MercoPress https://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency en Copyright 2026, MercoPress. https://en.mercopress.com/web/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ <![CDATA[Argentina seeks a trade pact that would link it with the UK for the first time since 1982]]> “I handed over the formal letter of intent to join one of the broadest, most modern and dynamic trade agreements in the world,” Quirno said Argentina has applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a step that, if completed, would place it for the first time since the 1982 Falklands War in a trade agreement that also includes the United Kingdom. Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno announced the decision during a tour of Europe and handed the formal letter of intent to New Zealand, the treaty's depositary.

]]> Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:52:00 GMT <![CDATA[Report warns foreign fleets off Argentina catch up to four times the national industry's haul]]> The foundation warned that, if the current level of exploitation continues, resources that are strategic for the economy could be compromised Foreign fleets operating along the outer edge of Argentina's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) —the so-called Mile 201— extract up to four times the volume caught by the entire national fishing industry, according to a report by the Latin American Foundation for Fisheries Sustainability (FULASP) released on the International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing. The organization called the activity one of the main threats to the fishery resources of the South-West Atlantic.

]]> Sun, 07 Jun 2026 07:56:00 GMT <![CDATA[Indio Solari, towering figure of Argentine rock, dies at 77; wake set for Sunday]]> Born in Paraná in 1949, Solari built his career from La Plata, where, alongside guitarist Skay Beilinson and producer Carmen “Negra Poli” Castro, he led the Redonditos de Ricota Carlos Alberto "Indio" Solari, one of the most influential figures in the history of Argentine rock and the frontman of Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota, died on Friday at the age of 77 at his home in Parque Leloir, in the Buenos Aires district of Ituzaingó. His death set off a wave of spontaneous tributes across the country, and his family announced that his wake will be held on Sunday.

]]> Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:46:00 GMT <![CDATA[Argentina warns it could 'fully exercise all actions' over Falklands oil drilling plans]]> The Sea Lion field, north of the archipelago, is operated by Navitas, which holds 65% of the project, while Rockhopper, which discovered it, retains 35% Argentina's government warned that it could "fully exercise all" available actions over plans to develop an oil field near the Falkland Islands, in a fresh escalation of the sovereignty dispute. The Foreign Ministry declared the plans of Britain's Rockhopper Exploration "unlawful" and described that company and its Israeli partner, Navitas Petroleum, as "clandestine," after the Sea Lion project moved from exploration into development.

]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:08:00 GMT <![CDATA[Argentine Senate approves a judge Milei opposed over her ties to an investigative journalist]]> The Justice Ministry had asked to withdraw the nomination after the family tie to Alconada Mon —who investigates, among other cases, the $LIBRA cryptocurrency scandal— became known Argentina's Senate on Thursday approved the appointment of María Verónica Michelli as a judge of Federal Oral Court No. 3 in La Plata, a nomination President Javier Milei had tried to block because she is the sister-in-law of journalist Hugo Alconada Mon, of the newspaper LA NACION. The nomination was approved on the floor by 44 votes to 18 —all the negatives from the ruling party— with two abstentions, in a session that exposed a rift within the governing bloc.

]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:26:00 GMT <![CDATA[Argentina's economy minister dismisses opposition's 2027 chances, touts dollar inflows]]> “There can be an external shock, oil can go to 400 dollars, there can be a world war or an alien invasion, but Kicillof will never be president in his life in Argentina,” Caputo told an audience Argentina's economy minister, Luis Caputo, ruled out on Tuesday that Kirchnerism could win the 2027 presidential election and, in particular, that the governor of Buenos Aires province, Axel Kicillof, could reach the presidency. Speaking before the Argentine-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (CAMBRAS), the minister also projected that the Central Bank (BCRA) would overshoot the reserve-buying target agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

]]> Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:44:00 GMT <![CDATA[Argentine justice advances on 111 assets of the Kirchners and Lázaro Báez in Vialidad case]]> Following the Cassation ruling, all that remains for Cristina Kirchner and her children is to file a direct complaint before the Supreme Court The Federal Criminal Cassation Chamber of Argentina on Thursday rejected the extraordinary appeals filed by former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, her children Máximo and Florencia, and businessman Lázaro Báez against the confiscation of 111 assets ordered as part of the Vialidad case. The decision, adopted by the court's Chamber IV, virtually closes the path to the country's highest tribunal and clears the execution of the asset-related measures associated with the conviction for fraudulent administration imposed on the former president in December 2022 and confirmed by the Supreme Court in June 2025.

]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 07:51:00 GMT <![CDATA[Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru sign joint agreement to combat transnational crime]]> “This is not just a political gesture, it is not a diplomatic milestone,” Kast said at the opening, arguing that “there can be a before and an after here” The governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru on Thursday signed in Santiago a joint cooperation agreement against transnational organized crime, in a meeting convened by the Chilean government of President José Antonio Kast and attended by five foreign ministers, four security ministers, and one interior minister. The so-called Santiago Regional Compact articulates five areas of cooperation and will be presented before the 56th General Assembly of the Organization of American States to extend the initiative to the rest of the continent.

]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 06:42:00 GMT <![CDATA[Submarine Force Advisory Council flagged ARA San Juan concerns seven months before its sinking]]> Minutes of the Argentine Submarine Force Advisory Council signed by fourteen navy captains on 30 April 2017, seven months before the implosion of the ARA San Juan in the South Atlantic, have become central evidence in the ongoing oral trial before the Federal Oral Court of Santa Cruz, based in Río Gallegos. The document, cited by the Argentine outlet Infobae, details the technical issues outstanding and the operational restrictions affecting the submarine before its final mission, and constitutes one of the central elements of the debate over the eventual criminal responsibility of the four former senior naval commanders charged in the case.

]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 21:35:00 GMT <![CDATA[UK’s Royal College of Defense visited Brazil, Argentina and Chile]]> The delegation at the Chilean Antarctic Institute A delegation from the United Kingdom’s Royal College of Defense Studies (RCDS) visited Chile the week of 18 May as part of its annual tour of Latin America, aimed at strengthening strategic analysis and global understanding of challenges related to security, defense and international cooperation.

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