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Argentina's central bank reform bill reaches the lower house: what would change
Argentina's executive branch sent the bill to overhaul the central bank's charter to the Chamber of Deputies on Friday, a day after President Javier Milei outlined it in a nationwide broadcast. The measure will formally enter the parliamentary record on Monday and be...
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Politics
- Milei decree allows expulsion of foreigners over hate messages against Argentina
- Brazil confirms its ambassador will return to Buenos Aires but sets no date
- Bolivia issues arrest order against Morales over May and June road blockades
- US seeks Uruguay as destination for deported migrants; Montevideo stops short of confirming deal
Economy
- Brazilian industry estimates nearly half its US exports will face additional tariffs
- Goldman Sachs cuts Argentina's growth forecast to 2.7% and looks ahead to the elections
- New US tariff scheme expands Argentine zero-duty lines to 2,212
- Uruguay faces a 12.5% US tariff as its foreign ministry weighs the implications
Energy & Oil
- Repsol, Ecopetrol and 17 other oil firms cleared for Brazil's next pre-salt auction
- Brazilian stocks slip as the US-Iran deal sinks oil prices and hits Petrobras
- Venezuela hands Shell a license for the cross-border Loran gas field shared with Trinidad
- Colombia's government confirms El Niño will be among the most intense since 1950
Agriculture
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- FAO expects world cereal output and trade projected to decline in year ahead
- Uruguay sheep produce exports from July25 to May26 reached US$ 281 million
- FAO food commodity prices in May showed increases in cereals, sugar and beef
Environment
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- Chile declares state of catastrophe in the north after storm leaves at least ten dead
- Canada wildfire smoke blankets New York, Chicago and Detroit days before World Cup final
- SAERI launches new research projects across the Falklands and South Atlantic
Entertainment
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- Baseless conspiracy theories about Argentina's defeat go viral and are debunked
- Conmebol presses FIFA for a 64-team 2030 World Cup and more matches in South America
- Argentina players spark brawl and snub trophy ceremony after World Cup final defeat
Tourism
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- LATAM resumes direct winter flights from Sao Paulo to Ushuaia, four weekly frequencies
- Falklands: good news for FIGAS, next NB Islander assembly “scheduled in the coming weeks”
- Falklands, South Atlantic Airbridge will change UK terminal to East Midlands for four months
