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Argentina

  • Tuesday, February 27th 2024 - 10:58 UTC

    Prosecutor wants CFK sentenced to 12 years in corruption case

    CFK is eligible for house arrest after turning 70

    An Argentine Prosecutor Monday requested that former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) be sentenced to 12 years in jail for her alleged involvement in a corruption case going through its appeal phase. CFK has already been sentenced to six years in Dece. 2022 in addition to her lifelong political disenfranchisement. Since leaving office as Vice President on Dec. 10, CFK has no legal immunity.

  • Tuesday, February 27th 2024 - 10:35 UTC

    Satellite internet providers allowed to operate in Argentina

    The measure reaches Musk's Starlink, Amazon's Kuiper, and also One Web

    Argentine authorities approved in a resolution published Monday in the Official Gazette that companies such as Amazon Kuiper, OneWeb, and Elon Musk's Starlink may start providing satellite internet connectivity to local users, it was reported in Buenos Aires. The service will become available in the second quarter of 2024.

  • Monday, February 26th 2024 - 21:59 UTC

    Argentina develops ejector seat cartridge tester, aims to counter British embargo

    The new test bench offers the potential to bring these jets back into service without relying on foreign suppliers, particularly the United Kingdom.

    Argentina's Scientific and Technical Research Institute for Defense (CITEDEF) has successfully certified its own ejector seat cartridge tester to extend the life of the Super Etendard/SEM of the Naval Aviation Command (COAN), a key development in the country's efforts to achieve self-sufficiency in the defense sector. Since their acquisition in 2019, these jets have been grounded due to the British veto on the supply of essential ejection seat pyrotechnics, effectively rendering them inoperable.

  • Monday, February 26th 2024 - 11:44 UTC

    Patagonian governors threaten to cut oil and gas output

    Governors Torres (Chubut), Melella (Tierra del Fuego), Ziliotto (La Pampa), Vidal (Santa Cruz), Figueroa (Neuquén), and Weretilneck (Río Negro) convened to join forces against Buenos Aires

    The Governors of Argentina's Patagonian provinces said Sunday that they would cut oil and gas output starting Wednesday if Chubut's funds are not wired by then from the federal administration of President Javier Milei. The announcement was made after Governors Ignacio Torres (Chubut), Gustavo Melella (Tierra del Fuego), Sergio Ziliotto (La Pampa), Claudio Vidal (Santa Cruz), Rolando Figueroa (Neuquén), and Alberto Weretilneck (Río Negro) convened to join forces.

  • Monday, February 26th 2024 - 10:54 UTC

    Trump tells Milei to “Make Argentina Great Again”

    The Argentine leader said next time he wished to see Trump back at the White House

    Despite previous announcements that their schedules would not match, Argentine President Javier Milei Saturday managed to have a brief encounter with former US head of state Donald Trump on the sides of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland.

  • Monday, February 26th 2024 - 10:39 UTC

    British Ambassador in Argentina takes sides ahead of football derby

    Ambassador Hayes must have celebrated Sunday's 1-1 draw at the superclásico.

    British Ambassador to Buenos Aires Kirsty Hayes took sides ahead of Sunday's edition the most important football derby in Argentina. In fact, she took both sides between River Plate and Boca Juniors in a video she posted on X, quoting UK Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron that it was possible to agree to disagree on the condition that it was done politely

  • Saturday, February 24th 2024 - 11:58 UTC

    Bullrich tells Bukele she wants to replicate his security plan in Argentina

    “We are at your service for whatever you need,” Bukele told Bullrich at the Conservative gathering in Washington DC

    Argentina's Security Minister Patricia Bullrich told El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele Friday in Washington DC at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) summit that “we want to follow the model you are carrying out” to tackle crime. Argentine President Javier Milei is scheduled to speak Saturday at this event after meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Buenos Aires.

  • Saturday, February 24th 2024 - 11:09 UTC

    Bulgarian Navy hands over parts of 1976 Argentine plane crash found in Antarctica

    The retrieved items were handed over during a ceremony onboard the Bulgarian ship

    The Bulgarian Navy's Brothers Cyril and Methodius scientific vessel docked in Mar del Plata this week to hand over pieces of an Argentine Navy aircraft that crashed in Antarctica in 1976 with ten military personnel and a television crewman on board. The items, found on Jan. 15 on Livingston Island, will be taken to a Navy facility in Bahía Blanca to determine if they belong to the twin-engine plane.

  • Saturday, February 24th 2024 - 10:24 UTC

    Argentina: Chubut Governor threatens to cut oil supply if federal funds are withheld

    “We will use all the tools we have to defend ourselves,” Torres warned

    Chubut Governor Ignacio Torres Friday warned Argentine President Javier Milei that his province would stop exporting oil if the federal administration insisted on “improperly withholding half of the [so-called] co-participation” funding. “If on Tuesday there is no resolution from the courts, we will not export even one more barrel of oil,” threatened Torres, whose stance was endorsed by several fellow governors and also by Buenos Aires Mayor Jorge Macri.

  • Saturday, February 24th 2024 - 09:09 UTC

    Blinken meets with Milei at Casa Rosada

    Milei invited Blinken and his entourage to the historic balconies of the Government Palace alongside other members of the local cabinet

    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Friday conveyed to Argentine President Javier Milei the support of the Joseph Biden administration to the South American country's economic plan. Blinken described his meeting of nearly two hours as “incredibly positive” and highlighted Argentina's “extraordinary potential,” it was reported from Buenos Aires.