Buenos Aires Times

San Juan Closes Andean Tourism Site After Severe Off-Road Vehicle Damage

Authorities in San Juan have closed the Pampa del Leoncito white clay plains after unauthorised off-road vehicles caused significant damage to the protected landscape, highlighting tensions between tourism activity and environmental prot...

Argentina Strengthens Northern Border Patrol Against Smuggling Networks

The Security Ministry has redeployed federal gendarmerie forces along Argentina’s northern borders with Bolivia and Paraguay to target contraband and narcotics smuggling networks and protect formal economic activity in the Argentine Nort...

Argentina’s Football Association Declares July Fifteen National Football Teams Day

The Argentine Football Association has designated July fifteen as National Football Teams Day to commemorate a World Cup victory over England and a post-match display asserting Argentine sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.

Argentine Households Grow More Negative on Economy as Living Costs Outpace Wage Recovery

More than sixty percent of households surveyed by Proyección consultancy have a negative view of current economic policies, suggesting that higher utility costs and weak consumption are increasingly weighing on public sentiment despite i...

Mercosur Trade Continues Despite Milei-Lula Political Differences

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña says ideological tensions between Argentine President Javier Milei and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have not disrupted Mercosur’s trade operations, providing reassurance to regional agr...

Month-Long Closure of Argentina-Chile Andes Crossing Disrupts Regional Trade

Severe winter snowfall has kept the Cristo Redentor crossing in Mendoza closed for nearly a month, disrupting a major land route for bilateral trade between Argentina and Chile as well as agricultural exports moving toward Pacific markets.

Argentina’s Lithium Export Revenue Forecast Raised to One Point Four Billion Dollars

The Argentine Chamber of Mining Entrepreneurs expects lithium exports to exceed one point four billion dollars this year as new processing facilities in Salta, Jujuy and Catamarca increase production of lithium carbonate for global batte...

Vaca Muerta Oil Sur Pipeline Reaches More Than Seventy-Seven Percent Completion

The Vaca Muerta Oil Sur pipeline connecting Argentina’s Neuquén shale basin with the Punta Colorada maritime terminal in Río Negro is more than seventy-seven percent complete, providing infrastructure intended to ease export bottlenecks ...

Mercado Libre Confirms Three Point Four Billion Dollar Investment in Argentina

Mercado Libre has reaffirmed plans to invest three point four billion dollars in Argentina, expanding logistics infrastructure in Córdoba and Buenos Aires while scaling digital banking services aimed at reaching more unbanked consumers.

Argentina’s Monthly Inflation Expected to Reach Two Percent in July

The Central Bank’s market survey forecasts a two percent rise in consumer prices in July, interrupting the recent disinflation trend and complicating President Javier Milei’s goal of reaching zero monthly inflation by the end of 2026, wh...

Argentina’s Senate Advances Bill Strengthening Private Property Rights and Removing Foreign Land Ownership Limits

The Argentine Senate has given preliminary approval to legislation that would impose tougher penalties for land occupations and remove existing quotas on foreign ownership of rural land, advancing a major government-backed change to prop...

Argentina’s Peso Seen Reaching One Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-Two to the Dollar by Year-End

The Central Bank of Argentina’s latest market expectations survey projects the official exchange rate will reach one thousand six hundred and fifty-two pesos per dollar by December, reflecting expectations of continued controlled depreci...

YPF Agrees to Sell Metrogas Stake to Edenor for Seven Hundred and Eighty Million Dollars

State-backed energy company YPF has agreed to sell its controlling stake in gas distributor Metrogas to Edenor for seven hundred and eighty million dollars, shifting its focus away from downstream utility assets and toward Vaca Muerta sh...

Argentina’s Consumer Credit Defaults Rise to Seventeen Point Five Percent

A study by Universidad Austral and Eco Go found that consumer credit arrears reached seventeen point five percent of total bank lending in June, highlighting growing household financial pressure as the Milei administration rules out dire...

