the policy should be upheld nationwide

    Buses in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) will resume featuring a sign reading that ”The Malvinas (Falklands) are Argentine” once again, it was reported Friday in the country's capital.

  • Friday, November 28th 2025 - 10:10 UTC

    Argentina nominates IAEA Chief for UN Secretary-General

    Grossi has led the IAEA for the past six years

    Argentina has officially nominated Ambassador Rafael M. Grossi, the current Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as its candidate for the United Nations Secretary-General for the 2027–2031 term.

  • Thursday, November 27th 2025 - 08:51 UTC

    Uruguay and Argentina discuss green hydrogen plant ramifications

    Both foreign ministers insisted they would “always try” to avoid a conflict similar to the 2006 dispute over the Botnia (now UPM) pulp mill

    Foreign Ministers Mario Lubetkin of Uruguay and Pablo Quirno of Argentina met in Montevideo on Wednesday to discuss the proposed HIF Global green hydrogen and synthetic fuels plant in Paysandú and its possible environmental ramifications.

  • Wednesday, November 26th 2025 - 10:36 UTC

    Israeli FM meets Milei at Casa Rosada

    Milei plans to travel next year to Israel to conclude the Argentine Embassy's shift from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem

    Argentine President Javier Milei hosted Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar at the Casa Rosada on Tuesday, marking a high-level diplomatic engagement that underscored Argentina's deepening political alignment with the Middle Eastern country.