Argentina

• Tuesday, September 7th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Argentina announces issuance of Digital Vaccination Credential

  

  The Government of Argentina has announced that effective Sept. 6, nationals going abroad shall be able to produce the Digital Vaccination Credential (CVD), available through the Mi Argentina app, as an official travel document.

• Tuesday, September 7th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  ”How is my friend President Fernandez getting along?

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez is planning to succeed his Mexican peer next 17 September as chair of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean Estates, CELAC, one of several regional organizations in the continent, but his luck seems to be in the will of a gnome dictator in one of the Caribbean Commonwealth islands, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

• Monday, September 6th 2021 - 09:48 UTC

  Macri, “in Argentina if your want to make money, you must avoid paying taxes”

  

  Argentine former president Mauricio Macri in the midst of the campaign for next Sunday's political parties primary admitted during a television interview that “we are living in a country where if you want to make money, you must avoid taxes”

• Monday, September 6th 2021 - 09:47 UTC

  Argentine right-wing candidate rounds up campaign before large crowd and with endorsement from Bolsonaro Jr

  

  Neoliberal right-wing candidate Javier Milei Sunday closed his electoral campaign ahead of next weekend's Open Primary, Simultaneous and Mandatory elections (PASO) at Buenos Aires' Parque Lezama before a crowd of between 20,000 and 50,000 depending on the sources.

• Monday, September 6th 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  Argentine Health Minister admits Mu variant watched closely

  

  Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Sunday admitted the new SARS-CoV-2 variant named “Mu” and which was first detected in Colombia was being watched closely, although the now more common Delta version remained the main source of concern.

• Monday, September 6th 2021 - 09:24 UTC

  Argentina recants opening border crossings with Uruguay for now over sanitary concerns

  

  The Government of Argentina has finally decided not to go ahead with the reopening of the bridge crossings into Uruguay, citing COVID-19 epidemiological reasons.

• Monday, September 6th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  World Cup qualifier in Brazil halted due to presence of Argentine players from red-zoned England

  

  The football World Cup qualifying match between South American giants Brazil and Argentina in Sao Paulo was halted Sunday after just seven minutes by health authorities from the host country, claiming four of the visiting players had allegedly dodged quarantine and other COVID-19 measures.

• Monday, September 6th 2021 - 08:56 UTC

  Argentine Air Force delivers medical supplies to ailing COVID-19 ailing Cuba

  

  An Argentine Air Force Hercules C-130 aircraft has landed Sunday in Cuba to deliver syringes, needles, surgical masks, gloves and other medical supplies furnished by the White Helmets and the Argentine Movement of Solidarity with Cuba, among other organizations.

• Saturday, September 4th 2021 - 12:05 UTC

  Falklands stand at Montevideo Show: as a matter of courtesy UK ambassador informed her Argentine peer

  

  As a “matter of courtesy” on Friday UK ambassador in Uruguay Faye O'Connor informed her Argentine peer, Alberto Iribarne that in the coming agribusiness show in Prado 2021 the Falkland Islands will have a stand.

• Saturday, September 4th 2021 - 08:52 UTC

  Export caps keep hurting Argentine livestock producers and consumers alike

  

  The Argentine Government's policies restricting meat exports have taken their toll on livestock production and slaughter, bringing down domestic consumption as prices went up, just what the measures were supposed to avert, according to a Rosario Stock Exchange (BCR) report released Friday.