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Investors arrive to the election looking at an economy in recession as a crippling drought hit the key agricultural sector. The gap to the official rate is above 150%. On the line is the survival of the country's $43 billion program with the International Monetary Fund and the possibility that Argentina defaults on its debt for a 10th time. "Dollarization would not cure the main issue in Argentina, which is a really large fiscal problem." "Debt does not need to be an immediate priority," said Khan, who doesn't expect dollarization to top the near-term list either.

Persons: Patricia Bullrich, Martin Cossarini, Javier Milei, Sergio Massa, Alejandro di Bernardo, Bernardo, Milei, Massa, Gabriel Rubinstein, Elijah Oliveros, Rosen, Zulfi Ali, Shamaila Khan, Khan, Hans Humes, Humes, Rodrigo Campos, Karin Strohecker, Susan Fenton Organizations: el Cambio, REUTERS, NEW, International Monetary Fund, Jupiter Asset, Bullrich, WE, JPMorgan, China, Institute of International Finance, IMF, America, PGIM, Oxford Economics, Reuters, Emerging Markets, Asia Pacific, UBS Asset Management, Massa, Greylock Capital Management, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, Washington

☆ Argentine Voters, Fired up by Anger, Ready to Leap Into the Political Void
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +5 min

By Nicolás MisculinBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina may be about to leap into the political unknown. Many blame the political elite and have latched on to Milei's burn-it-all-down rhetoric. That will impact the make-up of Congress, which is being partially renewed and will likely end up fragmented. Many voters, however, appeared resigned to a Milei win - a reflection of how the former television pundit has managed to take hold of the political narrative, leveraging memes and videos online that have resonated with younger voters. "I'm going to vote for Massa, but Milei is going to win," said Stella Buk, 65, who has a book stall at the Parque Centenario fair.

Persons: Javier Milei, Sergio Massa, Patricia Bullrich, I'm, Sebastián Pizzo, Milei, Mariel Fornoni, Massa, Carlos Fara, Milei's, Mariel Segovia, Adriana Schedfin, Mabel Baez, Baez, Stella Buk, Nicolas Misculin, Adam Jourdan, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Reuters, Argentine, International Monetary Fund, Management, Massa, Parque Centenario Locations: Misculin BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Brazil, Buenos Aires, Asia, Europe, China, Tapiales, Argentine

☆ Argentina’s far-right firebrand Javier Milei is the one to beat in a wide-open presidential race
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Javier Milei presidential candidate of the La Libertad Avanza (Freedom Advances) party, speaks at the campaign closing event on Oct.18, 2023. The first-round presidential vote follows a shock primary win for far-right frontrunner Javier Milei, a libertarian outsider who has pledged to dollarize the economy, abolish the country's central bank, and sharply reduce state spending. (L-R) Presidential Candidate for Juntos Por el Cambio Patricia Bullrich waves to supporters alongside Vice Presidential Candidate Luis Petri and former President of Argentina Mauricio Macri during her closing presidential rally on Oct. 19, 2023 in Lomas de Zamora, Argentina. The race to replace Argentine President Alberto Fernandez, who is not seeking re-election, is unlikely to be decided this weekend. Sergio Massa, Argentina's economy minister and presidential candidate of Unity for the Homeland party, speaks during a closing campaign rally in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023.

Persons: Javier Milei, Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro, Sergio Massa, Patricia Bullrich, Jimena Blanco, Verisk Maplecroft, Massa, Luis Petri, Argentina Mauricio Macri, Marcos Brindicci, Mariano Machado, Mauricio Macri, Machado, Alberto Fernandez, Verisk Maplecroft's Blanco Organizations: La Libertad, Getty, La Libertad Avanza, la Patria coalition, el Cambio, Verisk, CNBC, Juntos, Lomas de Zamora, Americas, Milei, Argentine, Unity, Homeland, Bloomberg Locations: Argentina, Milei, Bullrich, Lomas de, Argentina's, Buenos Aires

☆ Wild-Haired Former Rocker Promises to Remake Argentina if Elected President
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Ryan Dubé | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

BUENOS AIRES— Javier Milei , high-powered chain saw in hand to demonstrate how he will carve up Argentina’s establishment, doesn’t sugarcoat what he would do if elected president Sunday. The self-styled libertarian pledges to lay waste to the country’s institutions and to the career politicians of all political stripes he calls “useless parasites” who form a “political caste” that must be excised.

