Argentina

• Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 15:22 UTC

  Barrick Gold to invest 34 million dollars over two years on Argentina's Veladero mine

  

  Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold Corporation, which co-owns the Veladero mine in San Juan together with the Chinese Shandong Gold Group, has announced a plan to invest US $ 34 million over the next two years, to extend the deposit's profitability beyond 2028.

• Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 12:56 UTC

  Argentine consumers spend significantly less in July

  

  Another strong decline in mass consumption at Argentine supermarkets was reported Wednesday by the Crónica news outlet, which would show a sharp deterioration in purchasing power as a result of President Mauricio Macri's economic policies.

• Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Argentines are “very easy” to relate to, says Ambassador Kent in BA

  

  Britain's ambassador to Buenos Aires Mark Kent Wednesday said in a live TV interview that Argentines are “very easy” to relate to and highlighted their sense of humour, which he found very similar to that of the people back in his home land.

• Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:25 UTC

  Argentina expanding LNG pipeline from Vaca Muerta to Buenos Aires

  

  Argentina on Wednesday launched an international tender for a multibillion-dollar pipeline to transport natural gas from the Vaca Muerta shale formation in the western part of the country to capital Buenos Aires. Bids will be opened on September 12.

• Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 01:19 UTC

  Shortage of HIV medication for patients under state-run health care in Argentina causes grave concern

  

  The GEP Foundation Monday reported the lack of medicines which comprise the antiretroviral schemes used by the 86,338 people with HIV who are under antiretroviral treatment in Argentina.

• Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Argentina's opposition presidential ticket tries to amend differences on Venezuela and the food situation

  

  Argentina's opposition presidential candidate Alberto Fernández took distance from her mentor and vice president companion, Cristina Fernandez, saying that the food situation in Venezuela is under no means comparable to Argentina.

• Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Royal Navy submariners honored for mission to help locate missing Argentine sub ARA San Juan

  

  British submariners have been recognized for their efforts to help Argentina find missing sub San Juan. An eight-strong military team and one civilian were flown to the South Atlantic as part of the massive search effort sparked when the submarine vanished in November 2017. They have earned a commendation from the UK’s second most senior sailor, Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Jerry Kyd.

• Monday, July 29th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  EU warns Argentina and Brazil on credit agencies ratings regulations

  

  The European Commission will deem that Canada, Brazil, Singapore, Argentina and Australia don't regulate credit ratings agencies with the same rigor as the EU, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing a document. The decision would withdraw some market access rights of the country, removing a status that makes it possible for European banks to rely on the ratings.

• Saturday, July 27th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentina expecting record harvest of wheat in a supply short market

  

  Argentine wheat farmers are preparing for a record harvest, even as global rivals see crop yield prospects cut amid floods in the United States, searing heat in Europe and drought in Australia.

• Friday, July 26th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Argentina's economy lifting out of recession: activity rises in May for the first time in a year

  

  Argentina’s economic activity rose for the first time in over a year in May, a rare boost for President Mauricio Macri as he looks to dig the South American country out of a crippling recession ahead of presidential elections later this year.