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Montevideo, February 4th 2026 - 14:27 UTC

Argentina

  • Thursday, January 17th 2019 - 07:42 UTC

    Bolsonaro and Macri agree to “review and perfect” Mercosur, and advance trade talks with EU

    The two leaders meeting for the first time underlined their opposition to Venezuela's authoritarian regime, and Macri called Nicolas Maduro a “dictator”

    Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro and Argentina’s president Mauricio Macri said they agreed to continue integrating their economies (number one and two in South America), as strategic partners, by “perfecting” the Mercosur trade block and pressing ahead with negotiations that are already underway, such as the ongoing free trade and cooperation agreement with the European Union.

  • Wednesday, January 16th 2019 - 09:31 UTC

    Hanta virus outbreak in a Patagonia Chubut province town

    In Epuyen where an epidemiologic contingency has been declared, ten people have died and some 85 residents out of a total population of 3.000 are in quarantine

    Argentina's northern province of Jujuy has reported a first case of a patient suffering of the hanta virus contagion. The report is considered very serious since in the Patagonian province of Chubut there have been several deaths and some 85 residents of a town are in quarantine to stop the spread of the virus contagion.

  • Wednesday, January 16th 2019 - 09:03 UTC

    A “Malvinas Heroes” library to the opened at the End of the World lighthouse

    The “Galileo” left from Bahía Blanca this week and is expected at Ushuaia sometime between 24/26 January, some 2.000km navigation

    An Argentine yacht with a crew of five, one of them a survivor of the sinking of ARA General Belgrano during the Falklands conflict have left Bahia Blanca for Ushuaia and then on to the End of the World Lighthouse at the Isla de los Estados, where they plan to open a library under the name of “Malvinas Heroes”.

  • Tuesday, January 15th 2019 - 11:07 UTC

    UK Ambassador in BA: “Argentines are unique”

    The diplomat rode the BA metro bus on a rainy day. (Twitter photo)

    The United Kingdom's ambassador in Buenos Aires celebrated his birthday Monday harassed by his social media fans and followers, who kept him busy thanking each one.

  • Tuesday, January 15th 2019 - 09:23 UTC

    Macri praises Chinese investment in hydropower projects in Patagonia

    “The truth is that this project is going to mark a turning point for Patagonia, for Argentina ... it is going to generate energy for 1.5 million homes” Macri said

    Argentina's president Mauricio Macri on Monday said the joint Argentina-China hydropower megaproject is “highly important” and “emblematic” in terms of renewable energy and economic development. Macri made the remarks during his first official visit to the construction site of the project, where two hydroelectric dams, Condor Cliff and La Barrancosa, are being erected along the Santa Cruz River in Patagonia to boost national energy output.

  • Tuesday, January 15th 2019 - 09:12 UTC

    Argentina sued again by hedge fund on bonds tied to GDP growth

    After its meltdown Argentina offered to exchange the defaulted debt for new bonds, at a sharp decrease in value, in 2005 and 2010. (Referencial)

    Aurelius Capital Management LP, one of the lead hedge funds that settled a massive litigation over defaulted bonds with Argentina in 2016, is suing the country again, this time over US$ 84 million in payments it says the nation owes. The case is Aurelius Capital Master Ltd. v. the Republic of Argentina, 19-cv-351, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).

  • Tuesday, January 15th 2019 - 09:08 UTC

    Macri flies to Brazil for a first face to face meeting with Bolsonaro

    Macri's Argentina, in recession, needs to tap into Brazil's recent growth to boost its exports which since 2013 have been slowing

    Argentine President Mauricio Macri will hold talks with his new Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday likely to center on consolidating trade ties between South America's two biggest economies, officials said. Battling recession and seeking re-election this year, Macri needs to boost Buenos Aires's side of a steep trade imbalance with its main trading partner.

  • Tuesday, January 15th 2019 - 07:17 UTC

    Busy weekend for Ushuaia: seven cruise vessels and 12.000 visitors

    The “Celebrity Eclipse” was among the vessels calling at Ushuaia

    Busy weekend for Ushuaia with seven cruise vessels and some 12.000 visitors, including passengers and crew members. According to port authorities, the vessels calling were the Celebrity Eclipse, Star Princess, Norwegian plus Le Boreal, Ortelius and Island Sky.

  • Monday, January 14th 2019 - 09:31 UTC

    Argentina's annual inflation during 2018 estimated at 48%, highest since 1991

    The foreign exchange market volatility had a direct impact on last year's inflation rate and probably in the coming months

    Argentina's stats office Indec, is scheduled to announce December's inflation and for the whole of a very volatile 2018 next Tuesday, with estimates ranging at 48%, the highest in the country since 1991. November's Consumer Price Index was 3.2%.

  • Monday, January 14th 2019 - 09:22 UTC

    Argentina undertakes third scientific evaluation survey of Southern king crab

    The task in undertaken simultaneously with five vessels, Dukat, Talisman, Atlantic Express, Tango I and Tango II, with two INIDEP observers on each of them

    Argentina's National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development, INIDEP, has started a scientific survey aimed at assessing the Southern king crab (Lithodes santolla) in its central Patagonian distribution area. This is the third consecutive year in which the survey is carried out and includes the San Jorge Gulf and platform waters, between 43° 30 'and 48° South latitude, in jurisdictions of the Nation, and Chubut and Santa Cruz provinces.