Persons: Javier Milei Organizations: BUENOS AIRES Locations: BUENOS

☆ Argentina braces for election with economy in 'intensive care'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Eliana Raszewski | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

"It is an economy that is in intensive care," Miguel Kiguel, a former undersecretary of finance at the Economy Ministry in the 1990s, told Reuters. "The main challenge is to get Argentina out of stagnation, but to do that you have to lower inflation." J.P. Morgan has estimated inflation will end 2023 at 210%, while a central bank poll of analysts forecast 180%. In a bid to tamp down inflation Argentina's central bank has hiked the benchmark interest rate to 133%, which encourages saving in pesos, but hurts access to credit and economic growth. Milei wants to ditch the peso completely and dollarize the economy, while Bullrich says she favors a dual peso-dollar system.

Persons: Javier Milei, Sergio Massa, Patricia Bullrich, Miguel Kiguel, J.P, Morgan, Fernando Morra, Bullrich, Eliana Raszewski, Adam Jourdan, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Argentine, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Economy Ministry, Reuters, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Coldplay, Reuters Graphics, CENTRAL, International Monetary Fund, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, China, Brazil

☆ The 'blue dollar' is booming: Argentina's lust for the buck pushed its black-market rate up 60,000% since peso parity ended in 2002
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Anil Varma | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

For decades, the nation has been roiled by hyperinflation, sky-high interest rates, a growing mountain of debt, a string of sovereign defaults, and a cratering exchange rate. Rampant inflation has ravaged Argentina's currency over the years, wiping out much of its value against the dollar and ruining its appeal to consumers. The coveted bucks from the back alleys of Buenos Aires have their own price, even their own name: dólar blue, or the "blue dollar." AdvertisementAdvertisementUp 60,000% and going strongThe dollar's unofficial exchange rate smashed above 1,000 pesos for the first time last week, to hit levels almost three times as high as the official rate. That would almost certainly mean the blue dollar surging to new highs.

Persons: —, It's, Javier Milei, Manuel Cortina Organizations: Service, Spain's Santander Group, Cato Institute, Local, Argentine, Monetary Fund, BBVA Locations: Argentina, Buenos Aires, bluedollar.net, American, Brazil, Argentine, Spanish

"He is the change that Argentina needs," said 28-year-old Milei voter Ayrton Ortiz at a recent rally in Buenos Aires province in support of the candidate. Those working with his campaign say it is his authenticity that has made him so successful, especially with two-fifths of the population in poverty and looking for a new voice. "You can like him or not, but he is himself," said Fernando Cerimedo, a political consultant who works on Milei's campaign. Many Milei voters say they are willing to take the risk. At the end of the month, you see how they count pennies and cry," said Milei voter Valentina Brites, 18.

Persons: Javier Milei, Agustin Marcarian, Juan Luis Gonzalez, Gonzalez, Milei, Donald Trump, Beppe Grillo, Ayrton Ortiz, Sergio Massa, Patricia Bullrich, MURRAY, MILTON, ROBERT AND LUCAS Milei, Karina, Conan, Murray, Milton, Robert, Lucas, Milton Friedman, Eduardo Eurnekian, Fernando Cerimedo, Fernando Morra, Valentina Brites, Javier, Anna, Catherine Brigida, Eliana Raszewksi, Lucinda Elliott, Adam Jourdan, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Argentine, La Libertad Avanza, REUTERS, American, Peronist, Forces, Libertad Avanza, Reuters, Thomson Locations: La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, Argentine, Candelaria

