Argentina

• Friday, September 27th 2024 - 21:26 UTC

  Argentine judge rules against Royal Spanish Academy's construction of “Jew”

  

  Buenos Aires Federal Judge Ariel Lijo Thursday ordered the Madrid-based Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) to strike from its dictionary the fifth meaning of the word “judío/a” (Jewish) which applies to any person “greedy or usurious,” even though it is noted that its use is “offensive or discriminatory.” The magistrate, who is no other than President Javier Milei's choice to fill the already existing vacancy on the Supreme Court (CSJN), argued that such a construction constituted “hate speech that incites discrimination on religious grounds.”

• Friday, September 27th 2024 - 14:50 UTC

  More than half of Argentines have fallen into poverty

  

  According to a report from the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec), released Thursday, poverty in Argentina rose to 52.9% in the first half of 2024, affecting nearly around 25 million people, while indigence stood at 18.1% (8.5 million). These figures represented a significant setback from the 41.7% (19.5 million people) poverty rate from the second half of 2023. The Indigence Index measures people whose income is not even enough to buy the minimum amount of food for subsistence.

• Friday, September 27th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Red Cross supports humanitarian plan in Falklands to identify fallen Argentine soldiers

  

  The International Committee of the Red Cross has stated that In accordance with its humanitarian mandate and as a neutral and impartial intermediary, the ICRC is ready to carry out further forensic work on the Falkland/Malvinas Islands with the aim of helping to bring some closure to families whose loved ones remain unidentified.

• Friday, September 27th 2024 - 09:32 UTC

  Argentina's Health Minister Russo resigns for “personal matters”

  

  Mario Russo turned in his resignation as Health Minister of Argentina Thursday citing ”strictly personal matters, it was announced in Buenos Aires through a statement from the President's Office. He will be replaced by fellow physician Mario Lugones.

• Thursday, September 26th 2024 - 14:37 UTC

  Eleven people arrested in Argentine province of Córdoba for starting wildfires

  

  At least 11 people have been arrested in the Argentine province of Córdoba for their alleged involvement in starting the current which elicited President Javier Milei's presence late Wednesday. Córdoba Security Minister Juan Pablo Quinteros has already admitted that “fires, in 99% of the cases, are started by human hands.”

• Thursday, September 26th 2024 - 10:53 UTC

  Argentina's economy keeps falling, Indec report shows

  

  Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) Wednesday released a report showing that the economic activity in the South American country fell by 1.3% year-on-year in July.

• Thursday, September 26th 2024 - 10:29 UTC

  Argentina: Legal team to seek acquittal of French rugby players in rape scandal

  

  The legal team representing French international rugby players Oscar Jégou and Hugo Araudou after they were charged with rape in the Argentine province of Mendoza announced Wednesday that they would be mooting for their clients' acquittal after a psychological report on the woman who claimed to have been the victim was found to be full of “inconsistencies and contradictions.”

• Wednesday, September 25th 2024 - 19:47 UTC

  Argentine university says dengue-carrying mosquito more resistant to insecticides

  

  A study by the Argentine University of La Plata's Insect Neurobiology Laboratory released this week detected that certain mutations of the dengue-causing aedes aegypti mosquito is more resistant to insecticides than previously thought. The research was focused on the type of insect dominant in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) ahead of the Summer season, during which an outbreak of the malady is feared.

• Wednesday, September 25th 2024 - 11:56 UTC

  Argentina to no longer remain neutral, Milei tells UN

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei Tuesday told the United Nations General Assembly in New York that his country would be dropping its traditional neutrality and taking sides in ongoing conflicts. He also said the global organization was seeking to “impose an ideological agenda” instead of “pursuing peace” in the world by allowing “bloody dictatorships” in.

• Wednesday, September 25th 2024 - 11:24 UTC

  Foreign Office statement, UK/Argentina made progress on different South Atlantic issues regarding

  

  Looking forward to a new era of constructive cooperation within the bilateral relationship, characterized by improved dialogue and confidence-building measures, the UK Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina, Diana Mondino, met in New York on 24 September and made progress towards a broad agenda covering different issues relating to the South Atlantic. It is agreed that the formula on the safeguards of sovereignty in paragraph 2 of the Joint Statement of 19 October 1989 applies to this agenda and its outcomes.