Budget amendment
The government amended the budget for the eighth time this year to the tune of 7.65 trillion pesos, thus increasing the fiscal deficit by over 37 percent to over nine …
Expansion project
Olaroz II will increase the production capacity of the highest purity lithium carbonate by an additional 25,000 tonnes per year. In turn, it will raise total production capacity to 42,500 …
Lacunza & Milei
Two opposition figures in Argentina with differing views struck the same chord, warning against lifting the country’s strict currency controls right away when a new government takes office in December. …
Investor’s optimism
Argentina’s presidential election looks increasingly likely to usher in a pro-business government after the ruling Peronist bloc coalesced around centrist Economy Minister Sergio Massa as its candidate. Benchmark overseas bonds …
The secret seven
Seven Argentine communities have been shortlisted among 100 worldwide to compete in the “Best Tourism Villages” competition of the World Tourism Organization with the winner to be announced at the …
D-Day
The deadline for registering candidacies for the PASO primaries duly expired at midnight on the last Saturday of June, with thousands of names filed nationwide. There were various last-minute surprises, …
Back in the game
From a financial standpoint, Argentina is back in the game. While for years it was considered a global financial pariah, and to a certain extent it still is, investors have …
Merval push
A Argentina’s S&P Merval stock index is climbing to its highest level in dollar terms since 2019 ahead of the nation’s presidential primaries in August. The index, which tracks locally-traded …
Up with the best
The Don Julio steakhouse in Palermo has been chosen as one of the 50 best restaurants in the world, occupying 19th place in a list headed by Central of Lima, …
Russian spies
The suspected Russian spies arrested early this year in Slovenia and resident in Argentina until last year have been identified, according to a Federal Police report delivered to federal judge …
Up & Running
The Néstor Kirchner pipeline was duly launched on June 20, Flag Day, on the eve of winter, but with rather less fanfare than originally planned, taking the form of a …
Not so Juntos
A summit meeting of the Juntos por el Cambio opposition coalition gathering the heads of member parties had to be adjourned the first week of June without even progressing to …
The big chill
With the coming winter, broad swathes of the country were shivering throughout mid-June with the Weather Bureau issuing a series of yellow alerts for nine provinces apart from this city. …
Strategies
The CEOs of four leading energy companies debated at the Midstream & Gas Day, organised by EconoJournal, the most convenient medium-term strategies in terms of production and infrastructure, to take …
Arduous path
The government introduced a draft bill to promote investment in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) liquefaction plants. It came after Argentina’s state-controlled oil company YPF signed an agreement with Malaysia’s Petronas …
Transmission works
The Energy Secretariat said that 7 new electricity transmission works will be completed in June in Buenos Aires and Misiones. They are in addition to 12 other works that have …
Off to Washington
Economy Minister Sergio Massa will be joining a mission of his economic team in Washington the second week of June, in ongoing negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to …
Next World Cup
The United States might be the destination of Lionel Messi to play next season in Inter Miami as from July, but not where the 2026 World Cup in the USA, …
First gas fracturer
YPF and Schlumberger (SLB) have begun testing a prototype natural gas fracturing rig in the Loma Campana field in Vaca Muerta that, if successful, will save millions of litres of …
Stellantis in Argentina
The global automotive giant Stellantis, which manufactures Fiat, Peugeot, Citroën, Chrysler, Alfa Romeo, Jeep, Dodge, Opel and Maserati, among others, has entered the renewable energy business in Argentina. Although it …