☆ Argentina's young electorate faces a once-in-a-generation vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[3/11]Read moreNoelle Chab, 18, and her friends laugh while walking together, in Buenos Aires, Argentina October 5, 2023. Chab, an 18-year-old Buenos Aires resident, voted for Milei in the primaries and will do so again in October because she believes he represents change and she wants to "remove" the Peronist government. "Javier Milei is the only one who represents a change in Argentine politics," said Chab....BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA

Persons: Read, Noelle Chab, Javier Milei Organizations: Milei, Peronist Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA

☆ The 5 Clones in Argentina’s Election
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Jack Nicas | More About Jack Nicas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After finishing a surprising first in Argentina’s presidential primaries in August, Javier Milei grabbed a microphone in front of a raucous crowd and thanked Conan, Murray, Milton, Robert and Lucas. “My four-legged children.”Mr. Milei, a far-right libertarian who is the favorite in Argentina’s presidential election on Sunday, would head to the country’s presidential offices, the Casa Rosada, not with a spouse and children, but with five mastiffs he has long called his children. Technically speaking, however, those five dogs are not traditional offspring of any animal. They are genetic copies of Mr. Milei’s former dog, also named Conan, and were created in a laboratory in upstate New York. Mr. Milei’s five cloned dogs have become objects of fascination in Argentina’s presidential election and a window into his unusual candidacy.

Persons: Javier Milei, Conan, Murray, Milton, Robert, Lucas, “, ” Mr, Milei, Milei’s Organizations: U.S . Locations: New York

☆ China activates $6.5 bln swap line with Argentina
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The agreement with China has helped Argentina increase its depleted foreign currency reserves as it undergoes a major economic crisis, with annual inflation above 130% and central bank dollar reserves hitting negative levels. The Wednesday move in practice increases the amount Argentina can access as part of the swap line formalized in early 2023. This is the second swap line with China activated during Fernandez's presidency. According to an official bank source, the total amount of the swap line stood at 47 billion yuans . Libertarian Javier Milei, who has vowed to dollarize the economy and shut down the central bank, is seen as the front-runner.

Persons: Alberto Fernandez, Xi Jinping's, Fernandez, Javier Milei, Jorge Otaola, Steven Grattan Organizations: Argentine, Radio, Fernandez's, Thomson Locations: BUENOS AIRES, China, Argentina

☆ China boosts Argentina's access to the yuan under currency deal as peso plummets
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Aruni Soni | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

China boosted Argentina's access to the yuan under a currency swap deal. Argentina's president said the country can now tap $6.5 billion worth of yuan, up from $5 billion. AdvertisementAdvertisementArgentina will have more access to Chinese yuan under a currency exchange deal to help prop up a plunging peso. AdvertisementAdvertisementArgentina's swap deal with China will enable it to replenish foreign exchange reserves, which have all but vanished amid economic crisis. Russia has also been using the Chinese yuan to settle a growing number of trade transactions with other countries.

Persons: —, Alberto Fernandez, Xi Jinping's, Javier Milei Organizations: Service, Argentine, Radio, Reuters, greenback Locations: China, Argentina, Egypt, Russia

☆ Sergio Massa: can Argentine political wheeler-dealer save Peronism?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Nicolás Misculin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Argentina's Economic Minister Sergio Massa and Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad (not pictured) hold a news conference, at the Casa Rosada presidential palace in Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 23, 2023. Massa has his own political structures," a spokesman for the ruling party told Reuters. He studied at a Catholic school in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, joined a conservative political party and then shifted to Peronism. He rose to chief of staff under Fernandez de Kirchner(2007-15), though later left her government under a cloud and set up his own political party. He finished third in the first round of voting when he ran for president in 2015, before he returned to the Peronist coalition as a congressman in 2019.

