Investments

• Wednesday, March 31st 2021 - 16:04 UTC

  Argentina says Uruguay is authorised to dredge Montevideo port to 13 metres only

  

  In 2020, the Uruguayan government agreed on a framework agreement for the dredging and widening of the access channel to the port of Montevideo, which provoked criticism from neighbouring Argentina. Now the Argentine government has informed Uruguay that it has authorized the dredging of the access channel to the port of Montevideo to only 13 meters, and not 14, as announced by the current and previous Uruguayan governments.

• Wednesday, March 31st 2021 - 06:47 UTC

  LADE makes maiden flight for Comodoro Rivadavia-Puerto Madryn route

  

  A De Havilland Canada DHC-6-200 Twin Otter of Argentina's Líneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE) took off from Comodoro Rivadavia airport Tuesday morning and landed at Puerto Madryn at 10.10 am in what became the new route's maiden flight.

• Tuesday, March 30th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Significant post-Brexit Chile tour by Lord Mayor of London revealed

  

  The British government Tuesday revealed that William Russell, the Lord Mayor of The City of London, paid a virtual visit to Chile on 9 and 10 March to strengthen trade links with the South American country.

• Monday, March 29th 2021 - 22:32 UTC

  Chinese mile 201 operators eye Argentine shipyard

  

  A consortium of Chinese companies describing themselves as mile 201 operators has expressed an interest in acquiring an Argentine shipyard in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina.

• Monday, March 29th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Astra-Zeneca vaccines arrive in Argentina

  

  Over 200,000 doses of the University of Oxford /AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine arrived in Buenos Aires Sunday through the Covax mechanism, which is promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance Gavi.

• Saturday, March 27th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Butantan develops 100% Brazilian covid vaccine

  

  The Butantan Institute in Sao Paulo has reportedly developed a vaccine of its own against covid-19 and is awaiting clearance from the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) to start clinical trials in humans.

• Friday, March 26th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Superjumbo era comes to an end: Last Airbus A380 takes off on its test flight

  

  The era of the Superjumbo is coming to an end as the last Airbus A380 ever built has taken off for the first test flight time, departing from the company's headquarters in Toulouse, France, headquarters on Thursday.

• Wednesday, March 24th 2021 - 14:50 UTC

  China-backed railway projects gain momentum in Chile and Argentina

  

  The government of Chile Tuesday unveiled 15 brand new railway units made in China, with which the South American country intends to revamp its train service both for passengers and cargo.

• Wednesday, March 24th 2021 - 09:23 UTC

  Good negotiations between Argentina, IMF – but “dialogue will continue”

  

  Argentina's Economy Minister Martín Guzmán and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, Tuesday met in Washington to discuss the renegotiation alternatives to the 2018 u$s 57 billion loans brokered by the administration of then-President Mauricio Macri.

• Saturday, March 20th 2021 - 09:07 UTC

  VW closing down production in four plants in Brazil because of the pandemic

  

  Germany's Volkswagen said on Friday that it will suspend production at its four plants in Brazil owing to a surge in coronavirus infections in the country. The Wolfsburg-based firm said it will stop factories from March 24 for a 12-day period “to protect the health of its employees and their families.”