Argentina
Argentina is a country in southern South America with Buenos Aires as its capital. The nation has a population of about 46-million people and is the eighth-largest country in the world by land area, spanning approximately 2.8-million square kilometres. Argentina's economy is diverse, with key sectors including agriculture, livestock, manufacturing, mining and energy, and the country is a major global exporter of soybeans, beef, wheat, maize and wine. The currency is the Argentine peso, and the country operates as a federal presidential republic. Argentina holds the world's second-largest shale gas reserves and fourth-largest shale oil reserves, concentrated in the Vaca Muerta formation in Neuquén province, which has attracted significant international investment in unconventional hydrocarbon development. The country also has substantial conventional natural gas resources and has emerged as a potential LNG exporter, though infrastructure development has been constrained by economic volatility and policy uncertainty. Mining is growing in importance, with production of lithium, gold, silver and copper, particularly in the Andean regions. Argentina is a member of the G20 and Mercosur, the South American trade bloc. The country has experienced recurring economic challenges, including high inflation, currency instability and sovereign debt issues, which have periodically affected investment in large-scale energy and infrastructure projects. Argentina gained independence from Spain in 1816 and developed into one of the wealthiest nations globally in the early twentieth century before experiencing decades of political and economic turbulence.
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Agriculture portfolio committee concerned by slow foot-and-mouth disease response and lack of detail in department's reports
27th May 2026 The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture has raised serious concerns about the slow pace of the department’s response to the spread of foot-and-mouth... →
South Africa says condition of British man with hantavirus is gradually improving
By: Reuters 11th May 2026 The condition of a British man who was admitted to a hospital in Johannesburg after falling ill with hantavirus aboard a luxury cruise ship is... →
Two test positive as evacuation of virus-hit cruise ship nears completion
By: Reuters 11th May 2026 Two people have tested positive for hantavirus after being evacuated from a luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak, health authorities said,... →
Evacuation of passengers from virus-hit cruise ship to be completed on Monday
By: Reuters 11th May 2026 The evacuation of passengers from a Dutch-flagged luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will be completed on Monday with flights... →
Countries scramble to track passengers of virus-hit cruise ship
By: Reuters 7th May 2026 Countries worldwide on Thursday scrambled to prevent further spread of the hantavirus, after an outbreak on a cruise ship, by tracking those who... →
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads to Spain after three people evacuated
By: Reuters 7th May 2026 A luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak and marooned since Sunday off the coast of Cape Verde left for Spain on Wednesday, a... →
Daily Podcast – May 05, 2026
By: Thabi Shomolekae 5th May 2026 For Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I’m Thabi Shomolekae. Making headlines: ANC confident ConCourt will uphold NHI Act as it calls out opposition;... →
Human to human hantavirus transmission suspected on cruise but risk to public low, WHO says
By: Reuters 5th May 2026 The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that it suspects some rare human to human transmission took place between close contacts on board a... →
Anti-gender & anti-climate politics: exploring converging agendas in Global Majority countries
24th April 2026 Politics today is marked by accelerating global backlash against both gender equality and action on the climate crisis. This new working paper... →
South Africa gets more foot-and-mouth vaccine doses as it battles to contain outbreak
By: Reuters 22nd April 2026 South Africa's government said on Wednesday that it had received 2 million doses of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine from Turkey, as authorities... →