Persons: Sergio Massa, Fernando Haddad, Agustin Marcarian, Javier Milei, Massa, Julio Burdman, Agustin Rossi, Patricia Bullrich, Alberto Fernandez, grandee Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Kirchner, Fernandez de Kirchner, Nicolás Misculin, Adam Jourdan, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Argentina's Economic, Brazil's Finance, Casa, REUTERS, Peronist, Observatory, Reuters, International Monetary Fund, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, U.S, Peronism, Tigre

[1/3] Simon Rubinstein, 17, casts his first vote ever, in the presidential primary election, in Buenos Aires, Argentina August 13, 2023. Argentina is one of a handful of Latin American countries that allows 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote. Kremenchuzky, nicknamed "Toto," 17, is part of that teenage electorate. In an August open primary vote, Toto voted for conservative Patricia Bullrich - which he puts down to influence from his parents - but says he could shift his vote in October to Milei if the libertarian convinces him in election debates. However, Milei's conservative social views and promise of sharp cuts to government spending are off-putting to some young voters.

Persons: Simon Rubinstein, Magali, Tomas Kremenchuzky, Kremenchuzky, Toto, Javier Milei, thieving, He's, Patricia Bullrich, Milei, Rocio Pozzetti, Sergio Massa, Massa, Pozzetti, Noelle Chab, Rubinstein, Magali Druscovich, Lucila Sigal, Adam Jourdan, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: REUTERS, Peronist, Milei, Bullrich, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, Argentine, Milei

"You have to have a backbone to govern this country," Bullrich, the candidate for the Together for Change coalition, told Reuters at a recent press event. Bullrich is facing front-runner libertarian economist Javier Milei, who is promising more extreme policies, and economy minister Sergio Massa. She also cited the strong political machinery of the conservative coalition. Bullrich, replying to Reuters, said that the coalition - win or lose - would be a strong political force with around 10-11 governors and large presence in Congress. Another voter, 61-year-old retiree Patricia Amalia Rojas, said she backed Bullrich for her tough line on gangs and crime.

Persons: Patricia Bullrich, Bullrich, Javier Milei, Sergio Massa, Fernando de la Rua, Mauricio Macri, Cristian Ritondo, Maria Alejandra Ferreyra, Milei, Horacio Larreta, Ana Balcarce, Lomas de Zamora, Macri, Facundo Martinez Maino, Patricia Amalia Rojas, Eliana Raszewski, Adam Jourdan, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Peronist, Change, Reuters, Milei, Massa, Buenos Aires, University of Avellaneda, Lomas, Monetary Fund, Thomson Locations: BUENOS AIRES, Argentine, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Bullrich, Buenos

☆ Argentina election 2023: what you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Maximilian Heath | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The election comes as Argentine voters have been hard-hit by 124% yearly inflation that has pummeled their purchasing power. Voting centers for the Oct. 22 election open at 8 a.m. local time (1100 GMT) and close at 6 p.m. Argentina's tight election races come at a time of uncertainty for the South American country facing its worst economic crisis in decades. PROJECTIONSFar-right libertarian Javier Milei is leading the polls ahead of Argentina's Oct. 22 presidential vote, but it remains a tight race between the top three candidates, three surveys showed. All three surveys had Economy Minister Sergio Massa in second place and conservative opposition candidate Patricia Bullrich in third.

