Argentina
Fri, 13 Feb 2026 04:09:00 GMTArgentina moves first in Mercosur as lower house backs EU trade deal
Argentina became the first Mercosur country to secure an initial legislative green light for the trade agreement with the European Union, after the Chamber of Deputies approved the text late on Thursday. The bloc also includes ...
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:34:00 GMT6.1-magnitude quake hits Chile’s Coquimbo region; authorities rule out tsunami risk
A magnitude-6.1 earthquake struck northern Chile on Thursday morning, with the epicentre in the Coquimbo region. Chile’s National Seismological Center (CSN) said the event occurred at 10:34:30 local time, locating it 13 km we...
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:50:00 GMTArgentina’s Senate approves Milei’s labour reform amid protests and clashes
Argentina’s Senate gave initial approval to President Javier Milei’s labor reform bill after a marathon session that ran for more than 14 hours and unfolded amid street protests outside Congress. The draft cleared the upper...
Wed, 11 Feb 2026 05:16:00 GMTArgentina Senate set to vote labor reform after last-minute deal on key changes
Argentina’s ruling coalition and centrist opposition blocs in the Senate reached a deal to vote on a labor reform bill on Wednesday, starting at 11 a.m., during an extraordinary session, according to the final draft circulate...
Wed, 11 Feb 2026 04:28:00 GMTMilei calls Trump “an example of courage and leadership” in video sent to Latino Wall Street event
Argentine President Javier Milei called Donald Trump “an example of courage and leadership” in a video message sent to the Hispanic Prosperity Gala hosted by Latino Wall Street at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, after...
Tue, 10 Feb 2026 21:14:00 GMTArgentina: January inflation hits 2.9% and 12-month rate reaches 32.4%, INDEC says
Argentina’s inflation came in at 2.9% in January, taking the 12-month rate to 32.4%, according to the national statistics agency INDEC. The reading marked an acceleration of 0.1 percentage points from December.
Tue, 10 Feb 2026 04:25:00 GMTArgentina faces ARS 10 trillion maturities as Treasury sets Feb. 11 debt auction menu
Argentina’s Economy Ministry published the instrument menu for the Feb. 11 debt auction, closely watched by markets given the size of maturities: nearly ARS 10 trillion (around USD 7 million), about ARS 9 trillion of which is...
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 04:09:00 GMTArgentina regulates ‘Inocencia Fiscal’ to bring ‘mattress dollars’ into the banking system
Argentina’s government has issued the implementing rules for its Inocencia Fiscal law, formally activating a voluntary Simplified Income Tax Regime (RSG) aimed at encouraging taxpayers to bring undeclared savings —popularly...
Sat, 07 Feb 2026 23:24:00 GMTArgentina tightens illegal fishing enforcement, elevating satellite tracking as evidence
Argentina has tightened its enforcement framework against foreign vessels suspected of illegal fishing inside its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), giving greater evidentiary weight to satellite records and other remote sensors to...
Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:14:00 GMTArgentine scientists film rare “giant phantom jelly” measuring about 11 meters in the South Atlantic
An Argentine-led deep-sea expedition has recorded rare footage of Stygiomedusa gigantea—the so-called giant phantom jellyfish—in waters off Argentina, offering an unusual look at a species seldom observed alive in its natur...