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Argentina Opens Energy Infrastructure Procurement to More International Contractors

The arrival of North American and European engineering groups in Vaca Muerta pipeline projects, alongside the loss of a major tender by Techint, points to a broader opening of federal energy infrastructure procurement to international bi...

Political Resistance Tests Milei Government’s Broader Deregulation Agenda

The government’s decision to remove foreign land ownership deregulation from its reform package after congressional and public opposition highlights the political obstacles facing President Javier Milei as he pursues wider economic and r...

Argentina’s Recovery Remains Uneven as Energy and Mining Outpace Domestic Demand

Energy, mining and agribusiness are attracting foreign investment and expanding exports while domestic consumption, retail activity and parts of the traditional economy remain weak, creating a widening divide between export-oriented sect...

Argentina Accelerates Vaca Muerta Investment to Build a Larger Energy Export Industry

Investment under Argentina’s Large Investments Incentive Regime is expanding across Vaca Muerta, with new spending on drilling, pipelines, liquefied natural gas infrastructure and other projects aimed at turning rising shale production i...

Buenos Aires Tourism Generates Foreign Currency as Domestic Consumption Weakens

International tourism continues to provide an important source of foreign exchange for Buenos Aires, with premium hotels and restaurants attracting overseas visitors and supporting thousands of service-sector jobs amid weaker domestic co...

Argentina Faces Mercosur Friction Over China Trade and Infrastructure Ties

Argentina’s Foreign Ministry is navigating growing differences with Mercosur partners as neighboring countries deepen trade and infrastructure links with China, challenging Buenos Aires’ stated alignment with the United States and Wester...

Buenos Aires Luxury Real Estate Market Stalls as Mortgage Financing Remains Limited

High-end residential and commercial construction in Buenos Aires remains constrained by a shortage of long-term mortgage credit, leaving developers heavily reliant on cash transactions despite the repeal of restrictive federal rental laws.

Argentina Advances Paraná-Paraguay Waterway and Buenos Aires Port Dredging Plans

Federal transport authorities have launched a framework for maintaining and continuously dredging the Paraná-Paraguay waterway and the Port of Buenos Aires, seeking to lower shipping costs and preserve Argentina’s competitiveness against...

Argentina’s Agribusiness Adopts Digital Traceability to Protect EU Export Access

Agricultural producers and grain exporters are deploying satellite monitoring and blockchain-based traceability systems to ensure soy and beef shipments meet European Union deforestation requirements and preserve access to a key export m...

Argentina Faces Rising Corporate Distress as Exchange Rates and Input Costs Pressure Businesses

Companies exposed to dollar-denominated supply chains, particularly in agribusiness processing and traditional energy, are facing increased financial stress as exchange-rate changes and higher input costs squeeze operating margins.

Argentina Rejects Faster Currency Depreciation Demanded by Agribusiness

The Central Bank of Argentina has rejected calls from agricultural exporters for a faster monthly depreciation of the official exchange rate, prioritizing the reduction of consumer inflation ahead of the spring planting season.

Buenos Aires Fintech Sector Attracts New Venture Capital Despite Currency Controls

Argentina’s fintech sector continues to draw international investment, with digital bank Ualá and software company Fudo securing fresh venture capital and expanding operations across borders despite complex foreign-exchange regulations.

Argentina’s Sovereign Bonds Stabilize as Investors Watch Currency Controls

Argentine bonds have stabilized as investors assess continued fiscal surpluses and the gradual easing of capital controls, while rating agencies and global asset managers continue to seek a clear timetable for removing remaining foreign-...

Mendoza Opens Mining Council as International Firms Advance Copper Exploration

Mendoza’s government has convened its regulatory Mining Council, allowing foreign exploration companies to advance projects across 26 prospective copper sites after meeting environmental requirements under provincial water protection rules.

Argentina’s Shale Boom Widens Divide Between Energy Regions and Domestic Economy

Record oil and gas production in Vaca Muerta is attracting billions of dollars in investment while traditional manufacturing and domestic retail continue to face weak demand, underscoring the growing gap between Argentina’s export-orient...

