Argentina

Friday, February 4th 2022 - 09:56 UTC
Argentine navy rescues stranded Russian scientific vessel in Antarctica

An Argentine Navy vessel from the Antarctic Combined Patrol shared with Chile, and currently on duty, helped to rescue the Russian scientific vessel “Professor Logachev”, which was stranded and with no self-propulsion at Lasserre Bay, next to the Polish Antarctic Station Arctowski in King George Island.
Thursday, February 3rd 2022 - 23:00 UTC
Argentina's dependency on US needs to stop, President Fernández tells Putin

President Alberto Fernández Thursday told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow that “Argentina has to stop having such a great dependency on the IMF and the United States.”
Thursday, February 3rd 2022 - 18:01 UTC
20 dead, many others hospitalized due to tainted cocaine in Argentina

Authorities in the Argentine town of Hurlingham, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Wednesday reported 20 people had died and 74 others had been hospitalized after consuming tainted cocaine.
Wednesday, February 2nd 2022 - 21:00 UTC
Fuel goes up 9% in Argentina after long price freeze

Argentina's state-run oil company YPF announced a price increase of around 9% in the price of fuel at pumps as of Wednesday, with 2 additional percentage points in the case of premium products.
Wednesday, February 2nd 2022 - 20:49 UTC
IMF concerned over future of Argentine deal due to political turmoil

Argentina's representative to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Sergio Chodos Wednesday said in a radio interview the multinational body was concerned after Deputy Máximo Kirchner's resignation as majority leader, which might jeopardize the Congressional approval of the preliminary understanding reached last week.
Wednesday, February 2nd 2022 - 11:44 UTC
Recommended reading, updated Argentina Travel Advice by FCDO

The Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office has updated its Travel Advice on Argentina. Among other issues, the TA points out that 126,548 British nationals visited Argentina in 2019 and most visits are trouble-free.
Wednesday, February 2nd 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Argentina's deal with IMF will get through Congress, House Speaker says

Argentina's Lower House Speaker Sergio Massa Tuesday said the ruling Frente de Todos (Everybody's Front - FdT) remained united and guaranteed the recent agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will get through Congress.
Wednesday, February 2nd 2022 - 09:10 UTC
NGOs claim most deforestation in northern Argentina during 2021 was illegal

Around 110,180 hectares of forest were destroyed in the Argentine provinces of Santiago del Estero, Formosa, Chaco, and Salta during the year 2021 as a result of illegal practices, according to Greenpeace.
Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 23:23 UTC
Argentina decries increasing UK flights to Falklands with Brazil stopovers

Argentina's Ambassador to Brazil Daniel Scioli has filed a note expressing his country's concern over British military aircraft stopping en route to the Falkland Islands.
Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 21:55 UTC
First case of new sublineage of omicron detected in Argentina

Argentine health authorities Tuesday confirmed the first case of COVID-19 caused by the sublineage BA.2 of the coronavirus omicron variant., which is said to be two to three times more contagious than the original omicron.