Argentina

• Friday, July 9th 2021 - 06:41 UTC

  Ushuaia expects some 68 vessels and 488 calls during the 2021/22 cruise season

  

  As long as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to recede and there are no further new strain surprises, this coming 2021/22 season, the port of Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego province is scheduled to receive some 68 tourism vessels and 488 calls.

• Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 09:58 UTC

  Uruguay swears allegiance to Mercosur, but will negotiate independently with third countries

  

  On the eve of Thursday's Mercosur summit, Uruguay informed its partners that it will proceed with negotiations, expecting to reach trade agreements with third parties or blocks, outside of the four founding members group.

• Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Argentina takes action against foreign oil companies operating on South Atlantic continental shelf

  

  Argentina's Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Energy Wednesday announced sanctions were to be imposed on three companies for operating illegally in the South Atlantic.

• Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 09:48 UTC

  Three companies (two UK and one Israel) involved in Falklands' oil industry, added to Argentina's sanctions list

  

  Argentina announced it has launched a sanctions process against several foreign oil companies, the UK based Chrysaor Holdings Ltd, Harbor Energy Plc, and Israel's Navitas Petroleum for involvement in hydrocarbons activities, with illegitimate Falkland Islands licenses, in the Argentine continental shelf, more precisely at the Sea Lion project in North Malvinas basin

• Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 21:49 UTC

  Argentine Senator and former car racer Carlos Reutemann dies, aged 79

  

  Argentine politician and former Formula One car racing driver Carlos Alberto Reutemann has passed away Wednesday at the age of 79 in his native city of Santa Fe.

• Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 10:15 UTC

  Search at Falklands' Teal Inlet for more possible Argentine soldiers interments

  

  Falkland Islands' Chief Police Officer Superintendent Jeff McMahon is heading an inquiry to find the remains of Argentine soldiers who are still unaccounted for and maybe in unmarked interments in the north of East Falkland at a place called Teal Inlet.

• Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 08:51 UTC

  Argentine authorities evaluating new cap to airborne arrivals after July 9

  

  The Government of Argentina is said to be considering a gradual reopening of its borders after the controversies erupted from its decision to impose a cap of 600 airborne passengers per day through the Ezeiza international airport.

• Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 08:45 UTC

  Argentina wants to deepen ties with China, President Fernández says

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday highlighted “the historic relationship” between former leaders Juan Domingo Perón and Mao Tse-Tung as he took part as a guest during the virtual ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

• Tuesday, July 6th 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Migrations Chief admits Argentine borders with neighboring countries may reopen soon, depending on vaccination rate

  

  Argentina's Migrations Director Florencia Carignano Monday said reopening borders with neighbouring countries was under consideration for when vaccination has reached a larger number of people.

• Tuesday, July 6th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  Mining company pledges to invest US $ 34 million in lithium plant in northern Argentina

  

  A local subsidiary of China's Ganfeng Lithium has purchased a 23-hectare property in the General Güemes Industrial Park in the northwestern Argentine province of Salta, it was announced.