Argentina

• Thursday, August 6th 2015 - 04:47 UTC

  Argentine swimmers planning to cross Falkland Sound next March

  

  Four professional swimmers from Mar del Plata, Argentina have announced they are preparing for a great challenge: next March they plan to cross the Falkland Sound joining West and East Falklands. Diego Piccardo, Martín Sánchez, Adrián Echeverría and Guido Ganín are training with professor Andrés Rosso under the supervision of the several times open sea champion Claudio Plitt.

• Wednesday, August 5th 2015 - 06:52 UTC

  Lost humpback whale which ended in Buenos Aires lured back to sea

  

  A lost whale which made a surprise visit to a marina in the Buenos Aires port area, periodically surfacing among the yachts while hundreds of onlookers tried to capture the moment with smartphones, finally on Tuesday was lured back to the open sea in a combined operation.

• Tuesday, August 4th 2015 - 13:16 UTC

  Humpback whale surfaces in Buenos Aires alongside luxury yachts

  

  A whale appeared in the marina of one of Buenos Aires' most exclusive up market neighborhoods on Monday, periodically surfacing alongside luxury yachts while hundreds of onlookers tried to capture the moment with smart phones.

• Monday, August 3rd 2015 - 09:29 UTC

  Argentine farmers at Palermo show opening: “please don't vote for 'populist adventures'”

  

  Argentine farmers have taken sides decisively ahead of events leading to the presidential election in October and the primaries next weekend. At the opening of the country's major Palermo agriculture show in Buenos Aires, the head of the Argentine Rural Society Luis Etchevehere called on his fellow citizens to avoid supporting “democratically elected leaders but intoxicated with authoritarianism” and “populist adventures”.

• Monday, August 3rd 2015 - 09:05 UTC

  “You can't understand Pope Francis without Juan Peron and Evita Peron” says the Washington Post

  

  Pope Francis will be visiting the United States next September, where he will address the United States congress, the United Nations General Assembly and attend the Family Congress to be held in Philadelphia.

• Monday, August 3rd 2015 - 08:28 UTC

  Argentina and Chile armies agree on Antarctica rescue and support operations

  

  The armies of Argentina and Chile have completed the details for this Antarctic season PARACAH (Antarctic Combined Rescue Patrol Argentina-Chile) 2015 exercise that became effective as of August and extends until next year, and which besides combined rescue operations also refers to collaboration in scientific and research issues in Antarctica.

• Saturday, August 1st 2015 - 10:00 UTC

  FIFA corruption: Argentine indicted businessman pleads not guilty in US court

  

  The former chairman of an Argentina-based sports marketing business, one of 14 people indicted in a corruption case that has rattled the soccer world's governing body FIFA, pleaded not guilty in US federal court on Friday.

• Thursday, July 30th 2015 - 09:16 UTC

  Kicillof blasts 'speculators' for promoting a run from the Peso to the US dollar

  

  Argentina's economy minister and central bank governor came out strongly to warn the “devaluation club” and speculators in the foreign exchange market who allegedly are pushing the value of the US dollar and sinking the local Peso.

• Thursday, July 30th 2015 - 07:23 UTC

  Argentina asks if Iran nuke-deal includes delisting Iranian wanted in major bomb attack in Buenos Aires

  

  Argentina's foreign minister is asking U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and European Union Foreign Affairs representative, Federica Mogherini to clarify whether Washington's nuclear deal with Iran includes removing from Interpol's list an Iranian wanted in a major bomb attack in Buenos Aires that took place in 1994 and remains unsolved.

• Wednesday, July 29th 2015 - 06:30 UTC

  Positive signals from Argentina's economy ahead of October's election

  

  Industrial production in Argentina fell 0.8% in June compared to the same period last year, according to the country's National Statistics and Census Institute (INDEC), marking the 23rd consecutive month that the sector has contracted. However with seasonally adjusted figures, Indec's data showed a 0.9% rise, the first positive advance in two years (July 2013).