News of companies

Argentina’s stock rally narrows to oil as rest of economy slows

30-09-2026 15:11 Gap between energy stocks and the rest of the economy has been widening since Milei won congressional midterm elections in 2025.

Provincial business woes

Milei’s ‘promising’ inland provinces also hit by job crisis, company closures

20-06-2026 19:35 While the government bets everything on trickledown results from mining and Vaca Muerta shale, private data reveals a generalised destruction of jobs and companies across Argentina’s inland provinces.

by Eugenia Muzio

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Nearly 22,000 companies lost under Milei, construction hit hardest

18-02-2026 14:57 Official data show a net loss of 21,938 employers since November 2023, alongside a fall of almost 291,000 registered jobs; Construction bore the brunt amid public works freeze, while a third of recent closures involved firms less than three years old.

PROFILE: DELCY RODRÍGUEZ

Venezuela’s new leader is the oil industry’s long-time ally

06-01-2026 13:52 Delcy Rodríguez oversees Venezuela’s oil apparatus and has decades of relationships among the remaining socialist stronghold in government.

MARKETS & DEBT

Bond spree tops US$3.4 billion with Buenos Aires City sale

19-11-2025 16:31 Bond sale spree has spread into the public sector, with Buenos Aires City returning to global markets after almost a decade and bringing foreign debt issuance to almost US$3.5 billion in the past three weeks.

BUSINESS & INVESTMENT

Multinationals leaving – why Argentina is still not appealing for investors

07-11-2025 18:46 HSBC, Carrefour and an 'Argentinised' Vaca Muerta. To date under the Javier Milei administration to date, high-profile multinationals have decided to go or are looking for a way out. Structural reasons above a promise of investments, which have not yet arrived.

by Eugenia Muzio

BUSINESS & INVESTMENT

Argentine utility Albanesi approaches creditors after missed bond payment

09-05-2025 16:41 Generación Mediterranea SA and Central Térmica Roca SA are approaching bondholders to resolve a dispute over US$19 million in due interest.

ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY

Corporate defaults start piling up as Milei policies kick in

07-05-2025 12:28 As Javier Milei removes the distortions that once characterised Argentina’s economy, companies that bulked up on debt by exploiting exchange rate gaps are hurting.

SCANDAL IN URUGUAY

Uruguay rocked by US$300 million in cattle fraud claims

20-03-2025 12:21 Urugauy is facing one of its biggest-ever retail investor fraud cases, with companies peddling cattle investments accused of bilking savers out of hundreds of millions of dollars.

STATE SELL OFF

Milei’s first Argentina privatisation beset by US$536-million debt

29-11-2024 21:57 President Javier Milei is imposing a December deadline on Argentina’s first bid to sell a long list of state-run companies to the private sector, outlining how challenging it will be.

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

Milei gets vote of confidence in wave of Argentine debt sales

15-10-2024 11:22 Argentina’s largest companies are rushing to issue dollar debt, a tentative sign that Javier Milei’s shock therapy is starting to restore investor confidence.