Argentina

• Wednesday, October 6th 2021 - 05:15 UTC

  Argentina now sells gas to Chile and Brazil

  

  Argentina is now in a position to sell gas to neighbouring Chile and Brazil thanks to the Gas Plan and Vaca Muerta's potential, it was announced.

• Tuesday, October 5th 2021 - 18:34 UTC

  Argentina: Supreme Court's only female Justice resigns

  

  Supreme Court Justice Elena Highton de Nolasco Tuesday turned in her resignation before President Alberto Fernández, effective Nov. 1.

• Tuesday, October 5th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Argentine FM needs to solve international mess to rebuild credibility

  

  Argentine Foreign Ministry Santiago Cafiero is to travel to Brasilia by the end of the week in a move to patch things up between President Alberto Fernández and his Brazilian colleague Jair Bolsonaro, ahead of the upcoming Mercosur summit.

• Tuesday, October 5th 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  Argentine health authorities finally set a date for COVID-19 vaccination of children aged 3 to 11

  

  Argentina will start on October 12 vaccinating children aged between 3 and 11 who have other underlying conditions against COVID-19. Local health authorities have chosen the Sinopharm drug for the campaign.

• Tuesday, October 5th 2021 - 07:06 UTC

  Pope Francis tells Judges that there is “no democracy with empty stomachs”

  

  Pope Francis last week sent a video to a meeting of the Committee of Pan American Judges for Social Justice and Franciscan doctrine, recalling particularly to Argentine magistrates that “there is no democracy with hungry people”.

• Monday, October 4th 2021 - 20:03 UTC

  Argentina's statistics bureau finds 4 out of 10 people are poor

  

  The latest data from Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec) show that the poverty index has reversed a meager 1.4 % during the first half of 2021.

• Monday, October 4th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Some hope for this coming cruise season as Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina make public protocols

  

  Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina have announced the vaccine certificates and protocols which will be demanded from cruise vessel passengers and crewmembers this coming summer season if they are to call in the three countries as part of their South American tours.

• Monday, October 4th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  Rightwing candidate challenges Kirchnerite's hopes for second place in City of Buenos Aires

  

  Libertarian Economist Javier Milei is closing on Kirchnerite Leandro Santoro in their Nov. 14 quest for a seat on Argentina's Lower House on behalf of the City of Buenos Aires, the firm CB Consultora Opinion Pública said Sunday.

• Monday, October 4th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Eurnekian confirmed a US$ 2,300 million contract to build a dam in Neuquen

  

  The Argentine government has confirmed that the Heliport and Panedile associated partners have been awarded the contract to build the Chihuido hydroelectric complex in the Patagonian province of Neuquen. The first company belongs to Eduardo Eurnekian and the second to the Dragonetti family.

• Monday, October 4th 2021 - 09:02 UTC

  Argentine exports to Brazil grow, but still in the red despite September's surplus

  

  Argentina has recorded a trade surplus with Brazil in September following a YoY increase in sales of 37% year-on-year, it was reported.