Argentina

• Saturday, September 4th 2021 - 08:52 UTC

  Export caps keep hurting Argentine livestock producers and consumers alike

  

  The Argentine Government's policies restricting meat exports have taken their toll on livestock production and slaughter, bringing down domestic consumption as prices went up, just what the measures were supposed to avert, according to a Rosario Stock Exchange (BCR) report released Friday.

• Saturday, September 4th 2021 - 08:49 UTC

  Paraguayan Chancellor waiting for after Argentine PASO elections to discuss reopening borders

  

  Paraguay's Foreign Minister Euclides Acevedo Friday insisted on discussing the reopening of the land borders with Argentina right after the Sept. 12 Open Primary, Simultaneous and Mandatory (PASO) elections.

• Friday, September 3rd 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  IMF says Argentina needs to gradually lift currency exchange restrictions

  

  The International Monetary Fund Thursday called for a “credible and solid” plan on the part of Argentina and recommended the country gradually loosened all restrictions on foreign currency exchange.

• Friday, September 3rd 2021 - 07:30 UTC

  Uruguay and Argentina to allow crowds back at stadiums for football World Cup qualifiers

  

  The Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) has agreed to allow the return of La Celeste fans for the next home football World Cup qualifying game, but with capacity restrictions and only for vaccinated fans.

• Friday, September 3rd 2021 - 07:20 UTC

  Soft drink manufacturer invests in Uruguayan free trade zone of Colonia

  

  An investment worth US $ 64 million has been pledged by Pepsi Cola to increase production in the Uruguayan free trade zone of Colonia del Sacramento on the River Plate's East bank.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Argentina primary elections: Ruling coalition still ahead in polls in the most important electoral district

  

  According to most surveys, opposition candidates are still trailing those of the ruling Frente de Todos (FdT) coalition in Argentina's province of Buenos Aires, the country's largest district, less than two weeks before Sept. 12's Open Primary, Mandatory and Simultaneous (PASO) elections.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2021 - 09:44 UTC

  Argentine exports to Brazil show almost unprecedented growth

  

  Argentine sales to Brazil in August 2021 have reached their pinnacle in the last three years, but there is still a trade deficit. The country stands behind China and the United States in the list of suppliers to South America's largest economy, it was announced Wednesday.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2021 - 09:24 UTC

  Aerolíneas Argentinas returning to Uruguay in less than two weeks

  

  Flag carrier Aerolineas Argentinas is to resume services to Uruguay after 18 months as of September 14, it was announced Wednesday.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2021 - 09:19 UTC

  Nobody goes ashore as ARA Libertad docks in Chilean port of Valparaíso

  

  No crew member of Argentina's training sailship ARA Libertad was allowed to go ashore as the vessel docked in the Chilean port of Valparaíso while diplomatic tension between the two countries mounts.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2021 - 08:17 UTC

  Argentina will not participate in the Conxemar fisheries fair in Vigo next month

  

  Argentina will not be participating next October in this year's Conxemar 2021, one of the world's largest fisheries fairs that takes place in Vigo, Galicia. The information was made public in a brief release from the Argentine Federal Fisheries Council, CFP.