Argentina

• Friday, August 28th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Argentine barley exports benefit from China Australia trade conflict

  

  Argentine barley shipments have started streaming toward China after a three-year lull as a trade conflict between Asia’s top buyer and main supplier Australia changes global supply flows of the grain used for livestock feed and beer.

• Thursday, August 27th 2020 - 09:34 UTC

  Argentina posted record daily rise of 10,550 confirmed Covid-19 contagion cases

  

  Argentina posted a record daily rise of 10,550 confirmed Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the health ministry said, taking the total caseload to 370,188 as the country struggles to rein in the spread of infections while trying to ease open its crisis-hit economy.

• Thursday, August 27th 2020 - 09:10 UTC

  Argentina's shale deposits will take 12/18 months to recover pre Covid-19 activity

  

  Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale patch will take 12-18 months to resume pre-Covid-19 activity because of lagging demand, according to Alejandro Monteiro, energy minister of Neuquen province.

• Thursday, August 27th 2020 - 09:09 UTC

  Is Argentina’s Shale Too Expensive To Drill?

  

  By Irina Slav, Oilprice.com – It is one of the most abundant shale plays in the world, with oil reserves of up to 16 billion barrels and gas reserves of 308 trillion cubic meters—resources that could guarantee a country’s energy independence and turn it into a relevant international supplier of oil and gas. But only if the price is right.

• Thursday, August 27th 2020 - 09:02 UTC

  Argentina extends price freeze on mobile, internet and TV services until end of 2020

  

  Argentina has extended a price freeze on mobile, internet, and TV services until the end of 2020 after deeming them “essential public services”. The freeze prevents operators from increasing tariffs unless they receive permission from the country’s government. A price freeze has been in place since May and had been due to expire at the end of August.

• Thursday, August 27th 2020 - 08:43 UTC

  Argentina notifies IMF of a request for a new fund arrangement

  

  IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, spoke with Argentina President Alberto Fernández on Wednesday, when conversations for a new credit arrangement were launched. The Managing Director made the following statement at the conclusion of the meeting:

• Wednesday, August 26th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Fires are raging in several Argentine provinces fueled by strong winds and persistent drought

  

  Fires are raging in Argentina’s Cordoba province, prompting evacuations and threatening to destroy homes, fueled in part by strong winds and a lack of rain, officials said on Monday.

• Tuesday, August 25th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  Argentine ex president, “no elections next year”, and “we are the champs of military dictatorships”

  

  Argentine former president Eduardo Duhalde emphatically said that the scheduled midterm elections next year will not be taking place if no consensuses are reached by the political system and the overall situation continues to deteriorate.

• Tuesday, August 25th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Argentina confirms 8,713 new cases of Covid-19 and 381 deaths in the last 24 hours

  

  Argentina confirmed a record 8,713 new cases of coronavirus on Monday and 381 resulting deaths in just 24 hours, as the country battles a surge of contagions. The country's health ministry said that just weeks into a stricter quarantine in the capital Buenos Aires and its suburbs, cases were now springing up in other regions of the country.

• Tuesday, August 25th 2020 - 08:33 UTC

  Argentina planning to a training aircraft, “Malvina” for the Air Force

  

  Argentina Defense minister announced that the country will design and build a dual training purpose aircraft to be named IA-100 “Malvina” and will demand an initial investment of US$ 2,5 million.