Argentina

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2019 - 06:01 UTC

  Argentine navy's school vessel, tall ship ARA Libertad arrives in London on Friday

  

  Next Friday, Argentina's Frigate A.R.A. Libertad, the navy's school vessel will dock in London after 17 years. Under the command of Captain Romay, the arrival of one of the largest and fastest tall ships at the docks of South Quay in Canary Wharf will mark the half-way point on the 48th midshipman training voyage.

• Monday, October 21st 2019 - 10:10 UTC

  Macri comes ahead in Argentina's second presidential debate, but will it be enough?

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri and the leading opposition candidate Alberto Fernandez exchanged blows and strong accusations during the second and last debate before next Sunday's election

• Sunday, October 20th 2019 - 09:38 UTC

  Argentine president Macri tells a massive rally in Buenos Aires the election result can be turned around

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri called voters on Saturday to get behind him ahead of presidential elections next week in a massive rally called the “March of the Million”, held in downtown Buenos Aires next to the obelisk and in the widest avenue of the city, 9 de Julio.

• Saturday, October 19th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Argentina awards hydrocarbons exploration licenses in the West Malvinas basin

  

  The Argentine government awarded ENI Argentina Exploración y Explotación; Tecpetrol, and MEMPLO, a subsidiary from Japan's Mitsui hydrocarbons licenses to explore an offshore area. MLO/124 in the so-called West Malvinas basin.

• Friday, October 18th 2019 - 10:56 UTC

  Argentina's opposition confirms and displays a unified front in a massive rally

  

  With less than ten days for the Argentine presidential election, the catch-all Peronist movement that has dominated the country's political scene for decades managed a family picture with all groupings united in support of the presidential ticket headed by Alberto Fernandez and ex-president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

• Friday, October 18th 2019 - 10:55 UTC

  New IMF chief pledges full support for Argentina, but will wait for election results

  

  The International Monetary Fund will stand by Argentina as it works through its economic crisis, Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday. She added that the Fund was waiting to see the future policy framework adopted by Argentina, which holds an election later this month in which a change of government is widely predicted.

• Friday, October 18th 2019 - 10:36 UTC

  Argentina advances the 2020 squid season: 10 January

  

  Argentina's Federal Fishing Council ratified the anticipated start of the 2020 squid season following a request from the fishing organizations and the technical support from Inidep, Argentina's fisheries research and development institute, located in Mar del Plata.

• Thursday, October 17th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Argentina has bent over to please the UK while gaining nothing in return

  

  By Facundo Rodriguez (*) - It's now been three years since the British and Argentine governments signed the Foradori-Duncan agreement and committed to taking “appropriate measures to remove all obstacles limiting the economic growth and sustainable development” of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.

• Thursday, October 17th 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  September inflation in Argentina reaches 5.9% and 53.5% in twelve months

  

  Argentina consumer prices rose 5.9% in September, the country’s statistics agency said on Wednesday, the sharpest jump in a year amid a flaring economic crisis in Latin America’s no. 3 economy. That brought year-to-date inflation to 37.7%, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) said, while rolling 12-month inflation was running at 53.5%.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2019 - 18:24 UTC

  Women's rally in Argentina ends with attacks on churches and a “boob protest”

  

  A rally happening during Argentina’s annual “National Encounter of Women” on Sunday included a topless protest (”Tetazo) against the cathedral of La Plata, the city hosting the event this year. The rally, organized by Argentina’s leading leftwing party, wasn’t officially supported by the organizers of the women’s event.