Halliburton Wins Major YPF Fracking Contract to Expand Vaca Muerta Production

Halliburton has secured a large technical services contract from YPF to provide hydraulic fracturing operations across several Vaca Muerta concessions as Argentina pushes to increase unconventional oil and gas production.

International Consortiums Win Contracts for Argentina’s Major Vaca Muerta Gas Export Pipeline

Engineering companies including Pumpco and Bonatti have entered the Argentine market to build a major gas trunkline connecting Vaca Muerta with coastal liquefaction terminals, advancing an export venture led by YPF and Italy’s Eni.

Chevron, YPF and Pluspetrol Agree to Develop Vaca Muerta Natural Gas Liquids Project

Chevron has reached an agreement with Argentina’s YPF and Pluspetrol to develop a large natural gas liquids project in the Neuquén Basin, deepening international investment in the country’s shale industry and expanding its role in region...

Neuquén Seeks International Investors for First Dollar Bond Since 2017

Authorities in Argentina’s Neuquén province have begun marketing a new dollar-denominated bond to international institutional investors, using record Vaca Muerta production royalties to support the province’s return to international capi...

Argentina Approves $709 Million Chinese-Backed Lithium Expansion in Catamarca

The government has approved a $709 million investment by Chinese-backed Liex to double production at its Tres Quebradas lithium carbonate facility, with the project expected to create more than 4,000 jobs and generate an estimated $400 m...

Argentina Scales Back Foreign Land Ownership Deregulation After Political Backlash

President Javier Milei’s government has removed a controversial proposal to eliminate limits on foreign ownership of rural land after opposition from provincial lawmakers, labor unions and civil society groups raised concerns over nation...

Argentina’s Inflation Expectations Fall to 29.8% as Growth Forecast Is Cut

Private economists surveyed by the Central Bank of Argentina have lowered their 2026 inflation forecast to 29.8% while reducing their growth projection to 2.7%, reflecting weaker-than-expected domestic consumption.

YPF Advances $25 Billion Vaca Muerta Export Plan Under Argentina’s Investment Incentive Regime

Argentina’s state-run YPF is proposing $25 billion in investment over 15 years to drill more than 1,000 wells and build the Vaca Muerta Oil Sur pipeline, targeting exports of 240,000 barrels of oil a day by 2032.

Jorge Messi, Lionel Messi’s Father and Longtime Agent, Dies at 68

The quiet figure who backed Lionel Messi’s early move to Barcelona and later managed his career died in Rosario after a prolonged illness.

Argentina Explores AI Data Centers in Patagonia to Use Renewable Energy Surplus

Argentine technology investors and executives are discussing potential hyperscale artificial intelligence data centers with North American cloud providers, seeking to use Patagonia’s wind power potential and climate conditions for energy...

Neuquén Expands Digital Training Programs to Support Vaca Muerta Technology Needs

Neuquén is partnering with global technology platforms on advanced digital training programs aimed at building a specialized workforce for automation and software requirements linked to the Vaca Muerta energy industry.

Argentine Businesses Push for Labor Reform as Informal Employment and Insolvencies Rise

Business groups in Buenos Aires are pressing for comprehensive labor law changes as informal hiring increases across traditional manufacturing and companies face growing litigation risks and insolvencies.

Compañía MEGA Approves Three Hundred and Sixty Million Dollar Expansion for Gas Liquids Processing

Compañía MEGA will invest three hundred and sixty million dollars to expand natural gas liquids processing capacity for Vaca Muerta output, with the project expected to add nearly two hundred million dollars in annual export revenue.

Argentina Suspends Six Hundred Million Dollar Airport Modernization Program Amid Dispute

A six hundred million dollar program to modernize international airport terminals has been indefinitely suspended following regulatory and financial disagreements between the national government and Aeropuertos Argentina, delaying planne...

Middle East Shipping Disruptions Push Up Freight Costs for Argentine Agricultural Exports

Argentine agricultural exporters face sharply higher international shipping costs as conflict in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea drives freight rates up by nearly fifty percent, partly offsetting the benefits of a near-record domestic grain...

