Argentina

• Wednesday, July 5th 2017 - 03:14 UTC

  Aerolineas carries 30% more passengers in first semester compared to 2015

  

  Aerolineas Argentinas' CEO Mario Dell'Acqua Tuesday announced the national flag carrier had transported just over 6.2 million passengers, 30 percent more than the 4.5 million transported in the same period of 2015, the company's best year in that regard. In 2016 the figure was of around 5.5 million.

• Wednesday, July 5th 2017 - 01:15 UTC

  Macri tries to calm down Argentines as US dollar goes up

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri Tuesday said Argentines should “not worry about the dollar,” as the US currency rose 13 cents, closing at AR$ 17.18. It will “benefit regional economies and job creation,” he added during a radio interview.

• Tuesday, July 4th 2017 - 02:57 UTC

  Announcement in Madrid: EU-Mercosur deal likely by end of year

  

  European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström said Monday in Madrid that the EU bloc “hopes to announce a political agreement for this Christmas in Buenos Aires” with Mercosur “even though technical aspects remain to be discussed.”

• Tuesday, July 4th 2017 - 02:34 UTC

  Buenos Aires-Mar del Plata train runs again

  

  After two years out of service, Buenos Aires and Mar del Plata, which are 400 kilometres apart, are since Monday again linked by a train service that needs almost seven hours to reach its final destination. Buenos Aires provincial Governor María Eugenia Vidal said “It is no longer a promise - we have delivered.”

• Monday, July 3rd 2017 - 08:46 UTC

  ICRC work in the Falklands/Malvinas continues as planned

  

  The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) forensics team working to identify the remains of Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin cemetery has reported good progress.

• Monday, July 3rd 2017 - 02:08 UTC

  Travel to Argentina up 10% says United Airlines country manager

  

  Interest in Argentina from the United States pushed for an “unusual growth” of 10% in corporate and leisure travel between the two countries, according to United Airlines' Christoff Poppe. It also means more jobs.

• Saturday, July 1st 2017 - 13:11 UTC

  Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo tie the knot at last in red carpet event

  

  Barcelona football star and Argentine international Lionel Messi (30) and his life-long partner Antonella Roccuzzo (29), were married Friday evening in their native Rosario, some 200 miles northwest of Buenos Aires amid large-scale international press coverage. The couple already has two sons - Thiago (4) and Mateo (1).

• Wednesday, June 28th 2017 - 02:57 UTC

  Macri and Bachelet meet in Santiago to discuss trade and also Venezuela

  

  Presidents Mauricio Macri of Argentina and Michelle Bachelet of Chile met Tuesday at the Palacio de la Moneda in Santiago to discuss bilateral ties and a trade agreement between the two countries.

• Wednesday, June 28th 2017 - 02:10 UTC

  Argentina resumes exports of lemons to Brazil

  

  A shipment of 1,400 boxes (21,000 kilograms) from the province of Tucumán has already crossed the border by land on its way to the Sao Paulo Central Market, the national Agriculture Ministry reported Tuesday. Lemon exports to Brazil had been halted in 2009.

• Monday, June 26th 2017 - 03:57 UTC

  Argentina: CFK to run for Senate alongside former Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana

  

  Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez will top the Citizen Unit's Senate ticket in the province of Buenos Aires for the upcoming primary PASO elections on August 13, alongside her former Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, it was announced.