Argentina

• Wednesday, October 7th 2026 - 10:00 UTC

  Messi leaves Argentina's national team after 21 years with a fortune Forbes puts at US$1.1 billion

  

  Lionel Messi played his last match for Argentina on Tuesday, a friendly against Benin that ended 3-0 at Buenos Aires' Monumental stadium before more than 80,000 spectators. At 39, he closes a 21-year international career while consolidating a fortune that Forbes estimates at US$1.1 billion.

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• Tuesday, October 6th 2026 - 22:31 UTC

  British Airways restores non-stop London-Buenos Aires flights and adds a daily Santiago service

  

  British Airways will operate a daily non-stop flight between London Heathrow and Buenos Aires from March 28, 2027, continuing on to Santiago, Chile. A direct route between the British and Argentine capitals has not operated since October 2023.

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• Monday, October 5th 2026 - 10:20 UTC

  Falklands weighs curbs on Argentine visitors after flag-waving incidents

  

  Amid a sharp rise in international attention on the South Atlantic and its energy resources, Falkland Islands residents have been angered by Argentine visitors seen waving Argentine flags and banners denying British sovereignty, prompting calls from members of the community to restrict such visits.

• Saturday, October 3rd 2026 - 17:11 UTC

  Scientific workshop on Illex Squid in Vigo with the participation of Falkland Islands

  

  Argentine unions linked to the fishing, maritime and port industries have complained bitterly to the International Transport Workers Federation against a workshop on the Shortfin Squid (Illex Argentinus) organized by OPPC3, in Vigo with the suppot of the Sustaianble Fisheries Partnership, and to which Argentina allegedly has not been invited, but it does include the Falkland Islands.

• Saturday, October 3rd 2026 - 09:52 UTC

  Argentina to sell citizenship to foreigners for US$350,000 to raise dollars

  

  Argentina's government has unveiled a citizenship-by-investment programme that will allow foreigners to obtain an Argentine passport in exchange for a non-refundable US$350,000 contribution to the Treasury or the purchase of US$800,000 in a seven-year government bond. Applications would open before the end of the year.

• Saturday, October 3rd 2026 - 06:56 UTC

  Halliburton rules out Sea Lion after Argentina raised criminal and civil enforcement

  

  US oilfield services company Halliburton confirmed on Friday that neither it nor its subsidiaries will work on the Sea Lion project or take part in hydrocarbon exploration or production in or around the Falklands, after Argentine authorities raised the prospect of criminal and civil enforcement.

• Thursday, October 1st 2026 - 09:32 UTC

  Uruguay's foreign minister separates the “invaded island” from the money extracted from the Falklands

  

  Uruguay's Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin argued that the Falklands dispute has changed in nature with oil exploration: one thing, he said, is “the invaded island” and “the fight against colonialism”, and another is “when a lot of money is taken from there”. His remarks come as Yamandú Orsi's government considers buying two patrol vessels from the Royal Navy, a deal that has already prompted a resolution from twenty deputies of Argentine President Javier Milei's party.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2026 - 23:01 UTC

  The Spectator likens Milei's Falklands push to Galtieri's

  

  An opinion column published on Wednesday in the British weekly The Spectator likens Argentine President Javier Milei's campaign over the Falklands to that of dictator Leopoldo Galtieri in 1982, with the difference, its author argues, that the current government is using legal rather than military means. The piece, by law professor Andrew Tettenborn, is an argument of opinion rather than a report of new facts.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2026 - 22:59 UTC

  London rejects Argentina's arbitration and questions its “reliability” as a partner

  

  The British government has rejected Argentina's decision to initiate international arbitration over the Sea Lion oil project and said Buenos Aires' campaign over the Falklands “raises questions about Argentina's reliability as a partner for the United Kingdom”. It is the first time London has extended the dispute to the bilateral relationship as a whole.

• Tuesday, September 29th 2026 - 21:50 UTC

  Milei opens Argentina Week at the OECD and will meet Macron at the Élysée

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei will lead Argentina Week in Paris from Wednesday, a gathering aimed at attracting European investment, with its main day on Thursday at the headquarters of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, ending that evening with a private meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace.