Argentina

• Thursday, April 24th 2025 - 10:53 UTC

  Argentine President off to funeral of Argentine Pope

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei will be departing Thursday for Rome to attend Pope Francis' funeral at the Vatican. No bilateral meetings have been confirmed with other attending world leaders, such as US President Donald Trump. Milei is due back in Buenos Aires on Sunday.

• Thursday, April 24th 2025 - 10:23 UTC

  Argentina reports dengue cases on the rise, albeit in specific regions

  

  Between epidemiological week 31 of 2024 and week 15 in 2025, Argentina's health authorities recorded 5,936 dengue cases, with 5,793 locally acquired and 143 with a travel history to countries such as Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, Thailand, India, Peru, Paraguay, and Colombia.

• Thursday, April 24th 2025 - 07:28 UTC

  US Senate bipartisan measure to bolster response to IUU fishing

  

  The Unites States Senate has introduced legislation designed to tackle the problem of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The bipartisan measure is geared “to deter IUU fishing by China and othe bad actors, and bolster US international response to these illegal activities”.

• Wednesday, April 23rd 2025 - 10:16 UTC

  Significant drop in Argentine beef exports reported

  

  Argentine beef exports dropped significantly in Q1 2025 compared to Q1 2024, with a 28% decrease in volume (142,500 tons) and a 7.5% decrease in value (US$694.4 million), it was reported Tuesday in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, April 22nd 2025 - 23:24 UTC

  Argentine Post uses interactive map mentioning Falklands and Stanley

  

  Argentina's Postal Service took heavy flak for using an interactive map on its website, where the South Atlantic Islands Argentina claims to own were referred to as Falklands (and not Malvinas) and its capital was Stanley (not Puerto Argentino), which drew criticism from a several surfers who spotted the Government's slip.

• Tuesday, April 22nd 2025 - 10:41 UTC

  Milei's romantic partner announces end of relationship

  

  Amalia Josefina Trombetta, known publicly as Amalia Yuyito González, announced Monday that her romantic affair with Argentine President Javier Milei had come to an end after less than a year.

• Monday, April 21st 2025 - 10:41 UTC

  Argentina found to be Latin America's ”most hated” country

  

  According to a recent report by the website World Population Review, Argentina ranks 24th among the 30 “most hated” countries globally, making it the most negatively perceived country in Latin America. Mexico is second, at 28th. Argentina and Mexico are the only two Latin American nations on the list.

• Monday, April 21st 2025 - 10:30 UTC

  Argentine goalkeeping legend Hugo Gatti dies aged 80

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei Sunday joined hundreds of thousands of Argentine football fans who mourned the death of “El Loco” (The Madman) Hugo Orlando Gatti, a legendary goalkeeper who wore the jerseys of both major clubs River Plate and Boca Juniors as well as the national team, collecting 18 caps.

• Saturday, April 19th 2025 - 10:29 UTC

  Nine Argentine Navy personnel under arrest for possible abusive treatment of sailor

  

  Nine members of the Argentine Navy have been placed under detention following the severe wounds sustained by 21-year-old volunteer Brisa Paez during a riot control training session at a naval base in Vicente Lopez -on the outskirts of Buenos Aires- on April 4.

• Friday, April 18th 2025 - 18:19 UTC

  Epidemic protocols enacted in Argentine Patagonia after 2 hantavirus deaths

  

  Two deaths from hantavirus in Argentine Patagonia, one in San Martín de los Andes, in the province of Neuquén, and another near Epuyén, in the province of Chubut, have raised alarms among health authorities, leading to the isolation of the victims' close contacts while upping preventive measures.