Argentina Withholds Twelve Billion Dollars in Soybean Stocks as Producers Await Exchange Rate Changes

Argentine farmers are holding roughly twelve billion dollars of soybean stocks in storage, according to market analysts, reducing seasonal export liquidations as producers await more favorable exchange-rate conditions.

Argentina’s Domestic Manufacturing and Retail Sectors Contract Despite Export Boom

Argentina’s energy and agricultural exports are expanding rapidly while traditional manufacturing and consumer retail remain under severe pressure, with weaker employment and rising corporate defaults particularly concentrated in Buenos ...

Pampa Energía Commits Two Point Seven Billion Dollars to Vaca Muerta Fertilizer Plant

Pampa Energía plans to invest two point seven billion dollars in a fertilizer plant linked to Vaca Muerta, using surplus natural gas to replace agricultural imports and generate more than eight hundred million dollars in annual foreign e...

Central Bank Narrows Argentina’s Exchange Rate Gap to About Two Percent

Argentina’s central bank has reduced the gap between the official wholesale exchange rate and parallel markets to roughly two percent through targeted interventions in dollar-linked bonds and futures, helping contain exchange-rate pressu...

Argentina’s Vaca Muerta Oil Output Jumps Thirty-Three Percent as YPF and Vista Drive Growth

Oil production in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale formation has risen thirty-three percent year on year, accounting for seventy percent of national petroleum output as YPF and Vista Energy expand unconventional drilling.

Argentina Projects Record Twenty-Three Billion Dollar Trade Surplus for 2026

Financial analysts and the Central Bank have raised their forecast for Argentina’s 2026 trade surplus to twenty-three billion dollars as energy exports increase and the agricultural harvest returns to more normal levels.

Vicuña Copper and Gold Project Secures Nine Billion Dollar Investment in San Juan

Argentina has approved the Vicuña mining project under the national investment regime, securing one of the country’s largest foreign investment commitments and targeting more than two billion dollars in annual mineral exports from San Juan.

Argentina Forecasts Slower Economic Growth but Inflation Below Thirty Percent

The Central Bank’s latest market expectations survey projects economic growth of two point seven percent for the year while cutting the annual inflation forecast to below thirty percent, reflecting the effects of the government’s monetar...

Argentina Raises 2030 Energy and Mining Export Forecast Above Fifty Billion Dollars

Argentina’s Central Bank and Economy Ministry have raised their outlook for energy and mining exports, driven by rising Vaca Muerta oil shipments and new lithium production that could add three billion dollars a year to resource exports.

Vaca Muerta Needs Twenty Billion Dollars in Infrastructure Investment to Sustain Energy Boom

Financial and corporate groups warn that Argentina must rapidly expand gas pipelines, high-voltage power networks and Atlantic port capacity as unconventional oil production approaches one million barrels a day and infrastructure threate...

Argentina Approves Fourteen Billion Dollars in Major Mining and Energy Projects Under Investment Incentive Regime

Argentina’s government has approved five large investment projects worth fourteen billion dollars under the Large Investment Incentive Regime, including a nine point seven billion dollar copper project in San Juan and major expansions in...

Argentina’s Economic Reforms Accelerate as Monetary Policy Normalization and Investment Incentives Reshape Growth

Argentina is moving toward tighter monetary normalization and greater reliance on investment incentives as the government reduces monetary financing, renews foreign-exchange support arrangements and attracts capital into energy, mining a...

Argentina Central Bank Reports Recovery in Foreign Direct Investment Led by Energy and Mining

The Central Bank reports that foreign direct investment recovered in the second quarter, with energy, mining and technology accounting for most new external capital commitments as investors respond to improved legal protections and chang...

Argentina Employment Shifts Toward Technology, Engineering and Energy Industries

Recent labor data points to growing demand for specialized engineering, software and hydrocarbon logistics workers in Buenos Aires and Neuquén, reflecting the expanding role of technology and extractive industries in the Argentine economy.

Argentina’s Provincial Governors Press Government to Resume Frozen Infrastructure Projects

Provincial governors and opposition leaders are pressing the federal government to restart stalled infrastructure and connectivity projects, arguing that the freeze on public works is damaging regional transport links needed to support a...