New rules seek to promote competition and make it easier for new …
Foreign Minister Diana Mondino attended the trade alliance’s presidential summit in Paraguay instead, meeting Brazil’s president briefly beforehand
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Argentina on Wednesday launched the first working group of a new national agency to regulate and promote the country’s nascent cannabis industry, which ministers hope will create new jobs and …
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President Alberto Fernández met with U.S. President Joe Biden’s Special Advisor for the Americas, Christopher Dodd, to discuss bilateral and regional co-operation following the CELAC summit in Buenos Aires on …
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At least 67 journalists and media workers were killed in 2022, the most since 2018, according to a report by press freedom nonprofit, the Committee to Protect Journalists. More than …
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Pope Francis has blamed poor policies and public administration for Argentina’s inflationary crisis and high poverty levels. In a long interview with the Associated Press news agency, Francis said that …
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International relationsLatin America
CELAC presidency passes from Argentina to St Vincent and the Grenadines
A 369 square kilometer, 100,000-inhabitant Caribbean island nation will hold the next temporary presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). During the CELAC Summit’s closing ceremony, …
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The Central Bank raised the one-day repo rate for mutual funds on Monday, in another attempt to contain the escalation of the parallel exchange rates. According to the Central Bank …
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The government is investigating the country’s top ten stock brokers after the opposition reported that information about last Wednesday’s debt buyback had been leaked. Since the announcement, in which Economy …
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Argentina’s only sodium carbonate producer, Alpat, expands to join lithium chain
The company Alcalis de la Patagonia (Alpat), the only producer of sodium carbonate in South America, has launched an investment plan of US$250 million. Located in Río Negro, the company …
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From November 2023, the Central Bank will allow savers to make payments using money held in fixed-term deposits. The bid to encourage Argentines to save in the national currency comes …
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The Economy Ministry reported that Argentina’s primary deficit reached 2.4% of its GDP in 2022, meaning that the government over-complied with the 2.5% goal negotiated with the International Monetary Fund …