Argentina

• Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Argentina 2019: annual inflation of 55% and economy contraction of 2.7%

  

  Argentina will finish 2019 at 55% annual inflation, the country’s treasury minister said on Monday, capping off a tumultuous year for Latin America’s No. 3 economy that also saw voters usher in a new leftist government.

• Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  One Ocean Expeditions “Resolute” under injunction in the port of Buenos Aires

  

  A cruise ship belonging to Squamish, British Columbia-based One Ocean Expeditions has been ordered by an Argentine federal judge to stay in the port of Buenos Aires due to a “significant debt.”

• Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 08:43 UTC

  Two Catholic priests sentenced to more than 40 years in prison for sexually abusing deaf children in Mendoza

  

  Two Roman Catholic priests were each sentenced to more than 40 years in prison in Argentina for sexually abusing deaf children, a court in the city of Mendoza ruled on Monday.

• Friday, November 22nd 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  Argentine send first shipment of chilled pork for China

  

  Argentina has sent its first shipment of chilled pork to China, the government announced, as China's pork imports rise due to a devastating outbreak of African swine fever at home.

• Thursday, November 21st 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Falklands celebrates “touchdown for the Second Flight” and anticipates a new era of development for the Islands

  

  The elected government of the Falkland Islands announced that a new era has opened Islands with the inaugural Second Flight from São Paulo, Brazil, touching down this Wednesday afternoon at Mount Pleasant Airport.

• Wednesday, November 20th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Judge ratifies Wednesday's air link between Sao Paulo and Malvinas/Falklands

  

  Argentine federal judge Luis Rodriguez ratified on Tuesday the green light for Latam's flight, beginning this Wednesday, linking Sao Paulo in Brazil and Cordoba with the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, after throwing out a request to suspend the link.

• Wednesday, November 20th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Fernandez tells IMF, “we want to make a commitment that we can keep”

  

  Argentina’s president-elect, Alberto Fernandez, has a “sustainable” plan to meet creditor obligations as well as maintain growth, he told the International Monetary Fund´s managing director Kristalina Georgieva, his office said.

• Tuesday, November 19th 2019 - 09:36 UTC

  Falklands/Sao Paulo air link: Argentina requests “most discretion” from Brazil

  

  Argentina has requested “most discretion” for the coming Wednesday air link and first flight between Sao Paulo and the Falkland Islands, suggesting no officials be present at the departure. The news was revealed by one of Brazil's main dailies and allegedly the request arrived through informal diplomatic channels from the Argentine foreign ministry.

• Tuesday, November 19th 2019 - 09:09 UTC

  Two million Argentines will be entitled to a “food stamps” system

  

  An estimated two million Argentines will be entitled to a foods stamp system to be implemented as part of the plan to fight hunger of the next government headed by president-elect Alberto Fernandez.

• Saturday, November 16th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Air links between Falklands and the continent have been operating since 1999

  

  The head of Argentina's Civil Aviation Administration, ANAC, said the office will “collaborate with Justice in all necessary aspects referred to the coming weekly flight between Malvinas Islands and Brazil, with a stopover at Cordoba, once a month”.