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Argentina's Country Risk Rises to 650 Points, Highest Since Late 2025, as Economy Minister Caputo Blames Half on Global Shock

Economy Minister Luis Caputo told the IDEA business conference that half the spread's rise is external and half reflects some investors' fear of a return to the past.

By The Editors · Oct. 2, 2026

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Airport Concession Extended to 2049, or 2056 With US$600 Million in Works

Aeropuertos Argentina 2000, which handles about 90% of the country's air traffic, keeps 35 airports for 11 more years and can reach 2056 if it delivers new investment at Ezeiza.

By The Ushuaia Times · Sept. 28, 2026

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US Rules Out Reopening Trade Deal Argentina Asked to Renegotiate

Argentina wants better terms on the trade pact it signed with the U.S. in February after a Supreme Court ruling undercut the deal's tariff cuts, but American officials say reopening it…

By The Ushuaia Times · Sept. 25, 2026

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Revolut Wins Argentine Central Bank Approval to Buy Banco Cetelem

The UK fintech will turn BNP Paribas' local consumer-finance arm into Revolut Bank Argentina, entering a digital-banking market already crowded by Mercado Pago, Ualá and Naranja X.

By The Ushuaia Times · Sept. 25, 2026

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US Commits Up to US$7 Billion to Argentina's Andes-Atlantic Corridor

Argentina and the United States unveiled the "Andes-Atlantic Corridor," which Washington calls its first such infrastructure framework in the Western Hemisphere, spanning gas pipelines,…

By The Ushuaia Times · Sept. 24, 2026

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US and Argentina Set to Sign US$6 Billion Deal to Back Vaca Muerta LNG

The US Export-Import Bank and private American lenders are backing a package anchored by the Argentina LNG project, which Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno and a top US State Department…

By The Ushuaia Times · Neuquén · Sept. 23, 2026

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About 14 Governors Join Milei in Paris Pitch to European Investors

The government's second major investor roadshow of the year lands in Paris in late September, with executives from Total, Eni, Glencore and Rio Tinto among the confirmed attendees.

By The Ushuaia Times · Sept. 19, 2026

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Lithium Argentina Closes US$180 Million Investment From China's Ganfeng

The deal funds a Jujuy brine-project expansion and a joint venture, deepening a Chinese producer's stake even as global lithium prices stay weak.

By The Ushuaia Times · Jujuy, Salta · Sept. 19, 2026

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Banco Patagonia Agrees to Take 28 Branches, 200,000 Customers From Bind

Banco Patagonia, majority-owned by Brazil's Banco do Brasil, is buying Banco Industrial's retail branch network in one of the year's largest Argentine bank consolidations.

By The Ushuaia Times · Sept. 18, 2026

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Nuclear Reactors and Isotopes Are Argentina's Export Pitch in Vienna

Argentina used the International Atomic Energy Agency's General Conference in Vienna to promote a decades-old asset: its ability to design and export research reactors and medical isotopes.

By The Ushuaia Times · Sept. 15, 2026

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Mercuria and Manzano Close US$1.42 Billion Raizen Shell Deal in Argentina

A Swiss trading house and an Argentine investor completed a deal for 894 Shell-branded stations and the Dock Sud refinery, handing them control of nearly a fifth of Argentina's fuel retail…

By The Ushuaia Times · Sept. 15, 2026

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Researchers Warn on Planning as State Oil Company YPF's US$51 Billion LNG Project Advances

YPF, Eni and XRG are seeking Argentina's largest-ever investment incentive for a Vaca Muerta gas export terminal, and researchers warn officials not to repeat the infrastructure failures of…

By The Ushuaia Times · Neuquén, Río Negro · Sept. 14, 2026