Argentina

• Tuesday, March 16th 2021 - 09:53 UTC

  Argentina industrial output forecasted to increase 6% this year over 2020

  

  Argentina's Ministry of Development and Production anticipated that the country's industrial output should grow more than 6% this year compared to 2020. Economist Matias Kulfas said he expected Argentina's economy as a whole to expand 5% to 6% during the year, based on preliminary data and depending on how the novel coronavirus and vaccination campaign evolves and its impact on growth.

• Monday, March 15th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Mercosur 26th March summit to be held on line, because of sanitary situation in the region

  

  The Mercosur face-to-face presidential summit scheduled for 26th March originally planned to take place in Argentina that currently holds the rotating chair of the block, will be held online because of the sanitary situation in the region.

• Monday, March 15th 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  Argentine president attacked and stoned while visiting areas devastated by Patagonia forest fires

  

  Argentina is not an easy country to manage, particularly when institutions are weak and governments lack credibility. Such was the experience of president Alberto Fernandez during a visit to Patagonia to announce support for residents that suffered the devastation caused by forest fires in the region.

• Monday, March 15th 2021 - 09:24 UTC

  A no deal of Argentina with IMF this year, not so bad after all according to Morgan Stanley

  

  International Investment Bank Morgan Stanley has shifted its long-held view on Argentina sovereign credit to “like,” as risks were flexed upside after a lot of bad news had been priced into bonds, including, increasingly, a delay to an IMF program and a further complication with the Club of Paris payment.

• Saturday, March 13th 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  Argentina extends the sanitary emergency until 31 December

  

  The Argentine government has extended until 31 December the current sanitary emergency first decreed on 12 March 2020, just days ahead of the social, preventive and mandatory distancing to contain the effects of the pandemic.

• Friday, March 12th 2021 - 10:08 UTC

  Argentina promises Bolivia's incorporation to Mercosur for the next bloc's summit

  

  Argentina pledged on Thursday to manage Bolivia's entry into Mercosur, after both countries relaunched their trade relationship during the official visit of the Argentine Foreign Minister, Felipe Solá, who sees the need to approve the full entry of the Andean country at the next Mercosur summit to be held on March 26.

• Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Fans march in Buenos Aires demanding “Justice for Diego. Trial and punishment of the guilty”

  

  Argentine football idol Diego Maradona was always surrounded by controversy both in life and in death. Just remember the chaos when his funeral held at Government House attracted hundreds of thousands, and this Wednesday, Argentines again took to the streets to demand what they say is justice for Diego, a medical inquest into how he died and whether there had been any negligence in his care.

• Wednesday, March 10th 2021 - 08:49 UTC

  International Women's Day was particularly defiant and even violent in Latin America

  

  Tens of thousands on Monday defied coronavirus restrictions, gathering worldwide on International Women's Day to denounce gender violence and inequalities.

• Saturday, March 6th 2021 - 09:59 UTC

  World Bank approves US$ 420 million loan to Argentina for sanitation and housing

  

  The World Bank Board of Directors approved a US$ 300 million loan to expand and improve water and sanitation services in Metropolitan Buenos Aires, particularly in the most vulnerable areas. An additional US$ 120 million will be available for the construction of social housing, benefiting nearly 10,000 inhabitants of Buenos Aires Province.

• Saturday, March 6th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro confirms his trip to Argentina and supports negotiations with IMF

  

  Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro confirmed he will be traveling to Argentina on March 26th for the celebration of Mercosur's 30th anniversary, and also offered support for the president Alberto Fernandez administration negotiations with the IMF.