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Argentina ground Flying Eagles as U-20 World Cup glory remains elusive
The Flying Eagles’ 2023 U-20 World Cup campaign was one of courageous defiance undone by heartbreaking margins. Despite a display of grit and gallantry, their journey in Chile ended as it so often has: in defeat against archrivals, Argentina. The...

Hit by Chinese imports, slumping demand, Argentina’s textile industry is reeling
Argentines have been complaining about the high cost of clothing for years. Recently, however, their laments have been met with a question offering an alternative solution. “Have you checked out Shein?” References to the online Chinese retailer...

Petrobras Completes First Import of Unconventional Gas from Argentina’s Vaca Muerta
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) is one of the cheap stocks to buy for the next 5 years. On October 7, Petrobras and Pluspetrol announced the completion of the first-ever import of unconventional natural gas from Argentina’s Vaca...

FIT 2025 Tourism Fair: 20,000 Visitors In Buenos Aires Learn About Paraguayan Offerings
At the Latin American International Tourism Fair (FIT 2025) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Paraguay positioned itself as one of the major players in the industry. The Paraguayan slogan “Energy That Connects,” aimed at comprehensive offering that...

FAQ: Why America just bailed out Argentina with a $20 billion lifeline
Washington (CNN) — The Trump administration is bailing out Argentina in a move critics are saying has more to do with politics than economics or American interests. That means $20 billion US taxpayer dollars will be used to bail out a country led...

Argentina Reinforces TAM Tanks with Turret Cages Amid Escalating Drone Threats
Argentina’s Army fielded turret-top “cope cages” on several Tanque Argentino Mediano tanks during the Aonikenk training activities in La Pampa on 8 Oct. Images shared by Argentine defense channels align with the military’s broader shift to...

Argentina coach Scaloni confirms he decided against playing Lionel Messi against Venezuela since he wanted to watch 3 other players instead
Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni has revealed the reason for Lionel Messi's absence from his side's friendly match against Venezuela in Miami. The 38-year-old was not named in the 23-man squad for the match against their fellow South Americans at...

Argentina deepens agricultural co-operation with the Caribbean at CWA 2025
ARGENTINA reaffirmed its strong commitment to agricultural co-operation and regional food security during its participation in the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA), held this year in Saint Kitts and Nevis. As a special guest of the Caribbean...

Peru Bets on Chevron and Riyadh to Jumpstart Its Energy Future
One of the world’s top copper producers, Peru, looks to turn around its energy and critical minerals mining industry with deals with foreign firms to boost oil production and supply and launch lithium mining projects. Peru, the South American oil...

OpenAI weighs US$25 billion Argentina data centre project
OpenAI and Sur Energy have signed a letter of intent for a data center project in Argentina requiring an investment of up to US$25 billion (A$38.6 billion), the Argentinian government said on Friday. The project would involve a large-scale...

OPEC Keeps Oil Outlook Unchanged
OPEC kept its outlook for the oil market unchanged as the group and its allies continue to add barrels to the global market. Global oil demand will grow by 1.3 million barrels a day this year and by 1.4 million in 2026, the same as previously...

5 mining and refining stocks riding the battery chemical wave
They say that every revolution begins from the ground up. The transition to clean energy is demonstrating that quite literally. The batteries powering the future are being constructed on the backbone of what we extract beneath the earth’s surface....

Buenos Aires launches plan to install 400 public EV charging points
The city aims to accelerate the shift to sustainable mobility through a public-private partnership.The government of Buenos Aires has announced plans to install 400 electric vehicle (EV) charging points across the city over the next two years, as...

Sintana to Acquire Challenger
The boards of Sintana Energy Inc and Challenger Energy Group PLC have agreed on the terms of Sintana's acquisition of the entire issued and to-be-issued share capital of Challenger for an implied diluted price of around GBP 44.72 million/ CAD...

Cantina Meraviglia: Ambitious architecture and attentive winemaking
Imagine the setting for a winery and what picture springs to mind? The bucolic beauty of rolling farmland? The majestic sweep of a river valley? A garagiste’s urban workshop beneath a railway arch? How about a more unusual setting, like an...

China accuses US of bullying after Bessent's Argentina comments
(Bloomberg) -- China accused the US of Cold War-era intervention in Latin America after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested Argentina’s president was “committed to getting China out.” Bessent made his comments on Fox News on Thursday as the...

Don't Worry, Farmers, Trump's Got A Bailout ... For Argentina!
Javier Milei, dandruff Farmers have been begging Trump for a bailout with tears in their eyes because his tariffs have wrecked agricultural markets, but no bailout yet! The government is shut down, and civil servants and the military aren’t...

How Vincente Minnelli’s MGM Musicals Inspired ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’s’ Production Design
Director Bill Condon‘s vision for adapting “Kiss of the Spider Woman” for the big screen was to draw inspiration from the old MGM musicals. Specifically, Vincente Minnelli’s productions from the golden age of Hollywood. Manuel Puig’s 1976 novel...

Argentine government and OpenAI announce project to build data center in Patagonia
The Argentine government announced on Friday that U.S. artificial intelligence company OpenAI has signed a letter of intent to collaborate with Argentine-U.S. owned company Sur Energy on the construction of a large-scale data center in the...

‘Cry for Me, Argentina’: the memoirs of a failed child star turned comedian
By the age of 12, Argentine comedian and writer Tamara Yajia had migrated with her family from Argentina to the U.S., back to Argentina, then back to the U.S. again — all in an effort to escape Argentina’s chronic economic instability. Back in the...