New text
After the failure of the original bill in the Chamber of Deputies and progressing in talks with governors, the Government has started handing out the new text of the Omnibus …
Reform Plan
President Javier Milei intends to resumit his shelved reform package to Argentina’s Congress in December 2025, after midterm elections he expects will increase his party’s representation, according to an interview …
Dengue rise
The outbreak of dengue is gathering force in Buenos Aires Province in particular where 26 municipal districts have declared a state of alert while the number of cases (over 40,000 testing positive …
Washington pals
Economy Minister Luis Caputo met up with his Washington counterpart, a congratulatory Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, at the G20 summit of economy ministers in Sao Paolo with International …
IMF talks
Argentina, IMF in talks about manouvers to deliver fresh cash to speed up its exit from capital controls. Argentina is talking with the International Monetary Fund about the outline of …
Currency controls
Javier Milei restores tradition of presidential visit to ExpoAgro exhibition and tells agricultural producers that inflation in February likely slowed to around 15%. President Javier Milei says currency controls in …
Groundwork
The country’s 23 governors were summoned to the Casa Rosada to discuss the steps leading to the “Pacto de Mayo”, announced by the President Javier Milei at his state-of-the-nation speech …
ExpoAgro in a new context
Although not part of the opening ceremony of the masive farm show “Expoagro YPF Agro 2024” in the delta town of San Nicolás, President Javier Milei was the star visitor …
Mercosur tensions
Uruguay rages against Argentina and Brazil Uruguayan president, Luis Lacalle Pou, slarns Argentina, Brazil governments for blocking his free-trade deal with China; Lula and Spanish PM Sánchez optimistic about long-trailed …
Drilling starts
The Argerich exploratory well will have more than 2,500 metres of drilling. It will be the deepest in the country’s history. The discovery of crude oil is key for Argentina’s …
Goldman, Barclays…
Some of Wall Street’s largest banks are set to visit Argentina just as Javier Milei tries to come back from a massive defeat in Congress. Representatives from Goldman Sachs Group …
Spending cuts
The International Monetary Fund said that Argentine President Javier Milei’s decision last week to water down spending cuts in his sweeping reform bill in an attempt to get it through …
Copper mine
Canadian entrepreneur Rob McEwen is in talks to raise about US$100 million for a copper project in Argentina, at a time when miners are betting that deregulation by the new …
Economic measures
Economy Minister Luis Caputo declared Tuesday that Argentina’s new government “is facing the worst inheritance” in the country’s history. With “Argentines increasingly poor” and soaring consumer prices piling further misery …
Positive results
The company reported results from exploratory wells N°10 and N°11 at its Rincón Oeste lithium project in Salta. In the first well the samples collected ranged between 245 and 366 …
What a scorcher
While this city sweltered throughout the week with no rainfall to interrupt the heatwave, there was no refuge to be found taking summer holidays elsewhere in the country – temperatures …
Tourism in Argentina
Nearly half a million foreign travellers took trips to Argentina in the first two weeks of the year – a massive 33.5-percent increase on the same period last year. In …
Not for anyone
Impossible to tell at press time when, where and how the ongoing marathon Congress session over the omnibus reform bill would end but it is already worth questioning whether it …
New version
President Javier Milei’s government has presented to national deputies a new version of the so-called ‘Omnibus Law’ eliminating over 100 articles in the course of negotiations with opposition sectors, reducing …
Consensus
The Argentine Synod’s National Commitee for Justice and Peace asked political candidates for a “political, social and economic agreement for governance” in keeping with 40 years of restored democracy, pointing …