Persons: Sergio Massa, Patricia Bullrich, Javier Milei, Alberto Fernandez, Dissident Peronist Juan Schiaretti, País, Myriam Bregman, Milei, Massa, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Argentina's pollsters, Maximilian Heath, Rod Nickel Organizations: por la Patria, el Cambio, La Libertad Avanza, Argentine, WHO, Libertad, la Patria, el, Dissident Peronist, Frente de Izquierda, South, International Monetary Fund, Peronist, Thomson Locations: BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Hacemos, South American

☆ Argentina central bank hikes key rate to 133% as inflation worsens
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Jorge Otaola | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The facade of Argentina's Central Bank is pictured in the financial district of Buenos Aires, Argentina December 7, 2021. Argentina's central bank is struggling to keep the benchmark interest rate in line with inflation expectations, with a central bank poll of analysts later in the day forecasting inflation to end the year at more than 180%. Reuters Graphics Reuters GraphicsThe impacts of inflation has been worsened by the government's near-18% devaluation of the peso in mid-August, which coincided with the prior central bank hike, where it increased the interest rate from 97% to 118%. Milei, who is seeking to shut the central bank and dollarize the economy to tame inflation, recently recommended depositors avoid renewing bank holdings in pesos, arguing that the peso does not even serve as "excrement." The central bank's rate change on Thursday came after a last-minute decision not to raise the rate to 145% "following a leak," after Reuters reported the higher figure, citing a source close to the bank.

Persons: Agustin Marcarian, Alberto Fernandez, Javier Milei, Jorge Otaola, Brendan O'Boyle, Isabel Woodford, Anthony Esposito, Richard Chang, Jamie Freed Organizations: Central, REUTERS, Graphics Reuters, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES

☆ Argentine executives pitch fiscal discipline as election hits home stretch
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Jorge Otaola | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The candidates mostly agree, however, on reducing the government's large fiscal deficit, like many business leaders. "We Argentines must stop arguing about obvious things like public spending," said Javier Goni, CEO of agribusiness company Ledesma. The election is playing out as the government struggles to service its $44 billion loan with the International Monetary Fund. The IMF forecasts that Argentina's economy will shrink 2.3% this year, with central bank reserves in the red after a historic drought trimmed $20 billion from key agricultural exports. Reporting by Jorge Otaola; Writing by Brendan O'Boyle; Editing by David Alire Garcia and Leslie AdlerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sergio Massa, Patricia Bullrich, Javier Milei, Javier Milei's dollarization, Sergio Massa's, Javier Goni, Oscar Andreani, Jorge Otaola, Brendan O'Boyle, David Alire Garcia, Leslie Adler Organizations: por la Patria, el Cambio, La Libertad Avanza, Reuters, Ledesma, International Monetary Fund, IMF, Thomson Locations: BUENOS AIRES

☆ Argentine peso descent quickens, hits new record low
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A one hundred Argentine peso bill sits on top of several one hundred U.S. dollar bills in this illustration picture taken October 17, 2022. Since the primary vote, the currency has shed 44% of its value. "Everything is working against the peso because basically nobody wants to deal with them," a capital bank manager with business in Argentina said on condition on anonymity. "So it doesn't matter what you pay for a dollar, the objective is to dollarize before the elections and wait to see who becomes president." Reporting by Jorge Otaola and Walter Bianchi; Editing by David Alire Garcia and Richard ChangOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Agustin Marcarian, Alberto Fernandez, Javier Milei, Salvador Vitelli, Jorge Otaola, Walter Bianchi, David Alire Garcia, Richard Chang Organizations: Argentine, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: BUENOS AIRES, Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s firebrand populist presidential candidate Javier Milei, the front-runner to win the election later this month, is coming under fire from his rivals who blame him for a sharp depreciation of the local currency in the parallel market. Milei has continued to tout his controversial plan for dollarization of the South American country’s economy. With a little less than two weeks to go before the Oct. 22 presidential election, the Argentine peso has sharply depreciated over the past week. Milei, an anti-establishment candidate who admires former U.S. President Donald Trump, has said he wants to replace the peso with the dollar and says Argentina’s Central Bank should be abolished. Milei’s opponents in the presidential race sharply criticized his words, saying he’s fomenting a run on the peso.

