Daily brief
Argentine President Javier Milei defended unregulated capitalism as the only just economic system in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, calling on politicians to stop interfering with entrepreneurs. His address followed one by President Donald Trump at the same event.
Argentina's historic export surge is being driven by production from the Vaca Muerta shale field and gold.
China and Chile have begun their first joint marine scientific research mission along a 435-mile stretch of the Atacama Trench.
An Argentine city is offering free vehicle registration patents to new car buyers.
A shipload of Chinese electric vehicles has arrived in Argentina for the first time, as President Milei, an ally of President Trump, welcomed the imports.