Get our news on your inbox! x

Remember me Forgot password

MercoPress, en Español

Montevideo, July 20th 2025 - 16:38 UTC

Argentina

  • Thursday, February 16th 2017 - 13:20 UTC

    Over 1000 fans celebrated the magic of Harry Potter in Argentina

    HMA Mark Kent poses for a picture with Albus Dumbledore and Canadian Ambassador, Robert Fry.

    More than 1000 people took part last week of the local edition of “Harry Potter Book Night” – a global initiative by Bloomsbury Publishing designed to celebrate the magical world created by British author J. K. Rowling and promote reading. The event was organized for the second year running in Buenos Aires by the British Embassy and FanCon.

  • Thursday, February 16th 2017 - 11:31 UTC

    Trump on the phone with Macri; invitation to the White House

    Macri speaking with Trump from his office at the Olivos presidential residence

    United States president Donald Trump was on the phone on Wednesday afternoon to speak with his Argentine peer Mauricio Macri. The five minute talk, according to Argentine sources, addressed the bilateral agenda, the Venezuela situation and an invitation for Macri to visit US sometime in April/June.

  • Thursday, February 16th 2017 - 10:13 UTC

    Red Cross completes Phase 1 of mission to identify Argentine soldiers in Darwin cemetery

    The purpose of Phase 1 was to make the administrative and logistical arrangements for Phases 2 and 3, later in the year, said ICRC representative Laurent Corbaz

    Laurent Corbaz of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), said on leaving the Falklands that Phase 1 of the mission to identify Argentine soldiers buried at the Darwin Cemetery had taken place during the week spent in the Islands with his team mate Patrick Sherry.

  • Wednesday, February 15th 2017 - 09:44 UTC

    Comodoro/Falklands air link awarded by Argentina to Neuquen airline

    American Jet operates from the Juan Domingo Peron airport of Neuquén City

    Argentina's Air Transport Advisory Agency has approved the flights' program of an airline from the Patagonia province of Neuquén which includes an air link between Comodoro Rivadavia and the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, reports this week the local Neuquen media.

  • Wednesday, February 15th 2017 - 09:24 UTC

    Argentina's ex intelligence chief indicted; prosecution requests his arrest

    Parrilli was a key figure under Cristina Fernandez, spearheading her program to overhaul the intelligence services amid accusations they were interfering in politics.

    Prosecutors have requested the arrest of Argentina's intelligence chief under former president Cristina Fernandez over murky accusations he shielded a fugitive drug trafficker from arrest. The request came a day after ex-spy chief Oscar Parrilli was indicted on charges of hiding information on the whereabouts of the man who was formerly Argentina's most-wanted fugitive.

  • Wednesday, February 15th 2017 - 09:18 UTC

    Argentine prosecution accuses President Macri of conflicts of interest

    Prosecutors and Macri's opponents allege the president's family business benefited from the financial terms of the deal, which they say canceled part of the debt.

    An Argentine prosecutor on Tuesday demanded a judicial investigation into alleged financial conflicts of interest by the country's President Mauricio Macri and family. Macri is accused of a conflict of interest in overseeing a deal as president to settle debts incurred by the postal service in a period when it was controlled by his father's business. His government has denied any wrongdoing.

  • Tuesday, February 14th 2017 - 11:17 UTC

    Greater Buenos Aires January consumer prices rose 1.3% in January

    The central bank is targeting inflation between 12%/17% for 2017. It has kept interest rates steady for the past 10 weeks

    Consumer prices in greater Buenos Aires rose 1.3% in January over the previous month, Argentina's official Indec statistics agency announced, far below market expectations and in line with the central bank's annual target. January's reading was slightly above 1.2% inflation in December.

  • Monday, February 13th 2017 - 10:14 UTC

    Vice-president Pence: Trump looks forward to speaking with president Macri

    It was the first official contact between the Trump administration and the government of president Macri

    Argentine president Mauricio Macri and US vice-president Mike Pence spoke last Friday on the phone and agreed that the two countries need to redouble their efforts to enhance job creation and economic growth. The vice-president also noted that president Donald Trump looks forward to speaking with president Macri.

  • Monday, February 13th 2017 - 09:39 UTC

    Falkland Islanders must be recognized, says UK ambassador in Argentina

    Ambassador Kent: “Sanctions, conflicts, restrictions lead nowhere. We must advance in a relation that removes sanctions; I'm convinced that the only way is dialogue” (Pic La Nacion)

    UK is interested in strengthening bilateral relations with Argentina, building confidence, dialogue, leaving aside sanctions and conflicts, and when it comes to the Falklands/Malvinas and sovereignty, “we must recognize Islanders, their wishes, their lives”, indicated British ambassador in Buenos Aires Mark Kent in an interview with Martin Dinatale, political and diplomatic analyst from La Nacion.

  • Monday, February 13th 2017 - 09:20 UTC

    Mercosur/EU technical discussions in Brussels ahead of Buenos Aires meeting

    Earlier this month in Brasilia, presidents Mauricio Macri and Michel Temer agreed to give a new thrust to Mercosur trade negotiations with the European Union

    Mercosur representatives will be meeting their European Union counterparts this week, beginning Monday, in Brussels in anticipation of another round of trade and cooperation discussions scheduled for March in Buenos Aires. Mercosur members, under the coordination of Argentina, which currently holds the group's chair are attending with a common position reached after several days of videoconferences.