Argentina

• Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 19:04 UTC

  Argentina's attempt to have the Magellan Strait defined as a “shared space”

  

  Argentina's attempt, mistaken or in purpose to describe in official policy to its Armed Forces the Magellan Strait and areas of the Drake Passage, as “shared spaces”, have triggered a strong reaction from the Chilean media and nationalist groups.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 09:28 UTC

  Argentine Defense Minister wants Almagro to leave OAS

  

  Argentina's newly-appointed Defense Minister and former Senator Jorge Taiana had sent a message to US President Joseph Biden stating that Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Luis “Almagro must resign.”

• Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 08:13 UTC

  Argentine lawmakers want “Malvinas issue” to become decisive in allowing candidates to run for office

  

  A group of Argentine Senators has entered a bill whereby candidates for any electoral office must acknowledge the 1994 Constitutional reform which made the claim over the Malvinas Islands “a permanent and inalienable” goal.

• Tuesday, August 10th 2021 - 09:19 UTC

  Argentine plans opening of land borders as Uruguay gets ready to allow tourists in, among many improvements

  

  Uruguay will start allowing foreigners in as of September 1 while Argentina announced the reopening of its common land borders is being eyed for September 6, as tourism seems headed for a gradual return to pre-pandemic levels.

• Tuesday, August 10th 2021 - 08:48 UTC

  Replacements picked for Argentina's cabinet

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday picked new replacements, so that cabinet ministers who will seek a seat in Congress later this year may focus on their campaigns.

• Tuesday, August 10th 2021 - 07:59 UTC

  “Malvinas are Argentine”, but thinking differently is not a crime in Argentina, Patirica Bullrich

  

  Recent statements by representatives from Argentina's intellectual elite referred to the Falklands being a British territory and belonging to the Kelpers, and that Argentina did not exist as such at the time, are still reverberating, but the country is holding primaries and elections next month and in November so some political amendments seem necessary.

• Tuesday, August 10th 2021 - 07:27 UTC

  Argentine President wants to make internet “a public utility”

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday vowed to make internet “a public utility and make those who have to get angry get angry.” Fernández made those remarks during the launching ceremony of the Argentina Program, a government initiative regarding public access to technology.

• Monday, August 9th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Team of forensic experts arrives in Falklands for second phase of Humanitarian Project

  

  An international team of six forensic experts, including two Argentines, and coordinated by the International Committee of the Red Cross is scheduled to arrive this Monday to the Falkland Islands for the second phase of the Humanitarian Project Plan to identify remains of Argentine combatants fallen during the 1982 conflict.

• Monday, August 9th 2021 - 09:14 UTC

  Beatriz Sarlo: Falklands belong to the Islanders, despite useless nationalism myths

  

  “Nationalism is a useless myth, certainly not the way to address current and real problems”, underlined the historian and political analyst Beatriz Sarlo who last week triggered a storm in Argentina by reiterating that the Falkland Islands are a British territory, belong to the Kelpers and remind her of southern Scotland.

• Monday, August 9th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Argentine Health Minister speaks of “periodic vaccinations” and perks for those who take the shots

  

  Argentine Health Minister Carla Vizzotti has admitted over this past weekend that third doses of coronavirus vaccines were under consideration to face the surge in cases of Delta variant.