Argentina

• Thursday, September 10th 2026 - 07:22 UTC

  Friends of BOTs describe President Milei’s announcement as ‘political theatre’

  

  The organization Friends of British Overseas Territories has also published a strong statement in support of the Falkland Islands, its right to self-determination, to manage their natural resources, and thus oil development.

• Thursday, September 10th 2026 - 06:58 UTC

  Argentina to raise defense budget two years after seeking NATO global partner status

  

  Argentina's government will increase defense allocations in its 2027 budget, two years after formally requesting global partner status with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a standing held in Latin America only by Colombia.

• Wednesday, September 9th 2026 - 10:14 UTC

  Argentina probes 60 people and companies over Falklands oil without disclosing new names

  

  Argentina's government has raised to 60 the number of individuals and companies subject to administrative proceedings over oil activity in waters near the Falklands, after opening case files against 15 more parties whose identities it did not disclose.

• Wednesday, September 9th 2026 - 08:59 UTC

  Argentine industry contracted 5% in July from June, its steepest monthly drop this year

  

  Argentina's manufacturing output fell 5% in July from June in seasonally adjusted terms, the sharpest monthly decline so far in 2026, the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) reported on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, September 9th 2026 - 08:06 UTC

  Argentina files criminal complaint against Navitas over Falklands; firm silent, shares slide

  

  Argentina's government formally filed a criminal complaint on Tuesday against Israeli oil company Navitas Petroleum and four other firms over hydrocarbon exploration in waters near the Falklands, with the company yet to respond to the accusation and amid a slide in the share prices of those involved.

• Tuesday, September 8th 2026 - 10:02 UTC

  Six in ten Argentines attribute Milei's shift on the Falklands to political convenience

  

  Some 61.1% of Argentines believe President Javier Milei adopted his current position on the Falklands out of political convenience, against 24.7% who attribute it to conviction, according to a survey by the consultancy Management & Fit of a thousand respondents with a margin of error of 3%.

• Monday, September 7th 2026 - 19:20 UTC

  A port dispute in Montevideo blocks a second ferry operator on the Buenos Aires route

  

  Uruguayan ferry company Colonia Express obtained authorisation from the Ministry of Transport and Public Works at the end of July to operate the passenger and vehicle route between Montevideo and Buenos Aires, but cannot begin the service because the only ramp at the Montevideo port suitable for unloading cars belongs to Buquebus, the company that currently runs the crossing alone.

• Monday, September 7th 2026 - 09:10 UTC

  The Falklands claim, one of the few issues that cuts across Argentina's political divide

  

  The sovereignty claim over the Falklands is one of the few points of consensus that cuts across Argentina's political fracture, known locally as “la grieta”, a polarisation that splits the country into two opposing camps on almost every public question. That cross-cutting quality explains both its constant presence in popular culture and its recurrence in political discourse.

• Monday, September 7th 2026 - 09:01 UTC

  An Argentine court returns an 18th-century work to the heirs of a Jewish art dealer

  

  An Argentine federal court on Friday ordered the return of the painting Portrait of a Lady to the family of Dutch Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, almost 90 years after the Nazi regime looted his collection in Amsterdam. The work surfaced last year at a house in Mar del Plata, 400 kilometres from Buenos Aires.

• Friday, September 4th 2026 - 23:30 UTC

  Rockhopper and Navitas shares fall as operators defend Sea Lion timetable

  

  Shares in the two companies developing the Sea Lion field off the Falklands fell on Friday after Argentine President Javier Milei announced he would tighten sanctions on firms operating around the archipelago without authorization from Buenos Aires. Both companies responded with a joint statement saying they do not anticipate any impact on the project's development.