Argentina

Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 22:03 UTC
Beef produceres agree with Argentine gov't to keep popular cuts at affordable prices

The administration of Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday reached an agreement with meat producers to keep the retail price of “popular cuts” unchanged.
Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Agreement reached between Argentina, Brazil to cut down common external tariffs by 10%

The Governments of Argentina and Brazil Friday agreed to cut down the common external tariffs (CET) by 10% “in a very wide universe of products” after months of tensions among members of Mercosur on the issue.
Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 09:41 UTC
Russia's Ambassador to Buenos Aires seeks to sell fighter jets

Russia's Ambassador to Buenos Aires Dmitri Feoktiskov met with Defense Minister Jorge Taiana to convey yet again his country's interest in selling military equipment to the South American country, it was reported Friday.
Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 09:09 UTC
Ushuaia confirms 243 cruise calls and National Geographic Endurance will open the 2021/22 season November 7

The port of Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego province confirmed that this cruise season 2021/22, a total of 37 vessels will make 243 calls between November and March next year. The National Geographic Endurance will inaugurate the season when it arrives next November 7 with 126 passengers.
Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 04:35 UTC
Argentina: Relatives of AMIA bombing victims to appeal court ruling dismissing charges against CFK

Relatives of the victims of the 1994 bombing of the Israeli Social Welfare Association of Argentina (AMIA) Friday announced they would appeal a court ruling issued Thursday in which charges against former President and current Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) were dismissed.
Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 04:12 UTC
Tierra del Fuego extreme south vertex to become the Mitre Peninsula Protected Area

Argentina Tierra del Fuego province lawmakers from all parties have agreed to resurface a project to create the Mitre Peninsula Nature Protected Area, an idea born over thirty years ago and which covers the extreme end landmass of Tierra del Fuego and the States Island.
Friday, October 8th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Iran Memorandum Case against former Argentine President CFK dismissed

An Argentine Federal Court Thursday dismissed all charges against current Vice President and former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for the signing of Memorandum of Understanding with Iran to investigate the 1992 bombing of Israel's Embassy in Buenos Aires.
Friday, October 8th 2021 - 09:44 UTC
Antarctica cruises Atlas Ocean Voyages will operate from Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego celebrates

An Antarctica cruise company, Atlas Ocean Voyages will begin operating from Ushuaia, the capital of the extreme south Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego. According to local media reports, the first call out of fifteen will take place next November.
Friday, October 8th 2021 - 09:15 UTC
A national holiday in the name of tourism that allows for other tributes in Argentina

Friday, Oct. 8, 2021 is a national holiday in Argentina marking the anniversary of... nothing.
Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 23:51 UTC
Entire Mercosur out of Britain's travel red group, which is now focused solely on other LatAm nations

The United Kingdom has removed 47 destinations from its travel red list, which has been narrowed down to just seven nations, all of them within Latin America and four from South America, it was announced Thursday.