Argentina

• Saturday, May 8th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  Chinese delegation in Argentina to offer the Air Force, the supersonic aircraft JF-17

  

  A top-ranking delegation from China's National Aero-Technology import-export corporation, CATIC, is currently in Argentina to discuss defense cooperation and with the proposal to offer the Argentine Air Force supersonic capable aircraft, according to InfoDefensa.ar, an Argentine site which specializes in defense industry issues.

• Saturday, May 8th 2021 - 08:22 UTC

  Dredging starts off Argentine port of Bahía Blanca

  

  Dredging has started off the Argentine port of Bahía Blanca this week to restore the main channel so that ships up to 45 feet deep or 50 50 feet at high tide can be allowed in.

• Saturday, May 8th 2021 - 08:15 UTC

  Argentina's inflation for the year 2021 forecast at 47.3%

  

  Argentina's monthly inflation for April 2021 is expected to be around 3.8%, according to consulting firms surveyed by the Central Bank.

• Thursday, May 6th 2021 - 19:09 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government supporting works to determine possible presence of unidentified Argentine graves at Teal Inlet

  

  The Falkland Islands Government is to support efforts to establish whether there is unidentified Argentine military personnel buried at Teal Inlet, according to a statement released this afternoon.

• Wednesday, May 5th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Argentine Supreme Court endorses Buenos Aires City' objection to decree banning on-site schooling

  

  Argentina's Supreme Court Tuesday ruled in favour of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) and against the Federal Government in their controversy regarding on-site schooling.

• Tuesday, May 4th 2021 - 23:26 UTC

  Russia plans major presence in Argentina with two nuclear plants plus military equipment

  

  Russia's Ambassador to Buenos Aires Dmitry Feoktistov has confirmed his country's intention to build two nuclear power plants in Argentina and press sources at the Casa Rosada presidential palace have not denied it, although the project is yet to be officially endorsed by the administration of President Alberto Fernández.

• Tuesday, May 4th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  CFK amazed at Biden plan's similarities with Argentina's economic policies

  

  Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Monday was full of praise for US President's Joseph Biden's message before Congress, citing resounding Keynesian resemblances to her economic policies both in the current term since 2019 and also when she was President between 2007 and 2015.

• Tuesday, May 4th 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  British Ambassador summoned to speed up delivery of AstraZeneca vaccines to Argentina

  

  The Government of Argentina has formally conveyed to the United Kingdom a proposal to manufacture the entire production of the Oxford-AstraZeneca anti-covid-19 vaccine locally and also made a formal complaint about the failure to deliver the 22.5 million doses of which 60% has already been paid for.

• Tuesday, May 4th 2021 - 09:18 UTC

  France to return to Argentina Tehuelche remains seized in 1896 and displayed at Paris museums

  

  The French government has, at last, agreed to return the skeleton of a Liempichún Sakamata which ended up in a Paris museum after being seized in 1896 by Count Henry de la Vaulx, who desecrated his grave and took it away with all of its adornments in Argentina.

• Monday, May 3rd 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Argentine Ambassador to Mercosur wants new tariffs to boost local production

  

  Argentina's Ambassador to Mercosur Mariano Kestelboim Sunday said he favoured “a new common external tariff that promotes productive development.”