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Argentina

  • Friday, November 17th 2023 - 10:06 UTC

    Córdoba streets filled with Milei supporters

    “We will go to hell itself” if Massa wins, Milei said.

    Libertarian Congressman Javier Milei closed his presidential campaign in Córdoba on Thursday ahead of Sunday's runoff with Economy Minister Sergio Massa: “Let's not let fear win over hope,” Milei told scores of supporters who filled the streets of the country's second-most populous city. The remaining opposition candidate insisted that Sunday's contest was “the most important election in the last 100 years.”

  • Thursday, November 16th 2023 - 09:17 UTC

    Criminal complaint filed against Roger Waters in Buenos Aires

    A similar investigation was launched in Germany after Waters wore Nazi-style clothes “transmitting a message of hatred towards a group of people.”

    An Argentine lawyer has filed a complaint before Buenos Aires Federal Judge María Romilda Servini de Cubría against British musician Roger Waters of Pink Floyd fame for “incitement to racial hatred and apology of crime” when speaking about the ongoing crisis between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

  • Thursday, November 16th 2023 - 08:39 UTC

    ARA San Juan probe virtually halted

    There is no will to advance in the investigation, said Tagliapietra

    Argentine Lawyer Luis Tagliapietra, whose son Alejandro was one of the 44 crew members of the ARA San Juan (S-42) submarine that went down on Nov. 15, 2017, in the Atlantic Ocean, said Wednesday that he hoped there was “a change of attitude because we need to know the truth” as to the causes of the wreckage.

  • Wednesday, November 15th 2023 - 18:10 UTC

    Roger Waters denied hotel rooms in Buenos Aires, Montevideo for his stance on Middle East issues

    Waters said it was the work of pro-Israel lobbyists

    Former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters has been denied room bookings at two Montevideo hotels because of his anti-Israel stance on the ongoing Middle East conflict with the terrorist group Hamas.

  • Wednesday, November 15th 2023 - 10:14 UTC

    Argentina's Supreme Court rules to extradite Jones Huala to Chile

    It will be up to the Argentine government to extradite the RAM leader.

    Argentina's Supreme Court (CSJN) Tuesday cleared the way for the extradition of Mapuche guerrilla leader Facundo Jones Huala to Chile to serve the remainder of his sentence.

  • Wednesday, November 15th 2023 - 10:05 UTC

    Death of Argentine soldier in barracks ruled murder

    The judicial authorities have been anything but expedite in declaring the soldier's death a crime

    The death of an Argentine soldier in Zapala, in the Patagonian province of Neuquén, has been ruled a homicide and will be investigated as such, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Wednesday, November 15th 2023 - 08:25 UTC

    Lula and Pepe hope Massa wins Sunday's runoff in Argentina

    Argentina's opposition candidate Milei views Lula as a “socialist with a totalitarian vocation” and would not trade with Brazil and China

    Brazil's incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and former Uruguayan head of state José “Pepe” Mujica called on Argentines to vote for Economy Minister Sergio Massa in Sunday's runoff with Libertarian Congressman Javier Milei.

  • Tuesday, November 14th 2023 - 10:12 UTC

    Sergio Massa: “For me Thatcher is an enemy of the Argentine people”

    Milei's response during Sunday's debate, acknowledging Thatcher as a “great leader,” only fueled Massa's rebuttal.

    In a heated debate that unfolded on Sunday, Libertarian Congressman Javier Milei found himself at odds with Economy Minister Sergio Massa. The confrontation reached a boiling point as Milei accused Massa of employing the “falacia ad populum” strategy, dismissing technical discussions as if they were only meant for a select few, rather than the millions of voters they both aimed to represent.

  • Tuesday, November 14th 2023 - 09:37 UTC

    Coughing bothers only those who listen just to themselves, says Massa

    Regarding security issues, Milei was speechless, Massa recalled

    Argentine Economy Minister and presidential candidate Sergio Massa: said Monday that “only those who go to listen to themselves are bothered by coughing” in a reference to Sunday's debate with Libertarian Congressman Javier Milei.

  • Tuesday, November 14th 2023 - 09:19 UTC

    Argentina's monthly inflation back to one-digit figures

    The latest Indec data was released less than a week before the presidential runoff between Milei and Massa

    Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) announced Monday in Buenos Aires that October's Consumer Price Index (CPI) stood at 8.3% for a 142.7% year-on-year. These results showed a return to one-digit monthly inflation after 12.7% in September and 12.4% in August for an accumulated 120% in the first ten months of 2023, Indec also noted.