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Montevideo, April 20th 2024 - 15:31 UTC

Tag: Telam

  • Tuesday, March 5th 2024 - 10:58 UTC

    Argentina shuts down Telam news service

    Press guilds dubbed the government's decision an attack against freedom of expression

    Argentina's state-run news service Télam came to an end Monday when 700 of its workers received emails telling them they should not show up for work because they had been placed on leave while the outlet's website shows a sign reading it is “under reconstruction.” President Javier Milei had announced on March 1 that one of his spending cuts would involve closing what he dubbed “a nest of Kirchnerite propaganda.”

  • Tuesday, November 21st 2023 - 08:28 UTC

    No more public radio, TV, and newsagency under Milei

    Aerolíneas will need to be competitive and not rely on State subsidies

    Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei announced Monday in a broadcast interview that he would privatize the state-run Public TV (TVP), National Radio, and the news service Télam because he did “not adhere to those practices of having a covert Ministry of Propaganda.” He also explained he had plans for the oil company YPF and flag carrier Aerolíneas Argentinas to no longer hinge financially on the national treasury.

  • Tuesday, March 10th 2015 - 06:33 UTC

    Journalist who first reported Nisman's death sues Aerolineas and Telam

    “I won’t come back to Argentina during the current government, and also I don’t know if I will return after,” Pachter said in an interview from Israel.

    Following the death of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, an Argentine-Israeli journalist who first reported the death has sued two state-owned companies that publicized his private data.

  • Friday, January 31st 2014 - 23:14 UTC

    Falklands referendum: observers mission partially financed by Canada, claims Argentina

    Falklands celebrate results of the March referendum

    The Falkland Islands referendum a year ago when an overwhelming majority of Islanders voted to remain as a British Overseas Territory, supported on the UN charter enshrined peoples' right to self determination has become an obsession for Argentina and the official news agency Telam has been researching the international validation of the event and Canadian support stands out strongly.