Southern Common Market (Mercosur) foreign ministers meeting in Buenos Aires on Friday agreed to temporarily expand the National List of Exceptions to the Common External Tariff by up to 50 codes per member state in response to global...
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva enacted the so-called Reciprocity Law on Friday, whereby the federal government can react whenever countries or economic blocs create measures restricting Brazilian exports, be it in the form...
The World Bank (WB) announced Friday a US$ 12 billion financing package for Argentina over three years to support economic stabilization and reforms. Pending board approval, the initiative consists of several contributions as follows:
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, aged 70, was hospitalized Friday in Rio Grande do Norte due to severe abdominal pain linked to ongoing complications from his 2018 campaign stabbing. Initially treated at a local hospital, he...
The Argentine government announced today a sweeping overhaul of its foreign exchange regime, set to take effect on Monday, including the end of currency controls and the introduction of a managed float within a fixed exchange rate band....
Argentina's Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of March reached 3.7%, the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) reported Friday. These figures marked a sharp increase from February's 2.4% and January's 2.2%. The rise...
Federal Congressman Pedro Lucas Fernandes (União Brasil-MA) has been confirmed as Brazil's new Communications Minister, replacing Juscelino Filho, who resigned after being indicted for alleged misuse of parliamentary amendments. The...
Argentine Prosecutor Sebastián Basso has filed a request before Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas for an international arrest warrant against Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei for his alleged involvement in ordering the 1994 bombing of the...
The City Hall of Tolhuin in the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego -which technically includes the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands and the other British Overseas Territories claimed by the South American country- filed a tax execution...
Argentina's General Labor Confederation (CGT) leaders said Thursday's nationwide strike was a "resounding success." It was the third such measure against President Javier Milei. CGT Joint Secretary-General Héctor Daer underscored how the...
Two fans of Chilean football club Colo Colo -aged 18 and 13- died late Thursday in a stampede at Santiago's Monumental stadium during a Libertadores Cup match against Brazil's Fortaleza.
US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins confirmed that her country would not be purchasing any more meat from Argentina in a protectionist move to preserve local production. “No more meat from Argentina,” she said during a Fox News...
US Secretary of the Treasury Scott K.H. Bessent will arrive in Buenos Aires next Monday to bolster support for Argentine President Javier Milei’s economic reforms, it was announced Thursday.
Unions such as the General Labor Confederation (CGT) and Argentina's Workers' Central (CTA) started demonstrating Wednesday ahead of Thursday's 24-hour full strike, the third since President Javier Milei took office.
Brazil will require citizens of the United States, Canada, and Australia to obtain visas for entry starting April 10, following the principle of reciprocity, it was announced Wednesday.
Brasília has been confirmed as the host city for the 2025 Youth Games, scheduled from September 10 to 25, Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) President Marco La Porta and Federal District Lieutenant Governor Celina Leão announced Tuesday....
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Monday underscored his country's strong international reserves (US$ 370 billion) to withstand global challenges, including Donald Trump's tariffs. He also highlighted his administration's...
Brazilian authorities canceled the auction for the São Borja-Santo Tomé International Bridge due to a lack of bidders. The project -requiring a US$ 99 million investment over 25 years- sought to modernize the 15.62-kilometer structure...
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro spoke at a large demonstration Sunday in São Paulo, during which scoores of Brazilians pressed for Congress to issue a blanket pardon in favor of all those facing charges in connection with the...
The United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf has recognized a new area of the Atlantic Ocean’s northern seabed and subsoil as belonging to Brazil, covering dimensions equivalent to the size of Germany. Previously,...
The Argentinian film-maker, whose movies blur the lines between gay and straight, discusses what inspired him to make his latest work – queer romcom The Astronaut Lovers Marco Berger’s films often begin, in one way or another, with a...
After recording the brutality of the Videla regime, José Luis Ledesma fled to Italy. He discusses the dictatorship, the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, Milei and being Maradona’s personal photographer Shortly after 10am on 14 September 1980, a...
More than 1,000 riot police were deployed outside the Argentine Congress building after football fans joined a protest by pensioners on Wednesday. Retirees have been gathering each week to demand an increase in the pension and the...
Photographer in coma and scores injured as police use teargas, rubber bullets and water cannon against retirees Argentina ’s hardline security minister is facing calls to resign after the violent police response to a protest by...
Seven health professionals who worked with football legend in days before his death face trial in Argentina An Argentinian neurosurgeon and six other medical professionals have gone on trial in Buenos Aires over the death of the...
Authorities warn more fatalities expected as a year’s worth of rain falls on Bahía Blanca in eight hours Rescue teams in Argentina are searching for two girls, aged one and five, who were swept away by severe floods that ripped through...
Rainfall in Bahía Blanca led to 10 deaths, swept away vehicles, destroyed bridges and left areas underwater The city of Bahía Blanca in Argentina had a new rainfall record on Friday, after a recent heatwave. More than 400mm (15.7in) of...
Wildfires are devastating Patagonia. In response, Argentinian authorities are removing environmental protections and raiding Indigenous communities Soraya Maicoñio lives in Mallín Ahogado, a rural area in the Comarca Andina,a region of...
Charges of criminal negligence dropped against three key defendants over death of British singer in October A court in Argentina has dropped charges of criminal negligence against three of the five people indicted in connection with the...
President endorsed $Libra crypto token on Friday before it collapsed, leading some to call it a financial ‘rug pull’ Opposition politicians in Argentina have called for the impeachment of President Javier Milei after he touted a...
Government in Nordelta approves plans to control numbers of world’s largest rodent – but not all are in agreement A contraception debate is gripping one of Argentina’s most notable luxury neighbourhoods – not for its wealthy residents,...
Residents living near the Sarandí have long complained about pollution in the area A small river in greater Buenos Aires was dyed a deep and worrying shade of red on Thursday after what is thought to have been a leak of dye from a nearby...
Marco Rubio heaped praise on a president who has jailed thousands with few legal niceties – but can work his model work elsewhere in Latin America beset by gang violence? Five hours after being shot in the belly, a Haitian accountant sat...
Country’s president and Donald Trump fan follows US example in move criticized by health organisations Argentina ’s president, Javier Milei , has followed Donald Trump ’s example and announced that Argentina will also leave the World...
Government plans to remove legal recognition of gender-based killings in latest attack on women’s rights Femicide will be struck from Argentina’s penal code, according to a vow from the administration of Javier Milei , the president. It...
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Roda polo, which started during the Covid pandemic in Argentina, replaces horses with electric wheels, so it is cheaper and no animals are harmed. These photographs were taken in Pilar, near Buenos Aires, the world’s polo capital...
In his first 12 months Javier Milei has imposed drastic economic measures – sparking protests while banking on an IMF bailout The first foreign leader to meet Donald Trump after his victory last November was Argentina’s president,...
Workers at main paediatric hospital say quality of care is threatened by president’s economic policy The Garrahan paediatric hospital in Buenos Aires swarms with patients, parents and medical workers. Families stand shoulder-to-shoulder...
Two others charged with drug supply in connection with One Direction singer’s fall from Buenos Aires hotel balcony Three people have been charged with manslaughter, and two others with drug supply, in connection with the death of Liam...