Argentina

Sunday, June 14th 2026 - 21:44 UTC
Two helicopters collide over Rio, killing six, including singer Oliver Tree and YouTuber Gaspi

Two helicopters flying over Rio de Janeiro collided in mid-air on Sunday morning and crashed into an urban area of the city, in an accident that left six people dead, the fire department confirmed. All the victims were traveling in the aircraft. Among them were US singer Oliver Tree and Argentine YouTuber Gaspar Prim, known as Gaspi.
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Sunday, June 14th 2026 - 20:32 UTC
Adorni's admission deepens divisions in Milei's cabinet as the opposition seeks a censure vote

The admission by Argentine Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni that he kept undeclared savings deepened divisions within Javier Milei's government and accelerated an opposition attempt to remove him through a censure motion. Despite the controversy, Adorni remains at the head of the cabinet.
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Sunday, June 14th 2026 - 19:50 UTC
Who was Gaspi, the popular Argentine YouTuber killed in a helicopter crash in Rio de Janeiro?

Argentine YouTuber Gaspar Prim Díaz, known as Gaspi, 23, was one of the six people who died on Sunday in the collision of two helicopters over Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian authorities released the names of the victims in the afternoon, following the accident in the Recreio dos Bandeirantes neighborhood, in the west of the city.
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Friday, June 12th 2026 - 21:27 UTC
Macri's party urges Milei to remove his cabinet chief over asset-declaration inconsistencies

The Propuesta Republicana (PRO) party, led by former president Mauricio Macri and an ally of the government since the start of Javier Milei's administration, on Friday called on the president to remove his Cabinet Chief, Manuel Adorni, amid growing controversy over inconsistencies in his sworn asset declarations. “President: those of us supporting change want you to defend change and not Adorni,” PRO said in a message on the social network X. Milei, for his part, has ratified his support for the official.
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Friday, June 12th 2026 - 06:11 UTC
Argentina's Adorni reports 944 million pesos in assets, including the homes from the probe

Argentina's Cabinet Chief, Manuel Adorni, declared assets of 944,575,052 pesos —about $653,000 at the 1,446-peso exchange rate he used— in the sworn declaration for 2025 he filed before the Anti-Corruption Office. The filing, now public, for the first time incorporates the properties that had surfaced in the judicial investigation for alleged illicit enrichment.
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Thursday, June 11th 2026 - 08:13 UTC
Argentina's Adorni declares $513,000 in Bitcoin to explain his wealth amid an enrichment case

Argentina's Cabinet Chief, Manuel Adorni, filed a series of rectified sworn declarations on Wednesday night before the Anti-Corruption Office and the Revenue and Customs Control Agency (ARCA) that substantially modify his assets and those of his wife, Bettina Angeletti. The main new element is the inclusion of about $513,000 attributed to Bitcoin investments, in a filing that comes as he faces a judicial investigation for alleged illicit enrichment.
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Wednesday, June 10th 2026 - 14:51 UTC
Argentina: A year after Kirchner's final conviction, a possible pardon splits Peronism before 2027

A year has passed since Argentina's Supreme Court made final the corruption conviction against former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner —six years in prison and a lifetime political ban— and the possibility of pardoning her if Peronism returns to power is dividing the movement, as it searches for a candidate for the late-2027 presidential elections. Kirchner is under house arrest in a Buenos Aires apartment, in the Constitución neighborhood, where her supporters will again gather on Wednesday to demand her release.
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Sunday, June 7th 2026 - 23:52 UTC
Argentina seeks a trade pact that would link it with the UK for the first time since 1982

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.
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Sunday, June 7th 2026 - 07:56 UTC
Report warns foreign fleets off Argentina catch up to four times the national industry's haul

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.
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Saturday, June 6th 2026 - 07:46 UTC
Indio Solari, towering figure of Argentine rock, dies at 77; wake set for Sunday

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.
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