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Montevideo, March 5th 2026 - 00:21 UTC

Argentina

  • Thursday, October 20th 2016 - 08:50 UTC

    Women take to the streets in Buenos Aires to protest wave of gender violence

    The protesters marched in memory of Lucia Perez on Wednesday, who was found dead in the coastal city of Mar del Plata on October 8.

    Dressed in black, Argentine women took to the streets to protest the brutal rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl, the latest incident of gender violence to shock the country. Others walked off the job as a sign of protest, in what was described as women's first national strike. Similar demonstrations took place in solidarity in many Latin American cities from Montevideo to Mexico City.

  • Tuesday, October 18th 2016 - 10:31 UTC

    Argentina lowers interest rates for businesses as inflation tends to subside

    The decision follows the conviction that gradually “we will have a substantial improvement in the economy, with inflation trending lower,” said Melconian

    Argentina's main state-run bank said it lowered its headline interest rates for loans to businesses on Monday amid expectations that inflation will begin to slow in Latin America's third-largest economy, a move that will help put credit back within firms' reach. Banco Nacion, the country's largest financial institution and which also acts as a development bank, set its annual nominal reference rate for business loans at 27%, down from 32%.

  • Tuesday, October 18th 2016 - 08:44 UTC

    Malcorra regrets no previous warning on the Falklands' military exercises

    “The British decision definitively took us by surprise; there was no previous warning which evidently is not good. It does not contribute to confidence building”

    Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra said that the recent diplomatic row with the UK over military exercises in the Falkland Islands shows that the consequences of the war persist and reiterated her disappointment with London for not giving the Argentine government any previous warning.

  • Tuesday, October 18th 2016 - 08:11 UTC

    Argentina congratulates Guterres on appointment as next UN Secretary General

    The Argentine government also wishes the best of successes to Mr. Antonio Guterres as head of UN

    Argentina extended on Monday its congratulations to Portuguese former prime minister and ex UN High commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres for his appointment by the UN General Assembly as the next UN Secretary General for the 2017/2021 period.

  • Tuesday, October 18th 2016 - 07:48 UTC

    Falklands military exercises: Governor Bertone condemns “UK's bad faith”

    “The UK bad faith is evident, only a few days after the release of a joint statement with Argentina” said Bertone

    Argentine Tierra del Fuego governor Rosana Bertone joined the group of protestors condemning the military exercises, including launching of Rapier missiles, announced by British forces stationed in the Falkland Islands, and accused London of acting in “bad faith” just a few days after releasing a joint statement with Argentina to improve relations.

  • Sunday, October 16th 2016 - 06:18 UTC

    Argentina 'upset and disappointed' with UK military exercises in Falklands but insists with dialogue

    “We feel upset and deeply disappointed because it entails a presumption of conflict hypothesis”, pointed out minister Malcorra during a media conference at the Argentine embassy in the Vatican

    The Argentine government feels “upset and deeply disappointed” with the announced British military exercises in the Falklands/Malvinas, which includes the launching of missiles, but nevertheless the government will continue working “to build the opportunity of a dialogue which eliminates the presumptions of conflict” with the UK, said foreign minister Susana Malcorra on Saturday in the Vatican.

  • Saturday, October 15th 2016 - 08:15 UTC

    Argentina complains about UK military exercises in Falklands with missiles

    Deputy minister Foradori lodged the complaint demanding UK call off the “illegitimate” exercises, which are scheduled for Oct. 19-28

    Argentina formally complained on Friday about military exercises with missiles that Britain is planning this month in the disputed Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. Argentina's foreign ministry said in a statement that it had sent a letter to the British ambassador Mark Kent demanding the country call off the “illegitimate” exercises, which are scheduled for Oct. 19-28 and include the launching of Rapier missiles.

  • Friday, October 14th 2016 - 05:48 UTC

    Falklands considers air link with Brazil including a monthly stopover in Argentina

    “Is a monthly stopover in Argentina too high a price to pay for a direct weekly flight to Sao Paulo, the biggest flight hub in South America,” said MLA Summers

    “Is a monthly stopover in Argentina too high a price to pay for a direct weekly flight to Sao Paulo, the biggest flight hub in South America,” is the question we all have to ask ourselves, said lawmaker MLA Mike Summers this week as he set out the situation and options available to progress and develop the Falkland Islands’ economy.

  • Thursday, October 13th 2016 - 10:05 UTC

    Ushuaia celebrates 132th anniversary with a jumbo paella for 12.000 people

    Huge pans were distributed in downtown and paella portions distributed among attendants following the end of the parade

    Ushuaia in the extreme south of Argentina and capital of Tierra del Fuego province celebrated on 12 October the 132th anniversary of its foundation with several activities including a jumbo popular paella for 12.000 people. The gastronomic display was sponsored by city authorities and New San, a maquila group which assembles electronic products in Tierra del Fuego under a promotion system implemented by Buenos Aires.

  • Wednesday, October 12th 2016 - 10:42 UTC

    Queen Maxima of Netherlands in Argentina; meeting with Macri scheduled

    Maxima also spoke briefly with Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra. “I welcomed Queen Maxima of the Netherlands to my office,” Malcorra said.

    Queen Maxima of the Netherlands began a two-day official visit Tuesday to her native Argentina in her role as the U.N. secretary-general's special advocate for inclusive finance for development, or UNSGSA, meeting with authorities.