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Montevideo, April 28th 2025 - 21:13 UTC

Argentina

  • Tuesday, January 14th 2025 - 10:18 UTC

    Former Bariloche official shot in Rio dies

    Burlón wound up in the middle of a favela after following GPS directions

    A 51-year-old Argentine traveler who was mugged and shot in the head in a Rio de Janeiro favela on Dec. 12, 2024, after mistakenly following GPS directions, died Monday after nearly a month in the Souza Aguiar Municipal Hospital's Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Gastón Burlón was a former Tourism Secretary in the Patagonian skiing resort of Bariloche until 2023.

  • Monday, January 13th 2025 - 06:44 UTC

    IMF warns Milei about increasing poverty amid exchange rate controls

    Milei hopes things will get better after Trump's inauguration

    Despite approving Argentine President Javier Milei's management in a broad way, the International Monetary Fund suggested the South American country should pay more attention to exchange rate arrears and the increasing poverty.

  • Saturday, January 11th 2025 - 09:27 UTC

    Milei calls for extraordinary parliamentary sessions

    Some of the measures to be discussed clearly seek to prevent Cristina Fernández de Kirchner from running

    Argentine President Javier Milei Friday signed the decree summoning Congress to extraordinary sessions between Jan. 20 and Feb. 21 to debate the suppression of the Mandatory, Open, and Simultaneous Primary (PASO) elections, the clean record requirement for candidates, and other initiatives that, according to the Executive, cannot wait until the new Legislature starting on March 1.

  • Friday, January 10th 2025 - 10:39 UTC

    Argentina: Mapuches evicted from Los Alerces National Park

    Torres made a distinction between peaceful aboriginal communities and the Mapuche Ancestral Resistance “made up of delinquents who consider themselves natives” to claim benefits

    After four years of legal actions, a group of self-identified Mapuches was evicted from Argentina's Los Alerces National Park following instructions from Esquel's Federal Judge Guido Otranto. Chubut Governor celebrated the measure.

  • Thursday, January 9th 2025 - 20:20 UTC

    Argentine official wants U-20 Football Championship not played in Venezuela

    Bullrich's fears impliciglh admit Maduro's remaining in power after Jan 10

    Argentina's Security Minister Patricia Bullrich insisted Wednesday that the upcoming South American U-20 Football Championship scheduled to be played in Venezuela should be held somewhere else given the insecurity the Bolivarian regime of President Nicolás Maduro would represent to the Argentine delegation as well as others, considering last month's arrest of Border Guard (Gendarmería Nacional) First Corporal Nahuel Gallo who was charged with espionage for planning to kill Executive Vice President Delcy Roldríguez.

  • Thursday, January 9th 2025 - 14:54 UTC

    Budget carrier user creates website to keep track of non-compliances

    Flybondi's future hangs in the balance as travelers need to weigh the convenience of a low price against delays up up to 12 hours

    Tired of endless reschedulings and cancellations, an Argentine low-cost airline Flybondi user developed a website to track these seemingly endless incidents so prospective customers can see firsthand what they sign up for when buying these really affordable tickets.

  • Wednesday, January 8th 2025 - 06:30 UTC

    Argentina: BCRA monthly survey projects inflation in 2025 to stand at 25.9%

    The BCRA's REM foresaw inflation to stand at 117.8% in 2024 and 25.9% this year

    Argentina's Central Bank's (BCRA) latest issue of the Market Expectations Outlook (Relevamiento de Expectativas del Mercado - REM) released Tuesday in Buenos Aires foresaw that December's Consumer Price Index (CPI) to be announced next week by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) would stand at 2.7% for an annual rate of 117.8%.

  • Tuesday, January 7th 2025 - 10:06 UTC

    Maduro claims Argentine NCO targeted VP Delcy Rodríguez

    “God guard her and God has guarded her,” the Bolivarian leader stressed about Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro claimed Monday that Argentine Border Guard (Gendarmería Nacional) First Corporal Nahuel Gallo who has been detained and charged with espionage intended to kill Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez. “God guard her and God has guarded her,” the Bolivarian leader stressed while insisting that Javier Milei's Libertarian administration was behind it all because it was not true that Gallo had a romantic partner and a child in Venezuela. “That gentleman has his wife in Argentina,” Maduro argued.

  • Tuesday, January 7th 2025 - 08:15 UTC

    Argentina's automotive industry forecast to bounce back this year

    “With a clear strategy and concrete measures, 2025 looks like a favorable year for the automotive industry,” Zuppi hoped

    Argentina's carmaking industry posted a 17.1% contraction in 2024, with an output of 506,571 units, a report from the Association of Automotive Manufacturers (ADEFA) released this week showed. Nevertheless, production is expected to reach 600,000 units this year.

  • Monday, January 6th 2025 - 09:49 UTC

    Messi gets US Presidential Medal of Freedom but skips awarding ceremony

    Messi was chosen for “supporting health care and education programs for children through the Leo Messi Foundation and serving as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador”

    Argentine footballing legend Lionel Messi was among the recipients of the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom but skipped the awarding ceremony Saturday at the White House citing previous engagements.