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Argentina

  • Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 09:24 UTC

    Dozens arrested in Argentina for looting

    “There is no social problem to take care of and attend to,” Minister Aníbal Fernández argued

    Several dozens were arrested Tuesday in Argentina for looting in the provinces of Córdoba and Mendoza, it was reported. There were other incidents in the Greater Buenos Aires area and also in the country's capital.

  • Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 08:49 UTC

    Sea lions in Necochea died of avian flu?

    Most of the sea lions found on the beaches were buried in the sand

    Argentine authorities are investigating whether the death of around 40 sea lions inside the port terminal of Necochea / Quequén was due to an outbreak of avian flu, it was reported Tuesday. A colony of about 400 sea lions is usually to be found there.

  • Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 08:37 UTC

    Argentine President not attending BRICS Summit

    President Fernández will resume his post-PASO public life in Neuqén and La Pampa

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández called off his trip to Johannesburg after learning that his country would not be -at least for now- joining the BRICS (a trade bloc made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) during the ongoing XV Summit, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Milei dating CFK impersonator ahead of presidential elections

    An impersonator of CFK might become Argentina's new First Lady

    Libertarian Congressman and presidential candidate Javier Milei are dating comedian and impersonator, Fátima Florez, it was reported in Buenos Aires as the winner of the Aug. 13 Mandatory, Simultaneous and Open Primary (PASO) came under heavy criticism for his almost perennial singleness and his devotion to his sister and dogs.

  • Monday, August 21st 2023 - 11:23 UTC

    Argentina: Who can fix the political and economic problems?

    The three candidates who will disputing the election next 22 October, Javier Milei, Sergio Masa and Patricia Bullrich

    To most people's surprise, the divisive libertarian populist Javier Milei won Argentina's presidential primary. Milei took around 30% of the vote, triumphing in 16 out of the country's 24 provinces.

  • Monday, August 21st 2023 - 11:06 UTC

    Brazil limits the purchase of Argentine hake: twenty companies under “Import Alert Regime”

    In a bid to safeguard Brazilian consumers, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock has taken various initiatives to control the quality of imported goods

    Argentina is taking steps to ease the entry of hake into the Brazilian market following the placement of twenty companies under the “Import Alert Regime” in May. In recent decades, Brazil’s role as an importer of specific animal products, particularly fish and dairy items, has been growing.

  • Monday, August 21st 2023 - 10:19 UTC

    Stolen cell phone leads to arrest of Argentine pedophile

    Chaco Security Minister Gloria Zalazar said she saw the pictures

    A thief in the Argentine city of Resistencia, the capital of the northern province of Chaco, stole a cell phone containing child pornography and tipped the police, leading to the arrest of the alleged pedophile who owned it, it was reported this weekend.

  • Monday, August 21st 2023 - 09:49 UTC

    Paraguay's new FM faced with further waterway negotiations

    Ramírez insisted all the necessary legal means would be used to solve the situation

    Paraguay's new Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez met last week with representatives of the Paraguay-Parana Waterway Agreement Committee (CPTCP) to discuss the next steps toward the elimination of the toll of US$ 1.47 per ton of net register to river transport circulating through the “Port of Santa Fe-Confluencia” section unilaterally imposed by Argentina.

  • Saturday, August 19th 2023 - 17:38 UTC

    Javier Milei plans to give a “prominent role” to Mauricio Macri in his future government

    Macri has approached the libertarian candidate, who often voices discontent with the political class, seeing them all, including the former President, as part of the same “caste.”

    The libertarian Javier Milei, the most voted presidential candidate in the last Primary, Open, Simultaneous and Mandatory (PASO) elections in Argentina, with about 30.90% of the votes, ratified that he maintains a strong dialogue with former President Mauricio Macri. So much so that he plans to offer him “a prominent role” if he were elected as the next national president, as he expressed in radio statements this week.

  • Saturday, August 19th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    IMF holds talks with Argentina's opposition economists

    For the IMF the meetings were one of the Fund's regular and routine contacts with “a wide range of political and economic references”

    International Monetary Fund (IMF) specialists Friday held separate video conferences with economic teams from Argentina's two main contenders for the Oct. 22 presidential elections: La Libertad Avanza (LLA) and Juntos por el Cambio (JxC).