Argentina

March 27, 2025 3:41 PM

Argentina’s deadly rains more likely in a warming world, report says

The heavy rains that led to catastrophic flooding in central Argentina and killed 16 people earlier this month were partly fueled by climate change and could become more frequent in a warmer world, a team of international scientists said on Thursday. An analysis by the World Weather Attribution found that extreme heat in the region leading up to the floods caused a warmer and more humid mass of air that clashed with a cold front from Argentina's Patagonian region, causing the torrential rains i...

March 26, 2025 3:32 PM

Argentina football team set for India visit in October

The Argentina national football team, led by Lionel Messi, will visit India in October 2025 for an international exhibition match, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) made the announcement on Wednesday. This visit comes as part of Argentina’s global outreach efforts ahead of the 2026 World Cup qualification final matches. AFA President Claudio Fabian Tapia hailed the initiative as a milestone in Argentina’s international growth. "A new milestone has been achieved for the expansion of ...

February 10, 2025 5:39 PM

India expands crude imports to 40 countries; Argentina joins as new supplier: Hardeep Puri

India has further diversified its crude oil imports, now sourcing from 40 countries, with Argentina joining as the latest supplier, Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced on Monday. Speaking at a press conference ahead of India Energy Week 2025, Puri highlighted the country’s ongoing efforts to secure oil supplies from multiple sources to meet its growing energy demands. "From 27 suppliers, we have now expanded to 40 suppliers. We recently added Argentina to the list," Puri to...

July 18, 2024 4:41 PM

Butchered animal bones indicate earliest human presence in southern South America

Fossil bones found in Argentina of a large armadillo relative with cut marks suggestive of butchering indicate humans were present in southern South America some 21,000 years ago, according to researchers, earlier than previously thought. The bones were from a large armored plant-eating mammal named Neosclerocalyptus, part of a group called glyptodonts that inhabited the Americas for more than 30 million years before going extinct at the end of the Ice Age about 10,000 years ago. The researche...

July 10, 2024 5:42 PM

Global lithium sector eyes Argentina’s salt flats on tech test run

In a dusty plain in northern Argentina's mountains, black tubes stretching two stories high fill a massive tank with salty brine sucked from deep below ground. The brine contains lithium, a silvery white metal essential for making electric vehicle batteries and in high demand as the world shifts to green energy. French miner Eramet is attempting to use an innovative technique, known as direct lithium extraction, or DLE, in a race for cleaner, faster and cheaper ways to produce the metal with le...

June 13, 2024 5:28 PM

‘Eating is a luxury’: Argentina inflation falls but shoppers still feel squeezed

Argentina's monthly inflation rate in May was likely the lowest since 2022 amid a tough austerity drive by libertarian President Javier Milei, but with annual inflation still near 300% many Argentines say they can't yet feel the benefit as food prices outstrip salaries. Annual inflation is still the highest in the world, even as the monthly rate has slowed, with rising food, utilities, and transportation costs making the minimum monthly wage in Argentina of 234,315 pesos ($260) feel insufficien...