Investments

Tuesday, December 4th 2018 - 08:57 UTC
Argentine federal security officers given more tolerance to use lethal weapons

A tough new ruling has come into effect in Argentina allowing federal security officers to appeal to lethal weapons when faced with criminal actions. Resolution 956/2018, signed by Security minister Patricia Bullrich says lethal weapons can be used when “other non violent means are not effective”.
Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 14:25 UTC
Shinzo Abe, Mario Abdo Benítez formalise Japanese aid to Paraguay

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Paraguay Sunday afternoon to meet with President Mario Abdo Benítez and visit the local Japanese community. After a stopover in Uruguay, Abe, who became the first Japanese prime minister ever to visit Paraguay, was welcomed at the Silvio Pettirossi international airport by Foreign Minister Luis Alberto Castiglioni.
Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 10:42 UTC
Turkey, Paraguay close ties with presidential meeting in Asunción

The presidents of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Mario Abdo Benítez, of Paraguay, Sunday agreed in Asunción to join efforts against terrorism and transnational crime as well as to further commercial and business alliances between their two countries.
Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 07:48 UTC
President Xi on official visit to Argentina signs 30 agriculture and investment deals

China's president on Sunday signed new trade deals with Argentina as the Asian giant expands its growing role in Latin American economies. Presidents Mauricio Macri of Argentina and Xi Jinping of China announced the more than 30 agriculture and investment deals during a state visit following the Group of 20 summit of leaders in Buenos Aires.
Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 06:42 UTC
China boosts Argentina's foreign reserves with a US$ 9 billion currency swap

China and Argentina signed a US$ 9 billion currency swap agreement to boost the South American country’s foreign currency reserves, its central bank announced on Sunday.
Sunday, December 2nd 2018 - 21:17 UTC
Xi Jinping furthers China's involvement with Argentina during meeting with Macri

Presidents Mauricio Macri of Argentina and Xi Jinping of China Sunday met in a post-G20 encounter at the former's residence in the outskirts of Buenos Aires to further develop the relations between their two countries.
Friday, November 30th 2018 - 23:01 UTC
Macri holds trust-building side meeting with PM May during G-20 Summit

Argentine President Mauricio Macri Friday held a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May in what turned out to be the first one-on-one encounter between heads of government of the two countries after the 1982 Falklands War.
Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 19:22 UTC
Consensus or Chaos in the G20 Communiqué?

By Scott Squires (*)“This article was originally published on the Argentina newsletter The Essential, by The Bubble News Inc. on November 29, 2018”. Ahead of any diplomatic summit, staffers, organizers and aides put in the countless hours of thankless grunt work necessary to make international diplomacy happen.
Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 11:12 UTC
Cannabis-based meds plant opens in Uruguay

ICC Labs Inc., a subsidiary of Canada’s Aurora Cannabis Inc., opened Wednesday in Montevideo and became the subcontinent's first producer of cannabis-derived pharmaceuticals with a capacity “to supply almost the entire South American continent,” according to the company's CEO Alejandro Antalich.
Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 08:23 UTC
China/Argentina closer links; Beijing to finance the country's fourth nuclear power plant

Argentina and China are aiming to close a deal within days for the construction of the country's fourth nuclear power plant, a multi-billion dollar project that would cement Beijing’s deepening influence in a key regional U.S. ally.