Argentina

Wednesday, March 4th 2020 - 07:44 UTC
Argentina increases soybean exports tax 10%, from 30% to 33%: small farmers will pay less

Argentina raised taxes on soybean exports to 33% from the current 30%, a spokesman for the CRA confederation of farmers said on Tuesday following a meeting with government officials.
Tuesday, March 3rd 2020 - 08:59 UTC
UK/Argentina discuss trade and business opportunities, but also Malvinas

UK Deputy Foreign Secretary for Europe and the Americas Wendy Morton held on Monday several meetings in Buenos Aires with officials from the new Argentine government looking to strengthen bilateral ties as well as boosting trade and investment.
Tuesday, March 3rd 2020 - 08:58 UTC
Argentina suspends Strategic Dialogue on defense issues with UK

Argentine minister of Defense Agustin Rossi announced the decision to postpone a Strategic Dialogue meeting with UK peers which was scheduled to take place during the first week of March.
Tuesday, March 3rd 2020 - 08:30 UTC
Argentina hires Lazard, Bank of America and HSBC for debt restructuring process

Argentina’s government said on Sunday it had hired Lazard as financial advisor and Bank of America and HSBC as debt placement agents for the debt restructuring process it hopes to close by the end of March.
Monday, March 2nd 2020 - 12:24 UTC
Reedition of Kirchner's aggressive policy towards Falklands announced by Alberto Fernandez

The Kirchnerite government headed by president Alberto Fernandez announced on Sunday, at the opening of the 138th congressional session, the new focus of the Malvinas Islands/Antarctica policy which will emphasize the sovereignty claim over the South Atlantic Islands, particularly the Falklands, and sanction those fishing companies operating in the area.
Monday, March 2nd 2020 - 06:50 UTC
Foreign Office official visits Argentina to address a long agenda including Falklands

Wendy Morton, the foreign office minister of European Neighborhood and the Americas arrives this Monday to Buenos Aires to meet with members of the Kirchner government, who over the weekend announced a new more demanding and aggressive Argentine policy referred to the Falklands and South Atlantic Islands sovereignty claim.
Saturday, February 29th 2020 - 07:26 UTC
Argentina's disease concern is with dengue and the 3.000 cases reported so far

Covid 19 might not be a priority in Argentina at the moment, although there are some cases under observation, but what is really threatening is the mosquito-transmitted dengue with 152 cases confirmed in the province of Buenos Aires and some 3.000 in the northern provinces of Misiones and Corrientes.
Saturday, February 29th 2020 - 05:49 UTC
Argentina planning a ferry linking Santa Cruz province with Tierra del Fuego

Argentina is considering establishing a direct connection between the Patagonian provinces of Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego, thus avoiding the need to cross Chilean territory, as happens currently.
Friday, February 28th 2020 - 07:55 UTC
IMF mission arrives in Buenos Aires next Monday to continue negotiations

The International Monetary Fund will send another mission to Argentina to continue debt strategy talks and discuss “next steps,” IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said on Thursday, as the country seeks to renegotiate its US$ 57 billion financing package.
Friday, February 28th 2020 - 07:22 UTC
Argentine health minister says no Covid-19 cases in the country; all suspects proved negative

Argentina's Health minister Gines Gonzalez García reported on Wednesday from Cordoba that the 21 cases of suspected Covid-19 finally proved negative and underlined that all protocols to face the epidemics are active and in place to try and contain any outbreak.