Argentina

Saturday, April 2nd 2022 - 09:59 UTC
“The saddest page of history between Argentina and Britain”, Ambassador Hayes

Kirsty Hayes, current British ambassador in Argentina wrote a column, published in Buenos Aires main daily, La Nacion pointing out that April 2nd was the beginning of the saddest page of the wide history of relations between Argentines and British. A painful date that brings sad memories to many families and sensitizes us all who some way or another work to build bridges between our nations, Ambassador Hayes begins her column.
Saturday, April 2nd 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Argentina focused on ties with US

Argentina's Economy Minister Martín Guzmán met Friday with US Ambassador Marc Stanley at the Treasury Palace in Buenos Aires to discuss the bilateral agenda regarding cooperation between the two countries.
Saturday, April 2nd 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Bolivia and Argentina postpone decision on gas supply contract

Bolivia's Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) and Integración Energética Argentina Sociedad Anónima (IEASA) agreed to postpone the decision on a sixth addendum to the contract for the supply of natural gas for yet another month, according to a YPFB statement relesed Friday. Negotiations had been previously extended for two months, which ended on March 31.
Saturday, April 2nd 2022 - 09:29 UTC
Punta Arenas satisfied with 2021/22 cruise season, “we successfully managed to re launch activities”

Next Tuesday a cruise vessel will be calling at Puerto Williams in Chile officially marking the end of the 2021/22 cruise season in that country, which local authorities from Punta Arenas consider very satisfactory, given the activity generated since November 2021, after 18 months of pandemic restrictions.
Friday, April 1st 2022 - 22:11 UTC
Argentine Armed Forces Joint Chiefs of Staff has new operational commander

The Argentine Government has appointed General Jorge Fabián Berredo to replace General Martín Deimundo Escobal as Operational Commander of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Escobal is under investigation for alleged mishandling of the Simultaneous, Mandatory, and Open Primary (PASO) elections funds.
Friday, April 1st 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Argentine FM meets with Chilean ambassador ahead of Boric's trip

Argentina's Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero met Thursday with Chile's new Ambassador to Buenos Aires, ahead of President Gabriel Boric's visit next Sunday in his first trip abroad since taking office.
Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 23:30 UTC
Tierra del Fuego addresses Malvinas Question issues and blasts appointment of “colonial governor Alison Blake”

The Tierra del Fuego provincial Legislative held on Wednesday its first ordinary session of 2022 to approve several decrees and motions referred to the Malvinas Question, and to mark the 40th anniversary of the conflict, triggered by the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentine forces on April 2nd 1982.
Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 20:46 UTC
Argentina's Domestic Trade Secretary “can't perform miracles”

Argentina's Domestic Trade Secretary Roberto Feletti Thursday admitted that the inflation figures for the month of March “will be bad” following the impact of the war between Russia and Ukraine on the local economy.
Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 10:20 UTC
Tierra del Fuego Malvinas war commemoration events includes a Time Capsule to be opened April 2082

The Malvinas Veterans from Ushuaia Center has started April 2nd commemoration activities by inaugurating a Dignity Tent at the Malvinas Heroes Square in the capital of the southernmost Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia and announcing details of the agenda for the following days.
Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 10:12 UTC
Argentine-developed COVID-19 vax to start phase 1 trials

The first vaccine against COVID-19 developed in Argentina is to be tested on humans during phase 1 trials, it was announced Wednesday in Buenos Aires.