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Argentina

  • Wednesday, January 31st 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    IMF foresees gloomy near future for Argentina

    Latin America and the Caribbean were also forecast by the FMI to suffer an economic slowdown driven mainly by Argentina's downward revision

    Following President Javier Milei's latest measures, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tuesday reviewed for the worse its projections for Argentina's economy this year (-2.8%) and forecasted inflation would remain high in the short term.

  • Wednesday, January 31st 2024 - 10:58 UTC

    Daniel Scioli leaves Brasilia for a Secretariat position in Milei’s team

    Francos made the announcement on social media and posted a picture of himself together with Milei and Scioli

    Former Argentine Vice President Daniel Scioli will leave his post as Ambassador to Brazil to join President Javier Milei's team as Secretary of Tourism, Environment, and Sports, it was announced Tuesday in Buenos Aires after a meeting which was also attended by Interior Minister Guillermo Francos, who served on Scioli's cabinet when the latter was Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires.

  • Wednesday, January 31st 2024 - 10:56 UTC

    Argentine Cabinet Chief on bilateral ties boosting mission in Washington

    Posse met with US and IMF officials as the global credit agency is to decide on a US$ 4.7 billion disbursement

    Argentine Cabinet Chief Nicolás Posse Tuesday met with officials from US President Joseph Biden's administration as well as with International Monetary Fund (IMF) executives to strengthen bilateral ties, it was reported in Washington DC.

  • Wednesday, January 31st 2024 - 10:16 UTC

    Land cargo vehicles banned from Zárate Brazo Largo bridge

    Vialidad Nacional wants a safety protocol before any attempt is made to remove the ship from where she has been stuck since Sunday

    Argentina's national road authority Vialidad Nacional (VN) Tuesday announced that traffic across the Zárate-Brazo Largo bridge would be off limits for vehicles weighing over 50,000 kilograms as a precaution following Sunday's collision between the structure and a Liberian-flagged freighter still to be removed from beneath the pillar she hit after losing rudder control.

  • Tuesday, January 30th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Ship hits bridge affecting river traffic down Paraná waterway

    The En May set sail in October 2023 from Vietnam. The Zárate-Brazo Largo Bridge was inaugurated in 1977. It is nearly 5 kilometers long

    The Liberian-flagged freighter “En May” Sunday crashed onto one of the pillars of the Zárate-Brazo Largo bridge linking the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires and Entre Ríos, which affected barge traffic along the Paraná River waterway, it was reported. Two tugboats were deployed to free up traffic, it was also explained.

  • Tuesday, January 30th 2024 - 10:54 UTC

    Uruguay's Ambassador to Buenos Aires cautioned for attending party event in Montevideo

    Carlos Enciso (right) with Presidential candidate Álvaro Delgado (left). For as long as he is an Ambassador, Enciso may not engage in party politics.

    Uruguay's Foreign Minister Omar Paganini cautioned his country's Ambassador to Buenos Aires Carlos Enciso for attending a meeting at the National Party headquarters in Montevideo hosted by former Presidential Secretary Álvaro Delgado as part of his bid to reach Torre Ejecutiva next year.

  • Tuesday, January 30th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    Encouraging start of Illex squid season report Argentine fishing interests

    Illex has been discovered along a sea lane between 44 50 degrees South and 44 20 degrees South, some 60 miles off the Camarones town and Bay, Chubut, up to mile 201 of Argentina's EEZ.

    An encouraging start of the 2024 Illex squid season, with good catches and sized specimens have been reported by both jiggers and trawlers, according to Argentine fishing interests operating since 12 January south of parallel 44.

  • Tuesday, January 30th 2024 - 10:36 UTC

    Covid 19: Sales of facemasks and alcohol gel on the rise in Argentina

    There is a considerable number of positive cases in the pediatric age group in Argentina

    Despite the ongoing economic crisis, a sharp increase in sales of facemasks (15%) and alcohol gel (10%) was reported amid a surge in Covid-19 detections, the Argentine Union of Pharmacists and Biochemists (SAFyB) said. In this scenario, federal health authorities have again recommended people update their vaccination scheme against the malady.

  • Monday, January 29th 2024 - 19:39 UTC

    Former Argentine combatants allege “illegal flights” to the Falklands

    CECIM highlighted a flight “made by the Bombardier Learjet Matriculation LV-GQR of the company Pacific Ocean S.A. that left on Thursday, January 25 from the San Fernando Airport [Buenos Aires]”

    The Center of Former Malvinas Islands Combatants (CECIM) La Plata raised concerns about alleged “flights of dubious origin” to the Falkland Islands, emphasizing “potential risks to national sovereignty.” The former combatants called attention to the Argentine government's silence on logistical operations allegedly violating UN resolutions, particularly the Zone of Peace and Cooperation in the South Atlantic (ZPCAS), established in 1986.

  • Monday, January 29th 2024 - 11:02 UTC

    Falklands' Argentina/UK dispute “fresh start”, according to London media

    The photo of Lord Cameron and president Milei at Davos, following a “warm and cordial” discussion setting out mutual support for a more constructive relationship

    Britain is preparing to offer Argentina improved diplomatic, political, and trade terms since the new liberal government of President Javier Milei took office. The expected approach of a fresh start, and a relief for the Falkland Islands dispute, was anticipated at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, during a brief meeting and photo between British foreign minister Lord David Cameron and President Milei.