Argentina

• Monday, December 18th 2023 - 10:33 UTC

  Milei booed at Boca Juniors elections for supporting Macri

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei was jeered and called names Sunday when he cast his vote for Andrés Ibarra for president of Club Atlético Boca Juniors at the iconic Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires before leaving for the storm-hit Bahía Blanca.

• Sunday, December 17th 2023 - 15:59 UTC

  Argentina appoints a new Malvinas Secretary, an academic with vast experience in maritime issues

  

  Argentine foreign minister, Diana Mondino has named Paola Di Chiaro, an academic with a political science background, involved with domestic maritime think tank issues, and linked to German Christian Democrat foundation Konrad Adenauer, as the new head of the Malvinas Islands Secretariat.

• Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:49 UTC

  Argentine company wants to launch satellites from Uruguay

  

  The Argentine company Tlon Space S.A. has been reported to be involved in Uruguay's plans to build an aerospace launch platform on the coast of Rocha to send small satellites into space to collect images.

• Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:37 UTC

  IDB will continue to support Argentina

  

  Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President Ilan Goldfajn said his entity “has supported Argentina for many years and decades and will continue to” do so after President Javier Milei's administration adopted a series of measures he found to be “strong.”

• Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:25 UTC

  Argentine hostage mistakenly killed by Israeli forces

  

  According to Buenos Aires media, one of the Hamas hostages Israel mistakenly killed had Argentine roots.

• Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:05 UTC

  Argentina: Milei says burden on private sector is “transitory”

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei Friday released a live broadcast through his Instagram account explaining that “The effort that falls on the private sector is transitory.” The head of state added his administration was “focused on avoiding hyperinflation.”

• Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:02 UTC

  Presidential Spokesman warns Argentina going through hyperinflation

  

  Argentina's Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni Friday confirmed his country was going through hyperinflation since the 1% daily rate mentioned earlier this week by Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo would result in a 3,678% per annum.

• Friday, December 15th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Argentina: Inflation is 1% daily, Caputo says

  

  Argentine Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo said Thursday that inflation in his country stood already at 1% per day and insisted that measures were being taken to get out of this “financial catastrophe” through a classic orthodox stabilization plan. “We are in that process, but we are very confident,” he stressed.

• Friday, December 15th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

  Argentine granted CAF loan to face IMF maturities

  

  The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei has been granted a loan of nearly US$ 1 billion by the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) to face maturities with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) later this month.

• Thursday, December 14th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

  Ties between Brazil and Argentina to remain despite ideological differences, FM says

  

  Brazil intends to keep a good relationship with Argentina despite the ideological differences between the governments of Javier Milei and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira told the Lower House's Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday.