The government said the agreement would open the path to an additional US$1 billion worth of exports
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The mission will audit the country’s economic program and, if passed, the lender would grant the government a US$1.1 billion disbursement
Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno promised the deal will enable ‘more exports, more investment, and more jobs’ for the country
The foreign ministry also confirmed that Roberto Baldo, a national citizen detained in Venezuela, had been released
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Argentina’s seat on the new Board for Peace shows Milei has enthusiastically signed up to Trump’s populist tendency of abandoning institutions that do not bend to his personal will
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Construction ground to a halt over a lack of funding in December 2023, right after President Javier Milei took office
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