Argentina

The government has passed a new regulation allowing visitors to get more pesos than the official exchange rate gives, hoping that it will discourage all-cash transactions that leave tourists more vulnerable to robbers

The country continues to suffer from its ongoing drought and has thus had a cut in corn harvests; being one of the world’s top corn exporters, the government has entered an emergency state to look for solutions in order to not slow down the corn market

Local scientists have teamed up in a national project to find the cause of death of 30 whales stranded on the coast of Patagonia; the main speculation is that the deaths are due to poisoning by biotoxins produced by micro-algae

YPF, Argentina’s state-owned energy company, has begun to supply renewable power to an international crypto-mining company, as an initiative to help ease the pollution that crypto-mining creates for the globe

An attempted assassination against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner failed: just as the killer was about to pull the trigger inches away from her, the gun jammed

Soybean farmers are currently stashing up to 60% of their soybeans as they foresee a severe currency devaluation in the near future, causing a significant rise in soybean prices

National palaeontologists have discovered the fossils of a never before seen armoured dinosaur in the southern part of the country; it is estimated that the species was alive about 100 million years ago

President Alberto Fernandez announced the start of several major infrastructure projects to reactivate the economy in the short term, which include new highways, government buildings and hospitals

The country has formalised an agricultural agreement with Cuba that provides for the creation of a Centre of Training and Technology Transfer, oriented towards agricultural development through sustainable management, food security, and environmental care