America Argentina As the year is heading to its end and inflation is set to hit 100%, the government has decided to freeze the prices of 1500 basic products in an attempt to stabilise the situation
America 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
America Argentina A mass killing of the Qom and Moqoit communities in 1924 had no responsibility until this week, when a judge ordered historical reparations, including the event being added to the school curriculum and continuing efforts to find the victims' remains
America Argentina 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
America Argentina 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
America Argentina 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
America Argentina The country has pledged to help ease global food and energy shortages by boosting oil and gas production and incentivising its grain exports, estimating it to bring it up to a record-breaking US $42.3 billion by the end of the year
America Argentina National inflation has just reached 79% and government analysts are expecting to end the year with a 90% inflation rate, causing the Central Bank to sharply increase interest rates and making the effective annual interest rate nearly reach 100%
America Argentina 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
America Argentina 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
America Argentina 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
America Argentina 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
America Argentina The country experienced a 7,4% increase in economic growth in the last month due to the tourism policies implemented by the government that have led to a revival