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Argentina, China extend currency swap deal
Central banks of Argentina and China renew US$19-billion bilateral currency swap. Leer más
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Argentina renews US$19-billion China swap for another five years
Argentina's Central Bank renews US$19-billion currency swap with the People’s Bank of China for five years. Leer más
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Argentine government pulls chapter on land sales to foreigners from Senate debate
Argentina's governing bloc withdrew on Wednesday the rural land chapter of the Inviolability of Private Property bill from the Sen…
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Milei doubles down on calling Brazil's Lula a 'thief'
President Javier Milei renews his attacks on Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Leer más
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Milei’s money man shuns foreign markets after failed bond binge
Luis Caputo previously tapped foreign bond markets again and again, earning the moniker “serial borrower” from his critics. But no…
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Argentina: $LIBRA investors to file civil suit after mediation fails
Un grupo de inversores que se consideran perjudicados por el lanzamiento del criptoactivo $LIBRA presentará una demanda por daños …
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Total (culture) war
The “culture wars” Milei is so fond of are the cornerstone of his political construction. Leer más
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Education everywhere is due for an overhaul
Throughout the world there are millions of people, many of whom are now middle-aged or on the verge of retirement, with university…
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How pilots land aircraft at Marambio Base, Argentina’s most challenging Antarctic airstrip
Air Force pilots face one of the most demanding landings at Argentina’s Marambio Base in Antarctica, touching down on a natural ru…
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Continental Resources targets Argentina shale auction
Continental Resources is competing for Argentine shale acreage, a move that underscores how US oil capital is increasingly treatin…
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Argentina and South Korea announce critical minerals partnership
President Javier Milei met his South Korean counterpart, Lee Jae Myung, in Buenos Aires on Friday as the two countries sought to d…
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Milei Central Bank reform would ban financing state spending
Milei’s push to fortify the Central Bank contrasts with his campaign pledges in 2023 to dollarise the economy and definitively shu…
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Argentina bill seeks to ban central bank from financing Treasury
President Javier Milei's government submitted a bill to congress that would overhaul the central bank's charter to strictly prohib…
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Criminal tourism: Inside the Chilean burglary network targeting sports stars
How a gang accused of raiding Juan Martín del Potro's home fits into an international criminal network that has targeted elite ath…
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From closing the central bank to reforming it: Milei's shift on monetary authority
Argentine President Javier Milei presented on Thursday, in a nationwide broadcast, a bill to overhaul the central bank's charter, …
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IMF chief visits Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale field
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva tours Loma Campana field, operated by YPF in Neuquén, during visit to Argentina. Leer más
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Behind yerba mate craze, Argentine farmers bemoan Milei’s austerity
Yerba mate is fast becoming the caffeine vehicle of choice for wellness-minded consumers far from its South American roots. Leer m…
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Argentina snaps dollar-buying streak day after IMF hailed policy
Monetary authority didn’t buy greenbacks in Argentina’s currency market on Tuesday for the first time since January 2. Leer más
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Milei's spokesperson plays down diplomatic spat with Brazil
Argentina's government admits to "ideological and political differences" with neighbouring Brazil but says they won't affect bilat…
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Milei and Fujimori meet in Lima and agree to strengthen economic and security cooperation
Argentine President Javier Milei met on Tuesday in Lima with Peru's President Keiko Fujimori in a bilateral encounter held at the …
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Robeco’s US$18-billion stock picker bets on Argentina after hiatus
It took nearly a decade for one of Europe’s biggest emerging-market investors to return to Argentine stocks. Leer más
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IMF chief visits Milei as Argentina’s US$57-billion bill comes due
Eight years, three deals and US$57 billion since the last IMF leader came to Argentina, Kristalina Georgieva arrived Monday in Bue…
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IMF boss hails 'much sounder' Argentine economy under Milei
International Monetary Fund director Kristalina Georgieva hails economic progress under President Javier Milei during visit to Bue…
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IMF chief says Argentina is in "a strong position" despite missing its fiscal target
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Monday endorsed the economic program of Javier Milei's gover…