Mercosur and EU announce agreement on free-trade deal
Dec 6, 2024 · Argentina's President Javier Milei, Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Paraguay's President Santiago Peña pose for the family picture of the LXV Mercosur Summit in Montevideo on December 6, 2024.
Rio Tinto to invest US$2.5 billion in lithium production
Dec 13, 2024 · The plant’s expansion is scheduled to begin in 2025 and it will be at full capacity in 2028. Rio Tinto chief executive Jakob Stausholm praised Argentina's “favourable economic policies” and “investment-friendly environment” following …
Trump names Peter Lamelas as next US ambassador to Argentina
Dec 13, 2024 · “It is not just inefficient; it is cruel and deceitful. Leaders like Trump and Milei, with their remorseless vision, are rejecting the failed policies of the past and building a new era of simplified government and growth – for Argentina, America, and freedom-loving democracies around the world,” he wrote.
Argentina inflation slows to lowest under Milei
Oct 10, 2024 · Consumer prices rose 3.5 percent in September from August, below the 3.6 percent median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Annual inflation slowed to 209 percent, according to government data published Thursday.
Milei slams ‘dictator’ Maduro, demands release of detainee
Dec 17, 2024 · Venezuelan counter-intelligence agents have accused him of spying on behalf of the Argentine government. According to the detainee’s family, Gallo left Mendoza with plans to spend the holidays with his wife, María Gómez, and their two-year-old son, who have been living in Venezuela for the past nine months.
Argentina's approach to China switches as ideology gives in to ...
Oct 7, 2024 · This was a defining twist in the Argentine leader’s discourse and position with respect to the Asian giant. Milei admitted that that change in tack started some time ago and he revealed he had a meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Argentina Wang Wei, and that “the following day they unlocked the [currency] swap.”
Milei is Argentina’s most popular leader but disapproval grows
Oct 31, 2024 · Most are against privatising all state-run companies as the president would like to do; those in favor of the price controls he’s scrapped outnumber those who prefer businesses to decide; and more than 60 percent of respondents say the government needs to improve its relationship with Brazil after the libertarian traded insults with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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Boca eye Gago as next in line to test Gallardo’s supremacy
Oct 2, 2024 · Here we go again. After Diego Martínez's Boca Juniors tenure ended with a whimper, the Xeneize are once again back to the drawing board with a familiar question keeping Juan Román Riquelme and his football council up at night: how on earth do we get the best of Marcelo Gallardo?
Bunge’s rescue of huge soy supplier rests with Argentine court
Sep 25, 2024 · Bunge’s rescue of huge soy supplier rests with Argentine court. A top court in Argentina is set to decide whether crop giants Bunge Global and Viterra will be allowed to take over Vicentin, the company that was once the crown jewel of the country’s massive soybean-processing industry.