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Montevideo, April 29th 2025 - 12:51 UTC

Argentina

  • Wednesday, November 13th 2024 - 18:03 UTC

    6-year prison sentence against CFK upheld

    CFK was acquitted of illicit association but the prosecution will appeal the ruling

    A federal court of appeals in the City of Buenos Aires Wednesday unanimously upheld the six-year prison sentence on former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), who had been found guilty in December, 2022, of fraudulent administration in the so-called Vialidad Nacional case. She was also disenfranchised for life from public office. The scandal involved numerous public works in the province of Santa Cruz awarded to businessman Lázaro Báez in fudgy dealings.

  • Wednesday, November 13th 2024 - 12:23 UTC

    Macron adding Buenos Aires and Santiago to G20 South American tour

    Macron is launching a new phase in France's ties with South America

    French President Emmanuel Macron will be making state visits to Argentina and Chile as part of his South American tour to attend the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, it was confirmed in diplomatic circles. Macron will first get together with his Argentine colleague Javier Milei to discuss climate change and other bilateral issues between Nov. 16 and 17. Then, he will head for Brazil's gathering of world leaders on Nov. 18 and 19. And then he will travel to Santiago for talks with Gabriel Boric Font.

  • Wednesday, November 13th 2024 - 10:46 UTC

    Indec says Argentina's inflation in October stood at 2.7%

    Inflation is a battle won, Caputo stressed

    Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) Tuesday announced that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) went up 2.7% in October, which represented a significant slowdown from previous months despite an interannual 193% increase and 107% in 2024 alone. October's inflation was the lowest figure in almost three years. In November 2021, it stood at 2.5%. September's inflation was 3.5%.

  • Wednesday, November 13th 2024 - 09:49 UTC

    Milei sees end of currency exchange restrictions on the horizon

    “I enjoy shrinking the State, it gives me enormous pleasure,” Milei told a group of businessmen

    Argentine President Javier Milei said Tuesday that his country could be months away from lifting the currency exchange stocks after the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) said October's inflation stood at 2.7%.

  • Tuesday, November 12th 2024 - 10:53 UTC

    Milei says Argentina “entering its best moment in the last 100 years”

    “We are already seeing the bubbles of the diver's fart,” the scholar Milei explained

    Argentine President Javier Milei insisted Monday that his country was “entering its best moment in the last 100 years,” despite what the rank and file may perceive amid soaring prices and dwindling wages. “I say to all private sector players: take advantage of getting on the progress train now because it is cheaper to buy,” added the head of state during a visit to the headquarters of the virtual wallet platform Ualá.

  • Tuesday, November 12th 2024 - 10:02 UTC

    Bullrich meets with Gopinath in Washington

    “Without security there is no economic prosperity,” they both concurred

    Argentina's Security Minister Patricia Bullrich Monday met in Washington DC with International Monetary Fund Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath to discuss thee South American official's anti-picketing policy. “Without security there is no economic prosperity,” they both concurred.

  • Saturday, November 9th 2024 - 10:26 UTC

    Spanish language Royal Academy incorporates the word “Che” to its latest dictionary edition

    “Che” is a characteristic term in the Spanish spoken in Argentina and Uruguay, and is a friendly, informal way of addressing a person.

    The River Plate word “che,” (‘chey’ in Falklands), has been officially incorporated into the latest edition of the Spanish Real Academy in recognition of the dynamic and inclusive Spanish language and its many linguistic versions in Latin America.

  • Friday, November 8th 2024 - 21:51 UTC

    Ramp handling company out, Aerolíneas Argentinas might follow suit

    No more blackmailing the government for Intercargo

    The Aerolíneas Argentinas pilots agreed not to stage any further strikes as long as wage negotiations with the Argentine government keep going on, pilots union leader
    Mateo Ferreira told reporters after Friday's meeting. “We are reassuring passengers that at least the pilots' union will not take measures of force,” he stressed. If no arrangement is reached, “a crisis procedure” would be set in motion, whereby “the arbitrator is the Labor Secretary,” he also explained.

  • Friday, November 8th 2024 - 09:50 UTC

    Three people indicted in Buenos Aires in connection with Liam Payne's death

    At the time of these detentions, Payne's body had already landed in England for funeral services

    Three people have been arrested in Argentina in connection with the death of British pop musician Liam Payne. Prosecutors are charging them with various crimes, including the abandonment of a person followed by death, in addition to the supply and facilitation of narcotics.

  • Thursday, November 7th 2024 - 21:34 UTC

    Punta Tombo Massacre perpetrator found guilty

    La Regina was always “aware of the damage he was causing” and for that, he will spend between four and 12 years in jail

    A Chubut provincial criminal court in the city of Rawson in Argentine Patagonia Thursday found agribusinessman Ricardo La Regina guilty of aggravated damage and animal cruelty in the so-called Punta Tombo Penguin Massacre. Sentencing is scheduled for Monday.