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RIGI Investment Regime

News on RIGI, Argentina's incentive regime for large investments, created in 2024. Stories cover the mining, energy and infrastructure projects approved under it and the companies behind them.

WORLD

Milei Meets Macron at the Élysée as French Energy Company Proposes Nearly $10 Billion Investment in Argentina

French officials and executives asked Milei how Argentina cut spending and keeps its fiscal surplus, while he told investors in Paris he has about US$75 billion in dollar firepower ready…

By The Editors · 6 days ago

BUSINESS

Pluspetrol, Glencore Win RIGI Approval for $16 Billion in Projects as Milei Touts US $27 Billion From Paris

The Vaca Muerta oil and Catamarca copper projects get 30 years of fixed tax and currency rules, while the government's Paris tally also counts plans still awaiting approval or company…

By The Editors · 6 days ago

BUSINESS

US Commits Up to $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

BUSINESS

US and Argentina Set to Sign $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 · Sept. 23, 2026

BUSINESS

Researchers Warn on Planning as YPF's $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 · Sept. 14, 2026

EDITORIAL

The Data Center Boom Shouldn't Come at Patagonia's Expense

Patagonia's rivers are running at historic lows and its land is strained by a decade of shale extraction. Data-center companies want to build gigawatt-scale facilities there anyway.

By The Editors · Sept. 7, 2026