Argentina

Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 22:08 UTC
CFK fears peso devaluation after Oct. 26 midterm elections

As the Argentine Government of Javier Milei grapples to keep the local peso from plunging against the US dollar, former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner posted from her house arrest that everybody knew about the impending devaluation after the Oct. 26 midterm elections. “Oh, Milei! ... It seems to me that they realized that after Sunday the 26th, you would devalue,” CFK wrote.
Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 10:55 UTC
Milei announces new meeting with Trump at White House

Argentine President Javier Milei will meet on Oct. 14 with his US counterpart, Donald J. Trump, at the White House, just a few days ahead of the midterm elections in the South American country, Casa Rosada confirmed Tuesday. “MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE. End,” Milei posted on X.
Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 10:32 UTC
Milei restores ties with Macri after Buenos Aires defeat

Argentine President Javier Milei has resumed dialogue with former president Mauricio Macri after more than a year of political distance. The rapprochement comes in the wake of La Libertad Avanza’s electoral defeat in Buenos Aires province, where Peronism won by more than one million votes.
Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 10:08 UTC
Israeli community in Argentina seeks legal remedy to anti-Semitism episode

The Delegation of Argentine Israeli Associations (DAIA) has filed a dual complaint—legal and educational—following the viral spread of a video showing high school students chanting overtly anti-Semitic slogans (“Today we burn Jews”) during a graduation trip.
Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 08:32 UTC
Argentina's temporarily dropping export duties shakes CBOT

The government of Argentina temporarily implemented a zero export duty quota on grain shipments (up to a US$7 billion ceiling), which was exhausted by exporters in just three days.
Tuesday, September 30th 2025 - 11:38 UTC
Falklands responds to Milei, we trust in self-determination and British support

“In the Falkland Islands, we feel very secure and confident with the support we receive from all British political parties for the exercise of our right to self-determination and our desire to remain a British Overseas Territory,” said Falkland Islands MLA Roger Spink in a telephone interview with GBnews from the UK.
Tuesday, September 30th 2025 - 09:39 UTC
Argentine Libertarian Congressman tied to drug trafficker wanted in Texas

Argentine Congressman José Luis Espert of President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza has been reported to have received campaign funds and other kinds of support from an alleged drug trafficker, now under arrest pending his extradition to the United States.
Monday, September 29th 2025 - 09:29 UTC
Delays forecast in Argentina's air travel on Monday due to strike

Air travelers in Argentina are in for a troubled journey on Monday, as disruptions to domestic and international flights are to be expected, given the announcement by workers of the National Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC) that they would be conducting a series of assemblies at all 21 major airports.
Saturday, September 27th 2025 - 10:58 UTC
Falklands, Argentina’s Milei two lanes approach

Argentine cabinet chief Guillermo Francos received this week, recently arrived new UK ambassador David Cairns, and according to reports cooperation, trade and bilateral investments were the issues addressed by the two top officials.
Saturday, September 27th 2025 - 10:49 UTC
Mayors of São Paulo and Buenos Aires discuss key economic axis

The mayors of South America's two largest cities, São Paulo and Buenos Aires, gathered in the Brazilian metropolis to discuss strengthening cooperation and promoting investments, with a focus on establishing an axis as the primary hub of urban competitiveness and economic development in the region.