Argentina Advances Fifty-One Billion Dollar Vaca Muerta LNG Megaproject

YPF, Italy’s Eni and Emirati firm XRG have submitted a joint application for Argentina’s large-investment incentive regime covering a fifty-one billion dollar liquefied natural gas project in Río Negro, including two offshore floating li...

Argentina's Push to End Central Bank Deficit Financing Sets Stage for Further Currency Reform

The proposed ban on central bank financing of fiscal deficits would formalize the government's shift toward tighter monetary discipline, while expanded dollar credit and upcoming IMF negotiations could shape the next stage of Argentina's...

Vaca Muerta Becomes Central to Argentina's Effort to Strengthen Energy Exports and Reserves

Rising oil production from the Neuquén basin is helping transform Argentina's energy balance and support foreign reserve accumulation, while further pipeline and export infrastructure will determine how much of Vaca Muerta's potential ca...

Argentina's Economic Recovery Remains Divided Between Export Growth and Weak Domestic Demand

Energy, mining and agriculture are expanding strongly under the government's deregulation and exchange-rate policies, while retail and local manufacturing remain under pressure, creating a widening gap between export-oriented industries ...

Argentina's Expanded RIGI Incentives Aim to Bring More Technology Investment

The proposed Super RIGI framework extends long-term tax and regulatory stability to major projects in areas including artificial intelligence, biotechnology and semiconductors, reflecting the government's effort to attract technology inv...

Argentina's Beef Exports Rise After Removal of International Trade Quotas

Argentina has recorded a sharp increase in high-value beef exports to European and Asian markets after the government removed longstanding export quotas and simplified customs procedures for the livestock industry.

Córdoba Automakers Turn to Regional Exports as Argentine Vehicle Demand Stays Weak

Automakers in Córdoba have secured new export agreements with Brazil and Central American markets as manufacturers seek to maintain factory utilization and employment while weak domestic vehicle financing continues to suppress local demand.

Argentina's Telecommunications Regulator Clears Path for Faster 5G Deployment

Argentina's telecommunications authorities have issued updated rules designed to accelerate 5G deployment in Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Rosario, with the rollout intended to improve connectivity for advanced manufacturing and internet-of-...

Buenos Aires Stocks Rise as Banks Benefit From Eased Corporate Dollar Lending Rules

Argentina's benchmark Merval index advanced, led by major financial institutions, as investors responded positively to central bank measures allowing banks to expand dollar-denominated lending to companies in export-oriented sectors.

Argentina's Agricultural Exporters Push for Faster Paraná River Dredging

Agricultural exporters and shipping companies in Santa Fe are urging the government to accelerate tenders for long-term dredging and maintenance of the Paraná River waterway, warning that draft restrictions are raising freight costs and ...

Argentina's Domestic Economy Remains Weak Despite Strong Growth in Export Sectors

Retail sales and light manufacturing continue to contract sharply while mining, energy and agriculture expand, leaving Argentina with a divided recovery in which export-oriented industries are growing faster than the domestic consumer ec...

Argentina's IMF Review Gains Importance as Government Prepares Fiscal and Monetary Data

Argentina's Economy Ministry is preparing for meetings with International Monetary Fund officials in Buenos Aires, seeking successful program reviews, further disbursements and potentially a new extended fund facility that could support ...

Argentina Attracts Data Center Investment as Buenos Aires Promotes Expanded Technology Incentives

Multinational technology companies are negotiating investments in high-capacity data centers in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area, encouraged by proposed RIGI incentives and the region's fiber-optic infrastructure as demand for artifici...

Argentina's Lithium Production Jumps Forty Percent as Northwest Provinces Expand Output

Lithium carbonate production in Jujuy, Salta and Catamarca rose forty percent from a year earlier, strengthening Argentina's role in the global electric vehicle supply chain despite weaker conditions across international commodity markets.

Argentina Accelerates Gas Pipeline Projects to Unlock More Vaca Muerta Production

Argentina's Economy Ministry has accelerated tenders for gas pipeline expansions from the Neuquén basin, seeking to ease distribution bottlenecks and increase supplies to domestic industry while creating capacity for exports to Brazil an...

