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Montevideo, March 5th 2026 - 11:24 UTC

Argentina

  • Monday, February 18th 2019 - 09:44 UTC

    Argentine Security minister making headlines with her tough on crime policy

    Patricia Bullrich, 62, is pushing new tough-on-crime measures: dropping the age for juvenile convictions, equipping cops with stun guns and facial recognition

    Argentina's government, with one eye on elections later in the year, is getting tough on crime, and one figure is taking centre stage: the country's security tsar. Patricia Bullrich, 62, the security minister, is pushing a series of new tough-on-crime measures, including dropping the age for juvenile convictions, equipping cops with stun guns and trialling facial recognition at train stations.

  • Monday, February 18th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

    Macri and business delegation in India for trade, investment and cooperation promotion

    Macri arrived in India on Saturday and was first flown to Agra to visit the Taj Mahal. From there to New Dehli ahead of round of political contacts on Monday

    New Delhi and Buenos Aires are expected to sign up to eight agreements during President Mauricio Macri’s three-day state visit to India to promote trade, investment and cooperation in several fields including defense, Argentine ambassador Daniel Chuburu said. Macri is accompanied by several ministers, members of Congress and a hundred business leaders.

  • Saturday, February 16th 2019 - 11:04 UTC

    Emiliano Sala’s body back in Argentina for funeral in his hometown

    Sala was killed when a single-engine light aircraft, flown by pilot Mr Ibbotson, crashed near Alderney just after he became Cardiff City's record transfer.

    The funeral of Cardiff City striker Emiliano Sala will take place in Argentina on Saturday. The 28-year-old died when the plane he was in with pilot David Ibbotson crashed in the English Channel en route from Nantes to Cardiff on 21 January.

  • Saturday, February 16th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

    Jigger and trawler collide in Argentina's mile 201; crew rescued and heading for Montevideo

    This time of the year is squid season in the South Atlantic and the area experiences and intense traffic of licensed and non licenses jiggers

    A Chinese flagged jigger sank after colliding with a Spanish flagged trawler on Friday morning to the northwest of the Falkland Islands. All thirty crew members have been rescued by other fishing vessels, and are heading for Montevideo, according to the latest reports from the Argentine Coast Guard. The collision involved the jigger V Zhong Yuan Yu 11 and the trawler Pesca Vaqueiro, which went undamaged.

  • Saturday, February 16th 2019 - 07:32 UTC

    Falklands has offered 105 licenses for the new Illex squid season

    Director of Natural Resources John Barton said ”the number of licenses offered is the same as the last few years”

    The Illex squid fishery season starts on February 14 and 105 licenses have been offered confirmed Director of Natural Resources John Barton. He added: “Not all vessels which applied received licenses. The number of licenses offered is the same as the last few years.”

  • Friday, February 15th 2019 - 10:58 UTC

    Chile joins Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay in bid to host the 2030 World Cup

    Piñera said he had been touting his idea to the presidents of Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay for several months

    Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay are to submit a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup, Chile's President Sebastian Piñera announced on Thursday. Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay had already submitted a joint bid to host the centenary edition of football's most prestigious tournament, but Piñera said on Twitter that those countries' presidents had agreed to Chile's participation in the “joint candidacy”.

  • Friday, February 15th 2019 - 07:46 UTC

    Falklands using drones to create fine scale models of minefields

    One of the drones being used to map Stanley’s minefields (SAERI)

    The minefields around the Falkland Islands capital, Stanley, dating back to the South Atlantic conflict, have remained largely untouched for most of nearly 35 years, due to the restrictions in place around access to the minefields. Over this time, they have become a haven for Falkland’s wildlife.

  • Thursday, February 14th 2019 - 11:00 UTC

    Uruguayan president Vazquez now supports free credible elections in Venezuela

    The Uruguayan administration continues to support Maduro as legitimate president, it “understands” but not necessarily justifies the existence of political prisoners and the humanitarian situation

    As advanced by Mercopress, Uruguay and Argentine presidents', Tabare Vazquez and Mauricio Macri open agenda surprise meeting was in effect to address the Venezuelan situation, particularly what has been described in Buenos Aires as the erratic accommodative stance to circumstances and environment, of the Vazquez administration.

  • Thursday, February 14th 2019 - 10:15 UTC

    “Food emergency” demand march in Argentine cities

    Since President Macri came to power in 2015, electricity bills have gone up 210% and gas 300%, following on the removal of significant subsidies

    Thousands took to the streets in 50 Argentine cities and towns Wednesday demanding that the government declare a “food emergency” and put an end to suffocating price increases. Since President Mauricio Macri came to power in 2015, electricity bills have gone up 210% and gas 300%. The government blamed the increase on the removal of significant subsidies in place under the previous administration.

  • Wednesday, February 13th 2019 - 09:03 UTC

    Ex president Cristina Fernandez will stand on trial on 26 February

    The trial will play out throughout most of 2019 as Fernández de Kirchner and her allies begin defining their candidacies for the October election.

    Former Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will stand trial for the first time on February 26, after a court rejected her bid to postpone proceedings over alleged embezzlement against her and other former government officials.