Argentina

• Tuesday, November 21st 2017 - 08:26 UTC

  Hopes to find missing submarine ARA San Juan fading after five days

  

  Argentine submarine ARA San Juan reported an electrical problem and was headed back to base when it went missing last week in the South Atlantic, the navy said on Monday, while storms complicated efforts to find the vessel and its 44 crew members.

• Tuesday, November 21st 2017 - 08:20 UTC

  Britain sends special highly skilled unit SPAG, to help with the submarine search

  

  Britain has increased efforts to help find the missing Argentine submarine ARA San Juan in the vast stormy South Atlantic. HMS Protector, the Royal Navy's Ice Patrol ship, is now in the search area where the submarine last made contact on Wednesday.

• Monday, November 20th 2017 - 11:31 UTC

  Jimmy Carter awarded highest honor by Argentina for his defense of human rights

  

  Former United States President Jimmy Carter was recently recognized by the Argentine government in a ceremony held at the Carter Center in Atlanta. Carter, 93, was conferred the highest honor awarded by the government of Argentina: the ‘Order of the Liberator General San Martín.’

• Monday, November 20th 2017 - 11:19 UTC

  Ex Chilean Junta member and supporter of the UK effort during the Falklands conflict has died

  

  Fernando Matthei Chile's ex commander of the Air Force and member of the military Junta, led by Augusto Pinchet, died on Sunday at the age of 92. The former pilot, was the father of Evelyn Matthei, who run and lost against Michelle Bachelet in the 2013 presidential election and since 2016 is mayor of Providencia, one of the main districts fo the capital Santiago.

• Monday, November 20th 2017 - 09:02 UTC

  Macri on the right track but economy needs growth and investment

  

  Following on his congressional midterm election win, president Mauricio Macri sealed a fiscal agreement with governors of nearly all Argentine provinces in a sign of his growing clout in upcoming negotiations to close the budget deficit, reform labor legislation and open up the economy. However there are some warnings and indicators to keep watch off, according to an orthodox economist.

• Monday, November 20th 2017 - 07:43 UTC

  US Navy sending deep-sea rescue equipment to assist in search for ARA San Juan

  

  The United States Navy has sent rescue equipment and crew to assist in the search for a missing Argentine Navy submarine and its 44 crew members. The San Diego based Undersea Rescue Command (URC) departed from Miramar Saturday with a Submarine Rescue Chamber (SRC) and four aircraft, en route to the Southern Atlantic, where the submarine A.R.A. San Juan lost contact with the Argentine Navy on Wednesday.

• Monday, November 20th 2017 - 07:03 UTC

  Argentine public opinion captivated by the dramatic search for the lost submarine

  

  The dramatic search for the missing Argentine submarine in the South Atlantic has captivated the nation of 44 million, which recently mourned the loss of five citizens killed when a terrorist truck driver plowed through a bicycle path in New York City.

• Saturday, November 18th 2017 - 18:36 UTC

  Ice patrol HMS Protector joins the search for the missing Argentine submarine

  

  The Royal Navy has deployed ice patrol ship HMS Protector to help search for an Argentine submarine that went missing in the South Atlantic with 44 people on board. Contact with the Argentine military sub ARA San Juan was lost three days ago, Wednesday.

• Saturday, November 18th 2017 - 09:25 UTC

  International operation to rescue Argentine submarine lost in the South Atlantic

  

  The Argentine navy has stepped up its search of the South Atlantic for a submarine with 44 crew on board that remains missing two days after its last communication on Wednesday. ARA San Juan was in the western south Atlantic some 432 kilometers from the Patagonian coast close to the San Jorge Gulf, when it sent its last signal on Wednesday midday, naval spokesman Enrique Balbi said on Friday.

• Thursday, November 16th 2017 - 19:01 UTC

  October inflation in Argentina reaches 1.5% and 19,4% in ten months

  

  Argentina’s consumer prices rose 1.5% in October, government statistics agency Indec said on Tuesday, bringing 10-month inflation to 19.4%. It was the second month in a row that cumulative inflation for 2017 was above the upper band of the central bank’s target range for inflation, between 12% and 17% this year. Private sector economists expect inflation of 23% this year and 16% in 2018.