Argentina
Tue, 02 Feb 2021 09:27:00 GMTDiscards are a general practice consented by Argentine fisheries authorities, claims Puerto magazine
The Argentine magazine Puerto, which specializes in reporting on fisheries and ports exposed a video from a trawler crewmember in which it shows tons of hake discards dumped back into the sea, which is in violation of Argentine...
Sat, 30 Jan 2021 09:55:00 GMTOfficial 2020 inflation in Argentina at 36,1%, but several points higher for the poor half of the country
Argentina registered inflation of 36,1% in 2020, with the declining rate during three quarters, picking up strongly in the last three months particularly basics such as food which is serious since almost half of the Argentine p...
Sat, 30 Jan 2021 08:15:00 GMTArgentina wheat exports dropped 52% in December year to year
Argentine wheat exports during December 2020 dropped 52% compared to the same month of 2019, the lowest level in the last five years. The cereal revenue was also the lowest in five years, according to information from the local...
Fri, 29 Jan 2021 08:55:00 GMTArgentina expected to grow 5,4% in 2021, far from mitigating pandemic's impact
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, lowered Argentina's growth estimate for this year to 4,5% from its previous 4.9% forecast, according to the World Economic Outlook, WEO, delivered this week and which includes some forty co...
Thu, 28 Jan 2021 09:59:00 GMTUruguay will partially reopen its borders as of February
Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou announced on Wednesday the partial lifting of the borders' total closure which had been established last December 20, but all other measures that had been announced on that date remain in fu...
Thu, 28 Jan 2021 09:37:00 GMTArgentine traders and millers discussing options to avoid a ban on wheat exports
Argentina is worried about domestic food prices and inflation, and as it happened a few weeks ago with an attempt to ban corn exports, a similar situation apparently is happening with wheat, and the different actors involved ar...
Wed, 27 Jan 2021 09:45:00 GMTChilean president ratifies support for Argentina claims in the Falklands' dispute
Chilean President Sebastián Piñera ratified his administration's support for “Argentina's sovereignty claims over the Falklands/Malvinas and other South Atlantic islands,” and called for Argentina and UK to resume talks t...
Wed, 27 Jan 2021 09:31:00 GMTArgentina and Chile “indissolubly twinned countries”, underlines president Fernandez
Argentina and Chile are “indissolubly twinned countries”, said Argentine president Alberto Fernandez during the ceremony at the Palacio de la Moneda in Santiago where, next to his peer Sebastián Piñera, and members of the...
Wed, 27 Jan 2021 09:00:00 GMTMaersk appoints commercial director for Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay
A.P.Moller-Maersk announced the arrival of Douglas Piagentini as its new commercial director for the East Coast of Latin America made up of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay.
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 10:52:00 GMTUruguay's Jose Pepe Mujica bestowed with the highest honor of Argentina
Uruguayan former president, Jose Pepe Mujica has been bestowed by the Argentine government, the country's highest honor, the Collar of the San Martin Liberator Order. The honor is extended to foreign officials, civilian or mili...