Investments

• Tuesday, September 20th 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  Brazil improved infrastructure closes supply chain gap with the US in soy exports

  

  A surging dollar and the supply-chain bottlenecks are cutting the competitive edge for United States farmers in the soybeans global market, to the benefit of Brazilian farmers, according to US Department of Agriculture data.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2022 - 10:07 UTC

  Latam to double Santiago/Punta Arenas flights to cope with greater demand

  

  Latam should be almost doubling the number of flights between Santiago and Punta Arenas in coming weeks, according to the company following a meeting with local and central Chile authorities, complaining about insufficient seats and increasing ticket rates.

• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 10:05 UTC

  Argentina's Lower House passes bill for military drills

  

  Argentina's Lower House passed the bill approving the involvement of the country's Armed Forces in the joint UNITAS military drills with foreign troops, which have also been allowed to enter national territory, it was reported.

• Tuesday, September 13th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Blinken offers Mexico to join US semiconductor program

  

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Mexico City Monday and extended an invitation to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to participate in a semiconductor and electromobility investment package announced by the Joseph Biden administration worth US$ 50 billion.

• Monday, September 12th 2022 - 19:09 UTC

  Uruguay's Carrasco Airport gains momentum as more services are offered

  

  LATAM Airlines has announced an increase in its number of flights between Montevideo and Santiago de Chile starting in September and growing steadily through December as the Uruguayan capital's Carrasco International Airport picks momentum worldwide.

• Friday, September 2nd 2022 - 10:05 UTC

  Santos port concession will be extended from 35 to 50 years

  

  Following on requests from the potential bidders for Brazil's largest and most active port of Santos, the concession period of the Santos Port Authority (SPA), initially planned to be 35 years, should now increase to 50 years.

• Wednesday, August 31st 2022 - 10:44 UTC

  Expo Prado, Uruguay's largest agricultural fair, now without sanitary restrictions: here's everything you need to know

  

  For the first time in almost three years, the International Livestock Exposition will return in a new edition that will be held as it was before the pandemic, without sanitary restrictions, and in the same place: the Rural del Prado in Montevideo.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 10:23 UTC

  India prepared to eliminate UK components from Tejas jet fighter, of interest for Argentina

  

  On Monday's piece on the visit of Indian External Affairs minister Dr. S. Jaishankar to Buenos Aires we reported the interest of Argentina to strengthen bilateral defense links and cooperation, and at the same time its interest in the fully made Tejas jet fighter to equip the Argentine Air Force.

• Monday, August 29th 2022 - 19:32 UTC

  YPF announces mega port on Rio Negro's Atlantic shores

  

  Argentina's state-run oil company YPF announced a mega port will be built in Río Negro to export oil from the Atlantic shore.

• Monday, August 29th 2022 - 10:38 UTC

  Lithium exports gain pace in Argentina

  

  According to the latest report from Argentina's National Mining Secretariat, lithium is not far from taking over as the leading mining industry item, whereas gold and silver continue to lead.