Argentina

Saturday, October 24th 2026 - 08:32 UTC
Burnham tells Trump of the “economic consequences” of Argentina’s Falklands measures

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham set out to US President Donald Trump on Friday “the economic consequences that Argentina’s coercive measures have for the United Kingdom and the United States”, in a phone call focused on the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands, according to a Downing Street statement quoted by the EFE news agency. Burnham reiterated the islanders’ right to develop their natural resources.
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Saturday, October 24th 2026 - 02:00 UTC
Eight in ten Argentines barely make it or fall short by the end of the month, survey finds

Some 45% of Argentines just about reach the end of the month and 34% fail to cover their expenses, according to a survey by consultancy Brain Network carried out in September, which describes a picture of financial stress, rising debt and little capacity to save. Among those who had trouble paying, 40% use their credit card to cover shortfalls.
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Friday, October 23rd 2026 - 18:19 UTC
The Pope cancels a visit to Assisi as a medical precaution, two weeks before his South American tour

Pope Leo XIV has cancelled a visit planned for Tuesday, October 27, to Assisi, in central Italy, after his doctors advised against helicopter travel so soon after the lung surgery he underwent on October 13. It is the first engagement on his schedule to be called off since the operation, two weeks before the start of his tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru.
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Friday, October 23rd 2026 - 10:25 UTC
US confirms concern over the impact of Argentina’s Falklands bill on its companies

US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau acknowledged in Buenos Aires on Thursday that Washington is closely watching the impact that Argentina’s National Sovereignty Defence bill, which toughens sanctions against those involved in hydrocarbon exploitation in the Falklands, could have on its companies. Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno defended the initiative.
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Thursday, October 22nd 2026 - 14:40 UTC
Trump won’t betray Britain over the Falklands

By Nile Gardiner (*) - In his second term, Donald Trump has aggressively pursued an America First foreign policy. And rightly so. The U.S. president represents the American people, and every policy he advances should be in his nation’s interest. But backing British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands fits firmly within this vision, and his administration should stand shoulder to shoulder with the UK on an issue of huge importance to the British people.
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Thursday, October 22nd 2026 - 13:35 UTC
Milei hopes to exploit the Falklands’ oil dispute in next year’s election

By Vicky Kapogianni Associate Professor of International and Environmental Law, University of Reading - Argentina is trying to stop a planned oil project near the Falkland Islands. On October 13, the government asked the International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas (Itlos), a court in Hamburg that deals with disputes over the sea, to halt the project. Argentina says the UK approved the drilling without its agreement and in breach of Argentina’s rights to the seabed.
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Thursday, October 22nd 2026 - 02:24 UTC
A partial win in Hamburg could help Milei in 2027, an analysis suggests

Argentina has slim chances of persuading the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to halt the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands by invoking its sovereign rights, but it could secure a partial victory on environmental grounds that would help President Javier Milei ahead of the 2027 election, according to an analysis by an international law academic published on The Conversation.
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Thursday, October 22nd 2026 - 00:07 UTC
Milei says Argentina will pursue the Falklands diplomatically: “We do not believe in military solutions”

Argentine President Javier Milei said in Madrid on Wednesday that he is confident of recovering the Falklands through diplomacy and repeated three times that his government “does not believe in military solutions”, amid an escalating dispute with the United Kingdom over the Sea Lion oil project.
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Wednesday, October 21st 2026 - 14:44 UTC
An unusual die-off of southern right whales in Argentine Patagonia alarms scientists

Scientists monitoring the southern right whale population at Península Valdés, in Argentina’s Chubut province, have recorded since July an unusual number of deaths among calves and adults which, they expect, could make this the worst year on record. They are investigating the role of a bacterium and of a toxic algal bloom known as “red tide”.
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Wednesday, October 21st 2026 - 14:31 UTC
Milei calls Sánchez an “unpresentable dictator” in Madrid in the middle of Spain’s election campaign

Argentine President Javier Milei on Wednesday called Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez an “unpresentable dictator”, “corrupt” and “authoritarian”, and urged Spaniards to “kick the socialists out” of power, at his first public event in Madrid, just over a month before the snap general election on November 29.
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