Milei’s mid-term election win in Argentina exposes bankruptcy of Peronism and pseudo-leftist FIT-U

Argentina's President Javier Milei and US President Donald Trump at February 2025 CPAC conference. [Photo: ar.usembassy.gov]Argentina’s fascistic President Javier Milei scored a surprise victory in the country’s October 26 mid-term elections, held...

Why the Trump–Xi pact marks a turning point in tariffs, tech trade, and fentanyl control

The White House on Saturday released details about the agreement that U.S. President Donald Trump reached this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping to de-escalate their countries’ trade war, including U.S. tariff reductions and a pause in...

The Argentina beef

So much has been said about the increased importing of beef from Argentina to decrease the price of beef in the retail case. I think a good number of people have done an excellent job comparing the nutrient dense beef cost compared to other food...

AgweekTV Full show: Food banks, conservation cost-share, beef imports, sunflower oil

This week on AgweekTV, as the government shutdown continues, food banks struggle to fill the need as SNAP benefits are set to end. A new study shows how cost share programs help farmers adopt conservation programs on their land. The U.S. cattle...

Trump got a short-term win in Argentina. The long term is much harder.

When you default on your car loan, creditors seize your car. Argentina’s credit is so bad that it once had a military vessel seized by a foreign hedge fund. Since 2000, the South American country has defaulted three times, developing a financial...

Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof speaks to supporters next to Vice-Governor Verónica Magario and elected legislators after the midterm legislative election at the Fuerza Patria headquarters in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, on October 26,…

Forced as he was by Argentina’s electoral calendar, President Javier Milei put his “chainsaw” austerity approach and deregulatory reform drive to the test on Sunday. The results indicate that voters are at the least content with what they see,...

Viewpoint: Trump's Wack-amole approach to trade worries ag

Carl Davis Trump’s political ploy to significantly increase Argentina beef imports should force our four AWOL Republican Congressmen to explain why they are supporting the ambitions of strongman President Javier Milei over the economic needs of...

money Comparing digital multi-currency accounts: Wise, YouTrip, Revolut, and more

Remember the days of queuing at money changers in Mustafa or Change Alley, hoping for the best exchange rate-then clutching your cash all the way home like a nervous millionaire? Those days are long gone. With today's multi-currency accounts and...

Local soybean farmers hopeful over U.S. trade talks with China

Trade talks and a deal with China have resumed sales of American soybeans, which is good news for local soybean farmers. Farmers, who have been plagued with problems from weather to low crop yields this year, finally have something to celebrate....

Trade thaw, tempered hopes: China’s soybean pledge offers relief but no full fix for US farmers

American farmers welcomed China’s promise to buy some of their soybeans, but they cautioned this won’t solve all their problems as they continue to deal with soaring prices for fertiliser, tractors, repair parts and seeds. American farmers have...

ADNOC eyes coming aboard $50 billion LNG project with Eni and YPF in South America

Thanks to a deal with Italy’s energy giant Eni and Argentina’s oil and gas firm YPF, XRG, a subsidiary of the UAE-headquartered Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), has taken a non-binding step to join a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG)...

‘You’re either poor or rich’: the Argentinians struggling under Milei’s chainsaw austerity

Francisco Jiménez spends at least eight hours a day, seven days a week, riding through the streets of Buenos Aires as a delivery app rider, yet he still struggles to make ends meet. Next month, the 32-year-old will have to leave his rented house...

Agustina Vergara Cid: I’m Argentinian, and Milei’s victory is welcome news

I was born and raised in Argentina. Growing up, I remember hearing from the adults around me that Argentina was in crisis politically, economically, and socially. As an adult, I realized that the “crisis” was happening partly because Argentina...

Argentina envía militares a la frontera con Brasil tras el operativo contra el crimen organizado en Río de Janeiro

Por Mauricio Torres, Manuela Castro y Germán Padinger, CNN en Español Entre 150 y 200 soldados argentinos reforzarán la vigilancia en la frontera con Brasil luego del amplio operativo que el Gobierno del estado de Río de Janeiro lanzó esta semana...

Online, right-wing influencers express outrage over Trump’s comments about importing more beef from Argentina

Some right-wing media figures online are livid after learning that Trump will allow more beef imports from Argentina — a move they say will hurt American cattle ranchers. On October 20, Trump falsely told reporters that “the only price we have...

ADIPEC 2025 to unite global energy and finance leaders, mobilise capital for global energy transformation

ABU DHABI (ALETIHAD) As global priorities shift and new trade and regulatory dynamics reshape the energy landscape, ADIPEC 2025 will place finance and investment at the heart of its agenda, convening the world’s leading investors, financiers and...

Missouri farmers navigate tumultuous economy

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KY3) -Missouri’s agricultural industry is at the mercy of an international trade war as the president travels the globe trying to make deals. Soybeans and beef: two of Missouri’s biggest exports and economic drivers are both...

Argentina looks to ease bank reserve rules to boost liquidity

Argentina is planning to marginally loosen the share of reserve requirements that commercial banks must report daily, in a bid to gradually provide more liquidity and revive lending, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Central...

Riding to the start line: How Alexis Cartier turned the Life Time Grand Prix into a 10,000-mile bikepacking adventure

In the first days of November, Alexis Cartier finally rolled up to his doorstep in Montreal, a little leaner, a little dustier and with ten thousand miles in his legs. He’d been gone since April, spending the last seven months racing, camping and...

Argentina bets on 'RIGI' to reverse decades of investor mistrust

U.S. President Donald Trump (L) welcomes Argentine President Javier Milei to the White House in Washington on October 14. Milei is seeking foreign support and investments. Photo by Will Oliver/EPA BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The Incentive...