Persons: —, Javier Milei, Milei, Donald Trump, ”, ” Ramiro Marra, Milei’s, Sergio Massa, ” Patricia Bullrich, “, ” Milei Organizations: Argentine, U.S, Bank, Buenos, “, Union, Homeland, United Locations: BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Argentine, Buenos Aires, Milei’s, Massa

While most traders are waiting on the sidelines, anxious about the election and unsure of libertarian frontrunner Javier Milei, some daring bond investors are moving in. "There has been a lot of pain from being invested in Argentina over the past decade," Reed said. Rob Citrone, founder of U.S.-based hedge fund Discovery Capital Management, said Argentina presented one of the best opportunities in emerging markets. The depressed values offer another reason to be bullish on Argentina's debt, said Thomas Haugaard, a portfolio manager on the emerging markets debt hard currency team at Janus Henderson Investments in Copenhagen. Armando Armenta, an analyst for Latin American fixed-income and currency markets at AllianceBernstein in New York, said it was a mixed picture.

Persons: Javier Milei, Cristina Sille, Milei, Patricia Bullrich, Sergio Massa, Christine Reed, Reed, Bullrich, Mauricio Macri's, Massa, Rob Citrone, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Fernandez de Kirchner, Thomas Haugaard, Janus Henderson, Haugaard, Morgan Stanley, Armando Armenta, Milei's, Rodrigo Campos, Carolina Mandl, Adam Jourdan, Paul Simao Organizations: Argentine, REUTERS, Peronist, International Monetary Fund, U.S, Discovery Capital Management, Reuters Graphics Reuters, BancTrust, Reuters, Janus, Janus Henderson Investments, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, New York, Ghana, Sri Lanka, Copenhagen, Congress, AllianceBernstein

☆ The Buenos Aires barber's books: a history of 19,900% inflation
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Adam Jourdan | Thomson Reuters | Regional Bureau Chief In South Latin America With Previous Experience Leading Corporate News Coverage In China | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian Acquire Licensing RightsBUENOS AIRES, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The hand-written entries in the two dozen notebooks - date, haircut, price - chronicle decades of a Buenos Aires barber's working life. A price of 15 pesos equaled $15 with the currency peg. In her first term the haircut price rose 117%, speeding to 200% in her second term. Haircut prices rose 133% in his four years. The earliest health insurance bill he has was 798 pesos in 2007, since when it has hit 142,636 pesos, outstripping his haircut prices.

Persons: Barber Ruben Galante, Luciano Munoz, Agustin Marcarian, Ruben Galante, Alberto Fernandez, it's, Galante, Javier Milei, he's, Carlos Menem, Raul Alfonsin, Fernando de la Rua, de la Rua, Nestor Kirchner, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Nestor's, Mauricio Macri, That's, Milei, Patricia Bullrich, Sergio Massa, Luciano Muñoz, Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi, Adam Jourdan, Eliana Raszewski, Prinz, Claudia Parsons Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Reuters Graphics Reuters Graphics, Currency, Reuters Graphics, Monetary Fund, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, Belgrano, United States

☆ Argentina Inc doesn't want dollarization, business leaders say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Jorge Otaola | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Supporters of Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei hold dollar bills with his face on them, during a campaign rally, in Buenos Aires, Argentina September 25, 2023. REUTERS/Cristina Sille/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMAR DEL PLATA, Argentina, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Corporate Argentina is strongly against full dollarization of the economy, one of the key proposals of presidential election frontrunner Javier Milei, according to 125 business people Reuters spoke to. The survey gives the clearest and most in-depth view yet on how corporate Argentina sees the dollarization debate, which is at the heart of the election race towards the Oct. 22 vote. Some two-thirds of those Reuters spoke to supported a bi-monetary system proposed by conservative candidate Patricia Bullrich, who is popular with business leaders but lagging in wider opinion polls. Most business people surveyed at the IDEA business summit said it was important to keep the peso to be able to adjust monetary variables and maintain competitiveness.

