The acting president of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sanchez“is emulating the populist advice of Argentines and surrounding areas,” said former president Mauricio Macri (2015-2019) this Wednesday. The leader of the Together for Change coalition (center-right), the great loser in the Argentine elections of October 22, made this statement in Buenos Aires, during the celebration of […]
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Argentina postpones the increase in taxes that affect fuel prices until 2024
The Argentine Government postponed until February 1, 2024 the update of taxes on unleaded and virgin diesel and gasoline (gasoline) that impact prices and that were to be applied this month, as published in an Official Gazette. According to the publication, the freezing of the Tax on Liquid Fuels (ICL), “a mechanism by which the […]
Massa blames oil companies for fuel “hit”
The Argentine Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa, attacked the oil companies this Tuesday for the appearance “suddenly” of fuel after several days with a lack of supply at service stations. “What I do want to say is that, without any decision having been made yet, how suddenly the fuel”, said the official candidate for the […]
China gains ground in the “lithium triangle” with Chile, Bolivia and Argentina
China has gained ground in the “triangle of lithium” that make up Chili, Bolivia and Argentinawith a wave of investments to acquire assets of this metal, key in the energy transitionwhich have guaranteed it, according to experts, a preferential position throughout the production chain. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has documented in a recent report […]
The countries where citizens distrust their politicians the most
Argentina is the country in which the largest proportion of the population distrusts politicians, in a list drawn up from an annual survey by the French company Ipsos in which Spain, Peru and Colombia also appear in the bottom group. The countries with the lowest percentage of respondents who trust politicians of the 31 that […]
Argentina awards its first 5G networks to Telefónica, América Móvil and Telecom
This Tuesday, Argentina awarded networks for the first time 5G in a tender in which subsidiaries of mobile services of Telephone, America Movil and Telecom Argentinacompanies that will pay the Argentine State US$ 875 million. “Connectivity is part of the technology and information revolution that the world is experiencing and is part of the new […]
Argentine markets collapse due to electoral results that do not clear up doubts
Its markets of bonuses and actions of Argentina sank this Monday in an adverse reaction to a result of the presidential elections this Sunday that forces a holding of a second round of elections on November 19extending the strong uncertainty that dominates investors regarding the future of the second largest South American economy. In the […]
Elections in Argentina: key conclusions after the first electoral round
Argentina held presidential elections on Sunday in which Peronist Economy Minister Sergio Massa achieved a surprising first place despite an enormous economic crisis and will face Javier Milei in a runoff, a newcomer to politics who was the favorite before the elections. . Massa and Milei will face each other in the second round on […]
Argentina: Peronism first minority and strong far-right advance in Congress
The Sunday’s elections in Argentina They left a fragmented Congress, in which Peronism (center-left) will hold the first minority in both chambers, the right was confirmed as the second force and the extreme right registered a strong advance to be third, according to the latest official counts. The Peronist Union for the Homeland (UP), whose […]
Bullrich recognizes his defeat and avoids making explicit his support for Milei in the runoff
The candidate for the Argentine Presidency for the conservative coalition Together for Change, Patricia Bullrichtoday recognized his defeat in the elections held this Sunday, in which he barely obtained 23.8% of the votes, leaving him out of the runoff that the ruling party will contest on November 19 Sergio Massa and the libertarian Javier Milei. […]