Reinstitution of tariff exemptions

Twenty-five countries, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay, asked the US Congress to reinstate a system that allows them to export certain goods without paying tariffs, the Argentine Embassy …

To give birth in Argentina

When migration officials detained six pregnant Russian women at a Buenos Aires airport in early February, they exposed a phenomenon that has been growing in the country for a year: …

Inactive population?

Employment on the rise? The data of the SIPA (Sistema Integrado Previsional Argentino) pension system, which takes into consideration the employer contributions of registered company employees, show the number of …

Rossi new ministerial chief

AFI intelligence chief Agustín Rossi, 63, swore in as Cabinet chief on Wednesday afternoon, the 20th man (no female ever picked) to hold the post since its creation by the …

Trade slump

Trade with Russia and Ukraine has slumped by more than 40 percent since war broke out 12 months ago, according to new data. Argentina has a favourable balance of trade …

Fight of bird flu

Officials fear rapid spread of virus could damage country’s exports The government has announced one billion pesos in extra funding to reinforce health and sanitary controls, following the detection of …

Another dinosaur in Río Negro

Auditor-general, Miguel Ángel Pichetto, (who was the Senate Majority Leader for 17 years, before becoming then-president Mauricio Macri’s running-mate in 2019) stirred up a storm of controversy when he said: …

Polar without polarising

President Alberto Fernández marked Antarctic Soverignity Day on Wednesday 22nd by travelling down to the White Continet to inaugurate three labs at Argentina’s Base Marambio scientific station (which has been …

Mayor seeks Presidency

Buenos Aires City Major, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta. formally launched his presidential candidacy on February 23rd via a video with a centrist focus on ending the “grieta” political rift. SOURCE: www.batimes.com.ar

EU, Mercosur accelerate trade deal

For more than two decades, the European Union and Mercosur laboriously negotiated a trade deal they agreed but never signed, both sides want to finalize it to crEate a necessary …

Crypto Solvency Proof

Three months after crypto exchange FTX collapsed, Argentina’s government is weighing creating oversight requirements on crypto companies, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. The country’s local regulator, …

Echegaray on trial

Former AFIP tax bureau chief, Ricardo Echegaray, and former Federal Planning Minister, Julio De Vido, along with half a dozen other defendants, will stand trial on March 8 for the …

Aconcagua claims more victims

The highest peak in the Americas claimed its first victim of the year on February’s first weekend, when Moi Oystein, a 62-year-old Norweigian mountaineer suffere a fatal heart attack when …

Argentina on track with targets

Between January 30th and February 1st, Argentina paid US$ 1.365 billion to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to refinance the US$ 45-billion loan incurred by the Mauricio Macri administration in …

Summer: 10 hidden, enjoyable spots

The sweltering heat of the Argentine summer demands vacation breaks in places where taking a dip is easy. Mar del Plata, Pinamar and Cariló remain some of the first-choice options along the Atlantic coast …

Mauricio & Horacio back together

Ex-president, Mauricio Macri, and City Mayor, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, met up for the second time this year in the Patagonian holiday centre of Villa La Angostura (complete with a symbolic …

YPF Luz – Production record in 2022

With load factors that exceeded 60 percent on a sustained basis and with months exceeding 70 percent, the Manantiales Behr wind farm, operated by YPF Luz, was positioned as leader …

Ace in the hole for Argentina

Argentina’s economic team is cautiously looking at the impact upcoming increases in energy gas prices tariffs will have on inflation in the first quarter of 2023, but there is oxygen …

Enzo Fernández breaks record

Former River Plate midfielder, Enzo Fernández, (author of memorable goal against Mexico in the Qatar world Cup) is now also ex-Benfica as from January 31st, after being sold to Chelasea …

Catastrophic or moderately optimistic?

For quite a while now we’ve been hearing negative sentiment regarding the near future. At least since the pandemic delivered an unexpectedly hard blow to the whole world, which had …