Argentina

Friday, December 9th 2022 - 10:04 UTC
Environmental emergency decreed in Argentina's Tierra del Fuego due to forest fires

Authorities in the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego have declared an environmental emergency this week and extended a ban on lighting fires in wild areas until 2024 due to the increasing number of forest fires.
Friday, December 9th 2022 - 08:18 UTC
Argentina: COVID-19 spreading faster in Province of BA that in CABA

The Argentine province of Buenos Aires has reported the fastest pace in the growing number of COVID-19 cases, surpassing that of the City of Buenos Aires which was leading national statistics up until this week.
Friday, December 9th 2022 - 08:12 UTC
CFK tests positive for COVID-19, Puebla Group Summit adjourned

Argentine Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday, after which all her engagements were called off and a gathering of Puebla Group leaders scheduled for later this month in Buenos Aires has been rescheduled, it was announced.
Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 11:53 UTC
Francis kisses and blesses an Argentine flag and received soil from the Falklands cemetery

Pope Francis on Wednesday received the head of the Buenos Aires Malvinas Museum, Edgardo Esteban, who visited him at his official residence in the Vatican, and as a gift gave him some soil from the Falklands Argentine military cemetery at Darwin.
Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 09:11 UTC
Argentine fisheries exports drop in volume and income in ten months of 2022

Argentine fisheries exports during the first ten months of the year reached 408.233 tons and US$ 1,568bn with a drop both on average in volume and income of 9,5% compared to the same period a year ago, according to the stats made public by CAPECA, the Argentine //fishing vessel owners organization.
Wednesday, December 7th 2022 - 10:55 UTC
Mercosur Summit: Fernández tells Lacalle going solo is not the solution

“When in a society the rules are broken, someone is breaking them,” Argentine President Alberto Fernández told his Uruguayan colleague Luis Lacalle Pou during the Mercosur Summit in Montevideo Wednesday.
Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 22:15 UTC
CFK not to run for any office in 2023

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Tuesday announced she will not be running for any office in the 2023 elections. The current Argentina Vice President made those statements during her speech after she was sentenced to six years in jail for corruption during her tenure as President (2008-2015).
Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 21:26 UTC
Argentina: CFK sentenced to six years in jail for corruption

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) has been found guilty of corruption for fraudulent administration and sentenced to six years in jail plus a lifetime disenfranchisement, the Buenos Aires Federal Oral Court #2 announced Tuesday.
Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 10:55 UTC
“Firing squad” sentence against CFK due Tuesday

An Argentine Court is expected to announce a guilty verdict and an ensuing sentence against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) for alleged acts of corruption committed during her presidential terms (2008-2015).
Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 10:50 UTC
Argentina to take over Mercosur's pro-tempore presidency amid Uruguay's solo deals

Argentina is to take over Tuesday the pro-tempore presidency of Mercosur from Uruguay in Montevideo, where the hosts' unilateral search for other markets behind the regional bloc's back has stirred controversies.