Argentina's Primary Fiscal Surplus Beats Expectations, Boosting Sovereign Bonds

Argentina's dollar-denominated sovereign bonds rose after the government reported a primary fiscal surplus equivalent to zero point four percent of gross domestic product, beating market expectations and helping reduce the country's risk...

US Shale Investors Expand Vaca Muerta Operations as Argentina Pushes Energy Investment

US energy investors are expanding operations in Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale formation after receiving assurances over deregulation, signaling renewed interest in the Neuquén basin despite regulatory changes and infrastructure constraints.

Argentina Expands Dollar Credit Access for Companies Under Eased Central Bank Rules

Argentina's central bank has adjusted prudential rules to allow companies greater access to dollar-denominated financing, aiming to increase private-sector liquidity and support corporate expansion while retaining limits intended to prot...

Argentina's Central Bank Reserves Near Forty-Nine Point Five Billion Dollars After Strong Foreign Exchange Purchases

Argentina's gross international reserves have approached forty-nine point five billion dollars, exceeding early International Monetary Fund targets and roughly doubling the level recorded before President Javier Milei's economic overhaul.

Argentina's Inflation Slows to Two Point One Percent in July as Annual Rate Falls to Thirty-Three Point Eight Percent

Argentina's monthly consumer inflation slowed to two point one percent in July, bringing the annual rate down to thirty-three point eight percent as aggressive fiscal and monetary tightening continues to restrain price growth.

Argentina's Energy Surplus Could Exceed Fifteen Billion Dollars as Vaca Muerta Output Rises

Argentina's energy trade surplus could more than double this year to above fifteen billion dollars as oil production from the Vaca Muerta shale formation rises thirteen percent annually, strengthening the country's position as a net ener...

Argentina's Chamber of Deputies Advances Expanded RIGI Incentives for Billion-Dollar Technology Projects

Argentina's Chamber of Deputies has advanced an expanded investment incentive regime offering thirty years of tax, customs and foreign-exchange stability to greenfield projects worth more than one billion dollars, with the government see...

Milei Government Moves to Ban Central Bank Financing of Fiscal Deficits

President Javier Milei's administration has submitted legislation that would legally prevent Argentina's central bank from financing Treasury deficits, seeking to anchor inflation expectations and reinforce fiscal consolidation ahead of ...

United States-China Tensions Add Pressure to Argentina’s Vaca Muerta Investment Strategy

Growing Chinese involvement in Vaca Muerta infrastructure is creating additional diplomatic pressure for Argentina as the Milei government seeks foreign investment while maintaining close political alignment with Washington.

Argentina’s Energy and Mining Boom Diverges From Weak Domestic Consumer Demand

Strong investment and earnings in energy and mining are emerging alongside continued pressure on household purchasing power, with companies such as YPF and Pampa Energía expanding while Mercado Libre reports weaker Argentine consumer act...

Argentina’s Inflation Fight Faces Fresh Test After July Price Acceleration

The July increase in consumer inflation to two point one percent has complicated Argentina’s efforts to sustain disinflation while the government adjusts utility tariffs and reduces transport subsidies.

Vaca Muerta Becomes Increasingly Central to Argentina’s Foreign Exchange Strategy

The fifty-one billion dollar LNG project and more than five billion dollars in first-half energy trade surplus are increasing the importance of Vaca Muerta to Argentina’s efforts to generate foreign exchange, with pipeline and port infra...

Milei Strengthens Regional Conservative Ties at Colombian President’s Inauguration

President Javier Milei traveled to Cali for the inauguration of newly elected Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella, reinforcing political ties with conservative leaders and promoting free-market policies in the region.

Southern Cone Countries Advance Regional Electricity Grid Expansion Plan

Energy officials from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia met in Buenos Aires to develop a 2026-2027 plan for expanding cross-border electricity connections, with support from the Inter-American Development Bank.