Argentina

• Monday, December 23rd 2024 - 11:11 UTC

  Patagonian Train to run again next year

  

  Argentine authorities announced the return of the railway service linking the city of Viedma on the Atlantic Ocean shore and the Andean resort Bariloche in the Province of Rio Negro starting Jan. 3 with two weekly frequencies.

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• Monday, December 23rd 2024 - 10:36 UTC

  Planes, buses, trucks, and automobiles crash during the weekend

  

  At least ten people died and 17 others were injured when a private plane owned and flown by businessman Luiz Cláudio Galeazzi, 61, fell in a densely populated area on Sunday minutes after taking off from the Canela Aeroclube bound for Florianópolis, carrying ten passengers onboard, none of whom survived, Rio Grande do Sul Governor Eduardo Leite confirmed. At least 17 people were taken to the Gramado Hospital for smoke inhalation.

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• Saturday, December 21st 2024 - 10:56 UTC

  Boric chooses brotherly approach after derogatory remarks from Argentine gov't

  

  After heavy criticism from the Argentine government of Javier Milei, Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font sought to calm down the diplomatic waters because heads of State “come and go but the people remain.” Boric also insisted that Argentina was “a brotherly” country.

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• Saturday, December 21st 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Indec says Argentina's economy contracted 2.7% through October

  

  A report released Friday by Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) showed that the country's economic activity fell by 0.7% in October for an accumulated 2.7% interannual contraction in the first ten months of 2024, driven particularly by fishing (-49.9%) and construction (-14.5%) amid President Javier Milei's austerity plans which included halting all public works.

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• Saturday, December 21st 2024 - 10:17 UTC

  Milei relaunches Argentina's nuclear energy plan

  

  During a ceremony at Casa Rosada, Argentine President Javier Milei Friday launched his government's Nuclear Plan, which included the creation of an Argentine Nuclear Council, among other measures. “Nuclear energy will have its triumphant return,” insisted Milei, who also linked these projects to Artificial Intelligence's development. “We have the obligation to think big,” Milei also pointed out.

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• Friday, December 20th 2024 - 22:00 UTC

  Venezuela: Asylum seeker leaves diplomatic mission

  

  Venezuelan authorities announced Friday that Fernando Martínez Mottola, one of the six asylum-seekers at what used to be Argentina's Embassy in Caracas now guarded by Brazil following the diplomatic breakup, turned up “voluntarily” Thursday before the Public Prosecutor's Office and testified about “a group of members of the extremist organization Vente Venezuela who are fugitives.”

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• Friday, December 20th 2024 - 21:11 UTC

  Argentine Embassy in Kyiv hit by Russian shelling

  

  Argentina's Embassy was among the six diplomatic missions hit Friday when Russia bombed Kyiv. The others were those of Albania, North Macedonia, Palestine, Portugal, and Montenegro. Besides the “relatively light” material damage, all staffers of the South American legation were reported to be unharmed.

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• Friday, December 20th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

  Argentine Coast Guard monitoring A23a's displacement

  

  Argentina's Coast Guard (PNA) Thursday issued a statement explaining how it is monitoring the displacement of the A23a iceberg, which was reported to be headed for the South Georgia Islands.

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• Friday, December 20th 2024 - 10:42 UTC

  Argentina: Neuquén Lt. Gov. impeached out of office

  

  The Argentine Patagonian Province of Neuquén impeached Lieutenant Governor Gloria Ruiz from her office for moral disqualification after a series of irregularities during her term in office. Ruiz had been suspended last month pending a final decision from the Legislature which was passed Thursday.

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• Thursday, December 19th 2024 - 22:03 UTC

  IMF admits new loan to Argentina under consideration

  

  International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spokeswoman Julie Kozack admitted Thursday that “talks are underway” to grant Argentina a new loan. The South American country is reportedly eligible for such a disbursement given the impressive achievements of President Javier Milei's “chainsaw” adjustment policies. The program currently in force ends this year and Argentina still owes around US$ 1 billion.

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