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Montevideo, November 25th 2024 - 23:47 UTC

Stories for 2024

  • Monday, June 17th 2024 - 18:14 UTC

    IMF: Argentina's economic activity projections worse than thought

    Argentina's return to international capital markets could happen as early as 2025, the IMF also foresaw

    Monday's International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected a 3.5% drop in Argentina's economic activity this year from a previous 2.75% assessment but admitted inflation would be lower than previously thought reaching 140% year-on-year by the end of 2024 in addition to “declining further in the medium term, as demand for pesos recovers from historically low levels.”

  • Monday, June 17th 2024 - 10:23 UTC

    Argentina installs solar panels in Chilean territory by mistake

    Faurie said the items could not be removed until the summer but some Chilean lawmakers want them demolished at once

    Argentina's Ambassador to Santiago Jorge Faurie admitted his country had made a mistake when solar panels were placed three meters into Chilean territory in Tierra del Fuego, which triggered a diplomatic incident between the two countries.

  • Monday, June 17th 2024 - 09:46 UTC

    Uruguay better equipped in case of new drought

    Uruguay is better prepared this time around, Bouvier noted

    Uruguayan authorities are adopting contingency measures in case a new drought comes about in September as the La Niña phenomenon has been forecast to be bringing along a significant decrease in rainfall, it was reported in Montevideo.

  • Monday, June 17th 2024 - 09:31 UTC

    Rescued Magellanic penguins returned to the sea

    The animals were fitted with a subcutaneous microchip featuring each one's medical record, should any of them appear in another latitude

    Argentine environmentalists and scientists brought back to the sea a group of 14 Magellanic penguins that had been rescued from the beaches and treated at the San Clemente-based Mundo Marino Foundation for malnutrition, dehydration, hypothermia, and a high parasitic load.

  • Monday, June 17th 2024 - 07:49 UTC

    Russia-Ukraine War: Argentina signs Bürgenstock Declaration; Brazil does not

    Lula chose to skip the convention “because Brazil would only take part in the discussion on peace when the two sides in the conflict were sitting at the table”(Pic AP)

    Argentine President Javier Milei joined the list of dignitaries endorsing the Bürgenstock Declaration in favor of peace in Ukraine while Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was among those very few who did not because in his view only negotiations involving both belligerent parties (Ukraine and Russia) were worth considering.

  • Monday, June 17th 2024 - 07:11 UTC

    Argentina's Security Minister gets first-hand glimpse of “Bukele Model”

    Bullrich and her Salvadoran colleague Gustavo Villatoro toured the infamous CECOT prison

    Argentina's Security Minister Patricia Bullrich Sunday visited El Salvador's controversial Confinement Center for Terrorism (CECOT), probably seeking to replicate the model in her country, it was reported. Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele had told her he was open to giving Argentina any assistance it might need regarding security issues.

  • Monday, June 17th 2024 - 06:53 UTC

    City of Buenos Aires declares Maduro “persona non grata”

    “In the City of Buenos Aires we will not tolerate dictators,” Romero insisted

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been declared “persona non grata” by the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) for the alleged commission of serious human rights violations.

  • Monday, June 17th 2024 - 04:23 UTC

    Argentine Navy commemorates Malvinas “Day of Maximum Resistance”

    Troops displaying colors and ceremonial uniforms at the commemoration

    The Argentine Navy on Saturday commemorated with Malvinas Veterans the “Day of Maximum Resistance” recalling the heroism, bravery, and commitment by naval troops in the defense of Puerto Argentino (Port Stanley).

  • Saturday, June 15th 2024 - 10:12 UTC

    Destroyer ARA Heroina officially decommissioned

    The Heroina was named after the corsair frigate reaching the Falkland/Malvinas Islands in Buenos Aires' name on Nov. 6, 1820.

    During an event at the Puerto Belgrano Naval Base Friday, the Argentine Navy made official the decommissioning of the destroyer ARA Heroína of the MEKO 360 class after over 15 years of unseaworthiness due to the lack of a key spare part banned by the United Kingdom from being delivered.

  • Saturday, June 15th 2024 - 09:57 UTC

    G7 insists Venezuela should hold free and fair elections

    “We are not alone,” opposition leader María Corina Machado said after the G7 declaration

    Leaders of the world's seven largest economies gathered at the exclusive Italian resort of Borgo Egnazia Friday and urged the Venezuelan regime of Nicolás Maduro to hold free and fair elections on July 28, which would entail allowing foreign observers to participate in the process. They also asked Caracas not to escalate the conflict with Guyana over the oil-rich Essequibo region.