Argentina

• Saturday, January 8th 2022 - 12:34 UTC

  Alberto Fernández takes over CELAC's pro-tempore presidency

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday said that the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) “was not born to oppose or confront other institutions” as he took over the body's leadership from Mexico.

• Saturday, January 8th 2022 - 12:32 UTC

  Chile's physicians discourage traveling to Argentina due to Omicron

  

  Chile's Medical College said that the coronavirus situation in Argentina was “critical” as a result of the Omicron variant and advised against traveling to the neighboring country.

• Friday, January 7th 2022 - 11:52 UTC

  Argentina, Cuba sign bilateral deals to foster food sovereignty

  

  Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla and Santiago Cafiero, Foreign Ministers of Cuba and Argentina respectively, Thursday signed in Buenos Aires a bilateral cooperation agreement for Agricultural Development “to promote the food sovereignty of Cuba,” it was announced.

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 22:11 UTC

  Black Thursday for Argentina's economy – no agreement with IMF

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández and Economy Minister Martín Guzmán agreed not to give in to additional demands from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding the US $ 44 billion loan from the previous national administration.

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 17:54 UTC

  DIY COVID-19 tests given green light in Argentina

  

  Argentina's sanitary agency ANMAT has issued the green light Wednesday to the distribution and commercialization of COVID-19 self-testing kits, as coronavirus infections soar nationwide.

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 00:22 UTC

  Argentina to buy Russian electric trains for diesel-only suburban railroad

  

  The Government of Argentina has allocated US $ 800 million to the purchase of Russian electric trains for a non-electrified railroad, the Buenos Aires daily La Nación reported.

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 00:20 UTC

  Posco announces US $ 830 million investment in Argentina

  

  Posco Argentina's CEO KwangBok Kim Wednesday announced an US $ 830 million investment after a meeting with Cabinet Chief Juan Manzur. Also present at the gathering was company director SungKook Chung.

• Wednesday, January 5th 2022 - 10:17 UTC

  In three decades the Argentine Peso equivalent to one dollar, is now worth less than 5 US cents

  

  Some three decades ago the new Argentine democratically elected government takes office determined to put an end to endemic inflation when not hyperinflation. The new scheme was convertibility, making the Peso equivalent to one US dollar. Following strictly to the book, this meant a tight rein on spending and selling government companies that only accumulated deficits.

• Wednesday, January 5th 2022 - 10:07 UTC

  Argentine Patagonia hit by devastating fire covering over 80,000 hectares

  

  About 80,000 hectares of Argentine Patagonia came under fire during the weekend and the smoke has even reached the city of La Plata, a little over 1,000 kilometers northeast of the epicenter in the Puerto Madryn region, in the province of Chubut.

• Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 17:59 UTC

  Smuggling grows all along Misiones border with Paraguay

  

  Lawmakers of the ruling Frente de Todos (FdT) in the Argentine province of Misiones have filed an proposal to fight the smuggle of fuel and other items across the Paraguayan border, which is said to be growing daily in drums and also on small barges across the river.