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Montevideo, October 26th 2026 - 18:09 UTC

Argentina

  • Friday, October 16th 2026 - 09:40 UTC

    Argentina abstains on a Russian UN resolution on colonialism and draws criticism

    Several speakers questioned Russia’s credibility in presenting it given its invasion of Ukraine. Brazil, Uruguay and Mexico were among the countries that voted in favour

    Argentina abstained on Thursday in a vote by the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee on a Russian-sponsored draft on “contemporary forms of colonialism”, a decision that Buenos Aires province’s government minister, opposition figure Carlos Bianco, linked to President Javier Milei’s alignment with the United States and to Argentina’s strategy over the Falklands.

  • Thursday, October 15th 2026 - 20:59 UTC

    Argentina’s bill toughening sanctions over Sea Lion stalls in Congress

    The bill, sent to Congress in September, has 133 articles. The first 40 repeal the 2011 law penalising hydrocarbon exploration not authorised by Argentina and create a broader regime with fines

    The National Sovereignty Defence bill, with which Javier Milei’s government seeks to toughen sanctions against those involved in exploiting resources in the Falklands, failed to secure committee approval in the Chamber of Deputies and will not reach the special session planned for October 21, according to the Argentine press. The opposition is demanding that the text, which besides sanctions reforms security, defence and intelligence, be split.

  • Wednesday, October 14th 2026 - 21:45 UTC

    What are the red notices Argentina has sought from Interpol over Sea Lion

    The chief executive of the islands’ government, Andrea Clausen, acknowledged that the use of Interpol poses a threat

    Argentina has requested Interpol red notices against individuals linked to the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands, and the United Kingdom has asked the organisation to reject them as “politically motivated”, according to the British newspaper The Guardian. Interpol responded by reaffirming Article 3 of its constitution, which prohibits any intervention or activity of a political character.

  • Tuesday, October 13th 2026 - 23:03 UTC

    Argentina asks the law of the sea tribunal to halt Sea Lion and bar new oil permits

    The measures are sought pending the constitution of the arbitral tribunal under Annex VII of the Convention, proceedings Argentina launched with a notification to the United Kingdom on September 28

    Argentina has asked the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to order the United Kingdom to prevent the development of the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands and to refrain from granting new permits to exploit the resources of the disputed continental shelf, according to a statement published by the Hamburg-based tribunal. The hearing will be set “at the earliest possible date”.

  • Tuesday, October 13th 2026 - 19:03 UTC

    Miliband: Falklands residents have the right to develop their resources “as they see fit”

    “We will always stand up for the Falkland Islanders, their right to determine their own future, and their right to pursue legitimate economic development,” he added

    British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said on Tuesday that the people of the Falkland Islands “have a right to develop their natural resources as they see fit”, as he announced on X the British government’s measures to protect companies and individuals from Argentine sanctions.

  • Tuesday, October 13th 2026 - 18:45 UTC

    London says it will abide by any law of the sea provisional measures as it moves to shield its companies

    The UK is preparing measures under its Protection of Trading Interests law to stop British firms and individuals being forced to comply with extraterritorial Argentine rules

    The British government said on Tuesday that any provisional measures ordered by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea are binding and that the United Kingdom complies with its international obligations, on the same day Argentina asked that tribunal to halt the Sea Lion oil project in Falklands waters. In parallel, London announced it will use its protection of trading interests legislation to shield British companies from Argentine sanctions.

  • Tuesday, October 13th 2026 - 06:19 UTC

    IMF trims Latin America’s outlook to 2.3% and sharply cuts Argentina’s

    Globally, the Fund forecasts growth of 3.1% in 2026 and 3.4% in 2027, while global inflation would rise to 4.7% this year, driven by energy and food

    The International Monetary Fund has lowered its 2026 growth forecast for Latin America and the Caribbean to 2.3%, a tenth of a point less than in July, and sharply cut Argentina’s, from 3.5% to 2.1%. Chile and Uruguay are also among the region’s largest downward revisions, according to the World Economic Outlook presented on Monday in Bangkok, during the annual meetings of the Fund and the World Bank.

  • Monday, October 12th 2026 - 22:09 UTC

    Iguazú Falls closed as the river’s flow tops 12,000 cubic metres per second

    The river rose just over two metres between Sunday and Monday at Puerto Iguazú and reached a level of 24.30 metres, and was still rising

    Iguazú National Park, in Argentina’s Misiones province, closed access to the falls’ walkways on Monday because of an exceptional rise in the Iguazú River, whose flow exceeded 12,000 cubic metres per second. The flood is part of an episode of heavy rainfall linked to El Niño that has also caused the Uruguay River to burst its banks, with evacuations on both sides.

  • Monday, October 12th 2026 - 08:59 UTC

    Pope Leo XIV to undergo surgery on a lung nodule a month before his tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru

    The tour will begin in Uruguay, from November 6 to 8. The Pope will then travel to Argentina, where he will stay until the 11th, with events in Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Luján

    Pope Leo XIV will undergo surgery in Rome this week to remove a lung nodule detected at an early stage, less than a month before the start of his first tour of South America, which will take him to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru from November 6 to 17. The Vatican has announced no changes to the trip.

  • Monday, October 12th 2026 - 08:56 UTC

    Lawyers and opposition challenge Milei’s citizenship-by-investment scheme as unconstitutional

    The programme, presented in Paris on October 2 by Economy Minister Luis Caputo and Cabinet Chief Diego Santilli, is based on a May 2025 emergency decree

    The citizenship-by-investment programme launched by Javier Milei’s government, which allows foreigners to obtain Argentine nationality in exchange for a US$350,000 contribution to the Treasury or the purchase of a US$800,000 bond, faces challenges from constitutional lawyers and from the opposition, which is trying to block it in Congress.