Impressive progress
The International Monetary Fund has hailed the “impressive” progress made by President Javier Milei since taking office, despite Argentina’s ongoing economic woes. The remark, delivered by an IMF spokesperson at …
Scaled-back “Omnibus” reform bill
Government circulates new text of sweeping reform bill – now slashed by half to 269 articles – to regional power-borkers in bid to win support before it heads to Congress, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Argentine hostages
Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires intensifies dialogue with countries in the Middle East region to secure the release of the captives being held by terrorists in Gaza Strip. Argentina’s government …
‘Los Delincuentes’
Rodrigo Moreno’s Los Delincuentes has been selected as Argentina’s entry for the Oscars next year. The heist comedy-drama, starring Daniel Elías and Esteban Bigliardi, will hope to win a third statuette …
Game rules
The Secretary for Strategic Affairs, Mercedes Marcó del Pont, took part in the conference “Energy transition and industrial development” which took place in the Conadu auditorium in Buenos Aires. She …
Hear that
Argentina has the best national anthem in the world, “a total masterpiece,” at least according to three high school students in the United States and as published by the newspaper Central …
World-class reservoir
The lithium industry has been somewhat immune to Argentina’s unstable political and economic scenario. Lithium is one of the few areas – at least so far – that has not …
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 …
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 …
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 …