Argentina's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 300 basis points to settle at 29%, it announced in a statement on Thursday, as inflation continues its downward path in South America's No.

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Finally, a real libertarian is president. That's in Argentina, where last year, Javier Milei surprised pundits by winning the election by a landslide. Now

Argentina's deregulation tsar Federico Sturzenegger, after a year spearheading one of the world's most aggressive attacks on the public sector and red tape, plans even deeper cuts this year, with sights set on industries from autos to medicines.

Argentine President Javier Milei took the international far-right’s “war on woke” to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last week in a fiery speech declaring that LGBTQ+ “gender ideology constitutes plain and simple child abuse. They are pedophiles.”

Argentina’s wealthier neighbors are vacationing far less in the South American country famed for its beef, red wines and cosmopolitan capital as President Javier Milei’s currency policies turn a dreamy tourist bargain into an expensive outlier.

Not Chile, and not Malbec. Vineyard in Gualtallary in Mendoza's Uco Valley pictured above courtesy of Zuccardi, who grow Cabernet Franc here.

Argentinian President Javier Milei called out the radical left for imposing gender ideology on children, during a controversial speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.

We suffered a 4.6% drawdown on the Lithium Argentina position in 2024 but we have taken the opportunity to average down. Why do we still have confidence? Find out.

Spanish telecoms company Telefonica has hired investment bank JPMorgan to evaluate a possible sale of Argentina business, newspaper Expansion reported on Wednesday, citing unidentified sources close to the process.

Chevrolet Argentina sales increased 60 percent to 1,536 vehicles in December 2024. See GM Chevy Argentina December 2024 sales figures, numbers, and results.