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Wed, 02 Feb 2022 21:00:00 GMT
Fuel goes up 9% in Argentina after long price freeze
Argentina's state-run oil company YPF announced a price increase of around 9% in the price of fuel at pumps as of Wednesday, with 2 additional percentage points in the case of premium products.

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 20:49:00 GMT
IMF concerned over future of Argentine deal due to political turmoil
Argentina's representative to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Sergio Chodos Wednesday said in a radio interview the multinational body was concerned after Deputy Máximo Kirchner's resignation as majority leader, which mi...

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 11:44:00 GMT
Recommended reading, updated Argentina Travel Advice by FCDO
The Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office has updated its Travel Advice on Argentina. Among other issues, the TA points out that 126,548 British nationals visited Argentina in 2019 and most visits are trouble-free.

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:55:00 GMT
Argentina's deal with IMF will get through Congress, House Speaker says
Argentina's Lower House Speaker Sergio Massa Tuesday said the ruling Frente de Todos (Everybody's Front - FdT) remained united and guaranteed the recent agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will get through Cong...

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:10:00 GMT
NGOs claim most deforestation in northern Argentina during 2021 was illegal
Around 110,180 hectares of forest were destroyed in the Argentine provinces of Santiago del Estero, Formosa, Chaco, and Salta during the year 2021 as a result of illegal practices, according to Greenpeace.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 23:23:00 GMT
Argentina decries increasing UK flights to Falklands with Brazil stopovers
Argentina's Ambassador to Brazil Daniel Scioli has filed a note expressing his country's concern over British military aircraft stopping en route to the Falkland Islands.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 21:55:00 GMT
First case of new sublineage of omicron detected in Argentina
Argentine health authorities Tuesday confirmed the first case of COVID-19 caused by the sublineage BA.2 of the coronavirus omicron variant., which is said to be two to three times more contagious than the original omicron.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 21:38:00 GMT
China to help Argentina build new nuclear power plant
Argentina's National Committee of Atomic Energy (CNEA) and the Chinese National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) Tuesday signed a contract for the construction of the Atucha III Nuclear Power Plant, it was announced.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 10:04:00 GMT
Bolivian Prosecutor says evidence proves Macri's help to Áñez
Bolivia's Chief Prosecutor Wilfredo Chávez said documents proved the Argentine Government of former President Mauricio Macri was involved in topplig Evo Morales in 2019 on the alleged grounds of an electoral fraud which was ne...

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:54:00 GMT
Latin America’s strong recovery is losing momentum, underscoring reform needs
By Ilan Goldfain, Anna Ivanova and Jorge Roldos (*) – Governments will need to combine fighting inflation with structural policies that reignite growth.



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