Persons: Javier Milei, Cristina Sille, Patricia Bullrich, Milei, Sergio Massa, Jorge Otaola, Adam Jourdan, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Argentine, REUTERS, DEL PLATA, Reuters, IDEA, Massa, Milei, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mar del Plata, Ecuador, El Salvador

☆ A new Chile? Argentina is at the epicenter of a new ‘white gold’ rush
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Ricardo Ceppi | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesMomentum behind Argentina's lithium mining boom is picking up fast. The region is estimated to hold more than half of global lithium reserves, mainly located in Argentina (21%) and Chile (11%). Leftist President Gabriel Boric announced in April that the state was taking a majority stake in the country's lithium industry, dismaying some business leaders. Tomas Cuesta | Getty Images News | Getty Images"Everyone thinks in Latin America, when it comes to mining and lithium, Chile comes to mind. The protests took place shortly after a controversial change in legislation gave lithium mining companies greater access to indigenous lands.

Persons: Ricardo Ceppi, Jujuy Gerardo Morales, Mariano Machado, Gabriel Boric, Javier Milei, Argentinians, Tomas Cuesta, Verisk Maplecroft's Machado, Machado Organizations: Salinas Grandes, Getty, Eurasia Group, International Energy Agency, Americas, Verisk Maplecroft, Group, Verisk, CNBC, La Libertad Locations: Salinas, Jujuy, Argentina, Chile, America, Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Salta, Verisk, China, Chile Chile, Australia, Santiago del Estero, Argentina's

REUTERS/Cristina Sille Acquire Licensing RightsBUENOS AIRES, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Argentina's presidential election race is putting abortion access and women's rights in the spotlight, sparking fierce debate in a country that has been a pioneer in expanding reproductive rights in Latin America. The election frontrunner, economist Javier Milei, opposes abortion and wants to hold a referendum on whether the 2020 legalization of abortion before the 14th week of pregnancy should be repealed. He also wants to shut the ministry of women, gender and diversity, which he has called a type of "affirmative action" that is degrading towards women. She would leave abortion laws unchanged, though also close the women's ministry. Repealing the abortion law is not on their agenda, because "Argentina already had that debate," she told Reuters.

Persons: Javier Milei, Cristina Sille, Sergio Massa, Patricia Bullrich, Myriam Bregman, Eugenia Rolon, influencer, Nelly Borquez, Karina, Victoria Villarruel, Javier doesn't, Valentina Brites, Ayelen, Milei, Massa, Silvia Lospennato, Bullrich, Anna, Catherine Brigida, Candelaria Grimberg, Lucinda Elliott, Adam Jourdan, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Argentine, La Libertad, REUTERS, Reuters, Milei, Taquion Research, PRO, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, Latin America, American

☆ Argentina presidential candidates trade barbs in first debate
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Walter Bianchi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Argentina Presidential candidate Sergio Massa of Union por la Patria party attends the presidential debate ahead of the October 22 general elections, at the National University of Santiago del Estero, in Santiago del Estero, Argentina October 1, 2023. Under Argentine law, two mandatory debates have to be held before the 22 October presidential election, where Argentine voters will be presented with radically different visions for the future. With growing skepticism among voters, the debate on economy, education, human rights and "democratic coexistence" took place with a pre-established format and strict rules that allowed little time for candidates to elaborate their points. On education, all candidates supported public education and on human rights they maintained their differences on the recent history of Argentina. The second debate addressing security, work and "human development, housing and environmental protection" will be held next Sunday in Buenos Aires.

Persons: Sergio Massa, Tomas Cuesta, Javier Milei, Milei, Massa, Patricia Bullrich, Drazen Jorgic Organizations: Argentina Presidential, por la Patria, National University of Santiago, REUTERS Acquire, Argentine, Thomson Locations: National University of Santiago del Estero, Santiago del Estero, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, Italy, France, Germany, United States, Buenos Aires, Lincoln

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