Area Total | 2,780,400 sq km |
Climate | mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest |
Natural Resources | fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium, arable land |
Imports | $63.97 billion (2017 est.) partners: Brazil 26.9%, China 18.5%, US 11.3%, Germany 4.9% (2017) |
Exports | $58.45 billion (2017 est.) partners: Brazil 16.1%, US 7.9%, China 7.5%, Chile 4.4% (2017) |
Government | presidential republic |
Capital | Buenos Aires |
Population | 44.7 million (July 2018 est.) |
Ethnicity | European (mostly Spanish and Italian descent) and mestizo (mixed European and Amerindian ancestry) 97.2%, Amerindian 2.4%, African 0.4% (2010 est.) |
Language | Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French, indigenous (Mapudungun, Quechua) |
News about Argentina
- Argentina: Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo find Granddaughter Nº139on January 22, 2025
The human rights organization Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo announced Tuesday in Buenos Aires the finding of "Granddaughter Nº139." The entity seeks to determine the true identity of children born in captivity from prisoners who were later declared as "disappeared" by the military dictatorship, their offspring handed over for adoption to families […]
- Argentina records foreign trade surplus in 2024on January 21, 2025
Argentina posted last year its highest nominal trade surplus in two decades, according to a National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) report released Monday in Buenos Aires. The document showed a US$ 18.9 billion positive outcome which contrasted with the US$ 6.925 billion deficit the year before.
- Giorgia Meloni to Javier Milei: far-right leaders flock to Trump inaugurationby Andrew Roth in Washington on January 20, 2025
Gathering of conservative politicians marks first time that foreign heads of state attend a US presidential inaugurationWhat time is Trump’s inauguration? How to watch the eventsConservative leaders and politicians from around the world have descended on Washington DC as foreign heads of state will attend a US presidential inauguration for the first time […]
- Argentine gov't pledges to find those responsible for Prosecutor Nisman's murderon January 20, 2025
Argentine President Javier Milei said that Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman was murdered "at the hands of the darkest powers" in the country. Nisman was found dead on Jan. 18, 2015, in his apartment with a bullet in his head just hours before appearing before a Congressional committee to explain his findings regarding the so-called Memorandum of […]
- Milei holds positive meeting with Georgievaon January 20, 2025
Argentine President Javier Milei and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva held a meeting Sunday in Washington DC ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration to discuss the economic situation in the South American country.
- Villarruel in charge of Argentina's Executive due to Milei's tripon January 18, 2025
Argentina Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni posted on X Friday that Vice President Victoria Villarruel was to be briefed shortly that she was to take over the Executive Branch given President Javier Milei's trip to Washington to attend Donald Trump's inauguration and to Davos for a World Economic Forum (WEF) convention, among other engagements.
- Power cuts hit Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area and other parts of Argentinaon January 17, 2025
Several areas in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) and Rosario in the province of Santa Fe have been suffering prolonged power cuts which enraged residents who, in addition, were deprived of state subsidies on their electricity bills and are therefore paying full fare in exchange for... literally nothing.
- Argentina accepting other currencies besides pesoson January 17, 2025
Effective Friday, Argentines will be allowed to fill out price tags in the currency of their choice (most likely US dollars), the Central Bank (BCRA) announced Thursday, in what has been regarded as a first step towards the dollarization of the economy, one of President Javier Milei's electoral promises.
- Argentina to blend Montevideo diplomatic missions into oneon January 17, 2025
Argentine President Javier Milei's “chainsaw” policies reached the South American country's diplomatic efforts: After recalling Ambassador Martín García Moritán from Uruguay citing “service reasons,” Buenos Aires announced it would be unifying its presence in Montevideo under one single Ambassador who would also be representing the country before […]
- Off your high horse: Argentina’s new sport of e-wheel polo – in picturesby Irina Werning on January 17, 2025
Roda polo, which started during the Covid pandemic in Argentina, replaces horses with electric wheels, so it is cheaper and no animals are harmed. These photographs were taken in Pilar, near Buenos Aires, the world’s polo capital Continue reading...
- Argentina recalls Ambassador in Montevideo due to "service reasons"on January 16, 2025
Ambassador Martín García Moritán has been removed from the Argentine mission in the Uruguayan capital and ordered back to Buenos Aires, according to Presidential Decree 29/2025 published Wednesday in the Official Gazette. The measure was adopted barely over a month before President-elect Yamandú Orsi's March 1 inauguration. The career diplomat had been […]
- Alleged Islamist terrorist arrested in Argentinaon January 15, 2025
Argentine authorities announced Tuesday the arrest of an Islamist individual who was allegedly planning an imminent attack on home soil. "The plan was very advanced, in its last stage...," Security Minister Patricia Bullrich explained. The suspect posed "a concrete threat to national security," she also pointed out. "We thwarted his plans before he could […]
- The Guardian view on Argentina’s austerity year: painful cuts, rising poverty and a geopolitical gamble | Editorialby Editorial on January 12, 2025
In his first 12 months Javier Milei has imposed drastic economic measures – sparking protests while banking on an IMF bailoutThe first foreign leader to meet Donald Trump after his victory last November was Argentina’s president, Javier Milei. The affinity is obvious: both are political outsiders united by extreme-right rhetoric and a penchant for […]
- ‘Financial suffocation’: Argentina’s medics fear impact of Milei’s chainsaw cutsby Harriet Barber and Soledad Domínguez in Buenos Aires on January 6, 2025
Workers at main paediatric hospital say quality of care is threatened by president’s economic policyThe Garrahan paediatric hospital in Buenos Aires swarms with patients, parents and medical workers. Families stand shoulder-to-shoulder waiting for appointments, while staff race between dozens of operating rooms. In wards decorated with cartoon characters, […]
- Liam Payne: Argentinian officials charge three with manslaughterby Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent on December 30, 2024
Two others charged with drug supply in connection with One Direction singer’s fall from Buenos Aires hotel balconyThree people have been charged with manslaughter, and two others with drug supply, in connection with the death of Liam Payne, who was allegedly seen being “dragged to his room” while unconscious moments before he fell from his balcony in […]