Argentina

• Wednesday, June 24th 2015 - 06:58 UTC

  Malvinas-veteran new Army chief; former head resigns amid claims of human rights violations

  

  The head of Argentina's army, Major General Cesar Milani long accused of human rights violations, has resigned and will be replaced by General Ricardo Luis Cundom, a Malvinas conflict veteran.

• Tuesday, June 23rd 2015 - 06:52 UTC

  Scioli, 'head of the nation', but Cristina Fernandez 'the natural leader of the Peronist national movement'

  

  Daniel Scioli, Buenos Aires province governor and incumbent Victory Front presidential candidate, “will be the head of the nation” if he wins October elections while president Cristina Fernández will continue as “the natural leader of the Peronist national movement,” Argentine Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernandez told reporters on Monday.

• Tuesday, June 23rd 2015 - 05:17 UTC

  Falklands-born Alexander Betts candidate for a Mercosur parliament seat

  

  Alejandro Betts, born in the Falklands and now full Argentine citizen will run for office in the Mercosur Parliament, Parlasur, in representation of the Tierra del Fuego province, although he must first overcome the 9 August PASO primaries (open, simultaneous and mandatory), according to reports from the official Argentine news agency, Telam.

• Monday, June 22nd 2015 - 07:35 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez ensuring continuity for Kirchner's 'development 'project'

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez will not run for any office in this year's general elections, but she has set up supporters in key candidacies for the primaries in which 13 presidential hopefuls are participating. These include her two closest advisors since the death of her husband Nestor Kirchner and they are, son Maximo Kirchner, and Carlos Zannini, the Legal and Technical Secretary of the Executive.

• Monday, June 22nd 2015 - 07:15 UTC

  Run off in Tierra del Fuego governor's election; despite freezing weather, 60% cast ballots

  

  Results from Tierra del Fuego in the extreme south of Argentina put Victory Front senator Rosana Bertone on course for victory in Sunday's governor's election, although she will have to face a run-off with second-placed Federico Sciurano. With 82.8% of the vote counted Bertone led on 41.8%, followed by Sciurano of the radical-Popular Fueguino Movement coalition who took 33.7%.

• Monday, June 22nd 2015 - 07:05 UTC

  United opposition in Mendoza province defeats CFK's ruling Victory Front

  

  Argentina's opposition Radical Party (UCR) seized back Mendoza province (one of the country's five main electoral districts) after their Cambia Mendoza alliance, led by Alfredo Cornejo, defeated the Victory Front (FpV)’s Adolfo Bermejo, and had 48% of the vote at press time, 10 points more than the Peronist hopeful. Bermejo is a close ally of President Cristina Fernández.

• Monday, June 22nd 2015 - 06:16 UTC

  New antiaircraft missile test in Falklands, on fears of “more Argentine aggression”

  

  The Sunday Express has revealed that a live-fire training exercise will be taking place in the Falkland Islands with the participation of Royal Marines deploying high velocity missiles against “incoming attack aircraft” with the purpose of demonstrating combat capacity and to show that the UK can deploy high readiness troops.

• Monday, June 22nd 2015 - 05:55 UTC

  Falklands' war: Thatcher 'very angry' with the BBC with the coverage of UK military plans

  

  Margaret Thatcher accused the BBC of “assisting the enemy” during the Falklands War by broadcasting the moves British troops were likely to make before they actually happened, according to new documents revealed in the UK media.

• Saturday, June 20th 2015 - 09:16 UTC

  Buenos Aires/Moscow close ties are “a fact, not a wish”, says Argentine minister Kicillof

  

  Argentine Economy Minister Axel Kicillof speaking from Moscow said ties between Buenos Aires and Russia were “a fact, not a wish” praising the bilateral “natural understanding” and “complementation”, achieved by the two partners in economic, energy and trade affairs.

• Saturday, June 20th 2015 - 00:14 UTC

  Argentine congress members in Paris investigating HSBC with whistleblowers

  

  Members of the Argentina's congressional bicameral commission investigating HSBC alleged illegal scheme to help Argentines evade taxes and siphon money out of the country, met in Paris with a group of French legislators and with UBS whistleblower Stéphanie Gibaud.