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Montevideo, August 23rd 2025 - 11:49 UTC

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  • Wednesday, July 9th 2025 - 21:06 UTC

    Dead whale found north of Buenos Aires City

    Although unusual, it was not the first time a dead whale turned up dead in Vicente López

    A dead whale was found a few meters from the shore in Vicente López, on the northern outskirts of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. A fisherman spotted the animal, believed to be a young calf, near kilometer 18 of the coastal channel in La Lucila and reported it to the Coast Guard (PNA), which, together with Civil Defense and local Police, established a security perimeter around it. The whale had its fins facing upward.

  • Wednesday, July 9th 2025 - 09:49 UTC

    Milei cancels trip to Tucumán for Independence Day celebrations

    The Libertarian Government blamed the weather affecting flights for the last-minute decision

    President Javier Milei canceled his planned trip to Tucumán due to adverse weather conditions disrupting flights nationwide. This decision also came amidst reports of low confirmed attendance from provincial governors, with only a handful planning to join the Argentine Independence Day ceremony where the declaration was signed on July 9, 1816.

  • Tuesday, July 8th 2025 - 10:54 UTC

    Falklands, Inside the secret military dialogue between Britain and Argentina, according to The Economist

    A piece from the latest edition of The Economist, points to a possible deal that would counter China and please United States, but “it requires deft diplomacy on the Falklands”.

    United States top brass worries about the South Atlantic. It is a jumping-off point for Antarctica, where Russia and China boast 15 bases between them, scrambling to lock down resources. It is linked to the Pacific by the Strait of Magellan, the only safe maritime route between the two oceans other than the drought-hit Panama Canal. Traffic through the Strait is surging, as is illegal Chinese fishing on either side. China is pushing infrastructure projects across the region. US top generals have visited Argentina’s Deep South three times in the last two years.

  • Monday, July 7th 2025 - 20:19 UTC

    Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo find Grandson #140

    Grandchild number 140 is from a Cutral Co (Neuquén) family, the son of Graciela Alicia Romero and Raúl Eugenio Metz

    The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo human rights organization announced Monday the finding of the 140th grandchild, born to people kidnapped and disappeared under Argentina's military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983.

  • Monday, July 7th 2025 - 09:03 UTC

    Buenos Aires Peronists join forces to fight Milei's chainsaw policies

    “The chainsaw is becoming increasingly ruthless,” Kicillof warned

    The Justicialist (Peronist) Party (PJ) in the Argentine Province of Buenos Aires agreed on a unified strategy vis-à-vis the Sept. 7 mid-term provincial elections in a convention attended by 691 representatives and chaired by Fernando Espinoza. The conclave agreed on appointing a commission to form this new front.

  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 19:21 UTC

    Milei welcomes Modi at Casa Rosada

    It was the first official visit to Argentina by an Indian PM in 57 years, although Modi had been in Buenos Aires for the G20 Summit in 2018

    Argentine President Javier Milei welcomed India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss trade, investment, energy, critical minerals, defense, aerospace, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and other issues.

  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 09:34 UTC

    Argentina: Independence Day military parade called off

    Milei will travel to Tucumán instead, Governor Jaldo confirmed

    The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei has canceled the traditional July 9 Independence Day military parade to save public funds, the Defense Ministry announced Friday. The move came as a surprise, given that the Milei administration had reinstated and heavily promoted the parade last year after it was discontinued during the Alberto Fernández and Kirchner administrations.

  • Friday, July 4th 2025 - 09:34 UTC

    Orsi invited Milei over to Montevideo

    “It is not a good thing for us to meddle in the affairs of other countries,” Orsi insisted

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi extended a formal invitation to his Argentine colleague, Javier Milei, to visit Montevideo during their bilateral meeting, lasting approximately 30 minutes, as part of the 66th Mercosur Presidential Summit in Buenos Aires.

  • Thursday, July 3rd 2025 - 22:19 UTC

    Lula visits CFK at her Buenos Aires apartment

    Lula stayed less than an hour at the residence in Buenos Aires' Constitución neighborhood

    Following his participation at the South American Common Market (Mercosur) Summit at the Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva paid a visit to former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) at the apartment in the Coonstitución neighborhood where she is serving a six-year prison sentence for overpriced public works contracts and bid rigging, under the house arrest modality.

  • Thursday, July 3rd 2025 - 18:12 UTC

    Brazil formally handed over Mercosur's rotating presidency

    Lula hopes to have the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the EU before the end of the year

    Argentine President Javier Milei formally transferred the pro tempore presidency of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) to his Brazilian colleague Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the close of the bloc's summit in Buenos Aires.