Skill acquiring information in a South American country (9)
I believe the answer is:
argentina
'south american country' is the definition.
(country in South America)
'skill acquiring information in a' is the wordplay.
'skill' becomes 'art' (both can mean a talent).
'acquiring' indicates putting letters inside.
'information' becomes 'gen' (gen can informally mean information).
'art' going around 'gen' is 'argent'.
'argent'+'in'+'a'='ARGENTINA'
(Other definitions for argentina that I've seen before include "Its capital Buenos Aires" , "An ingrate in S American country" , "Silver country" , "Evita's country" , "part of 18 [SOUTH AMERICA]" .)