Argentina

• Tuesday, October 24th 2023 - 09:39 UTC

  “Blue” dollar back on surging track day after Argentine elections

  

  The “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar stood at AR$ 1,100 Monday, an AR$ 200 increase from Friday's quotation, after Sunday's elections which saw Economy Minister Sergio Massa and Libertarian Congressman Javier Milei advance to the Nov. 19 runoff, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, October 24th 2023 - 08:55 UTC

  Paraguayan president says regional integration will not stop due to Argentine elections

  

  During a speech at the Wilson Institute in Washington DC, Paraguayan President Santiago Peña highlighted the importance of Mercosur in the face of the recent Argentine elections - regardless of the outcome of the Nov. 19 ballot - and greenlighted China's approach to the bloc.

• Monday, October 23rd 2023 - 10:42 UTC

  No president-elect in Argentina

  

  Argentina's next president will be chosen in a runoff election on Nov. 19, according to preliminary results released Sunday minutes before 10 p.m. local time in Buenos Aires (GMT -3).

• Monday, October 23rd 2023 - 09:17 UTC

  CFK insists that Alberto Fernández's was not “her” government

  

  Argentine Vice President and former two-time President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) insisted Sunday when voting in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz that the current administration of Alberto Fernández, which ends on December 10, was not “her” government because “I do not decide policies,” as her differences with the incumbent head of state are also well known.

• Monday, October 23rd 2023 - 09:09 UTC

  Milei willing to reshuffle and deal again to beat Kirchnerism

  

  Libertarian Congressman Javier Milei said Sunday after finishing second in Argentina's presidential election that he was willing to reshuffle and deal again to defeat Kirchnerism, which is represented by Economy Minister Sergio Massa, who was Sunday's winner but failed to avoid a runoff.

• Monday, October 23rd 2023 - 08:57 UTC

  President Fernández congratulates Massa on advancing to the runoff

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández congratulated Economy Minister Sergio Massa on Sunday's general election results, which saw him advance to a runoff against Libertarian Congressman Javier Milei. Fernández also praised Buenos Aires Governor Axel Kicillof for his re-election.

• Monday, October 23rd 2023 - 07:17 UTC

  Massa promises to form a national unity government

  

  Argentine Economy Minister Sergio Massa said after winning Sunday's presidential election that “the rift” is over and that “a new stage begins on Dec. 10,” for which he must defeat Liberal Congressman Javier Milei in the Nov. 19 runoff.

• Sunday, October 22nd 2023 - 23:34 UTC

  Argentina's general election records lowest turnout since return to democracy

  

  In the general elections held on Sunday, Argentina witnessed a voter turnout of 74% of its electoral roll, a slight increase of five points compared to the turnout in the August primaries, as reported by official sources.

• Saturday, October 21st 2023 - 10:57 UTC

  New batch of Argentine evacuees land in Ezeiza

  

  A third Aerolíneas Argentinas flight carrying nationals of the South American country who had been evacuated through the “Safe Return” operation from war-torn Israel via Rome landed at Ezeiza's International Airport, it was reported Friday.

• Saturday, October 21st 2023 - 10:44 UTC

  Argentina ready to choose next president: What has each one said about the Falklands?

  

  Amid rampant inflation, Argentina will celebrate 40 years of democracy when the new president to be elected on Sunday, Oct. 22, takes office. Although five candidates made it through the Aug. 13 Open, Mandatory, and Simultaneous Primary (PASO) elections, only three of them are considered to have a real chance to succeed Alberto Fernández.