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Argentina

  • Friday, December 8th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

    IMF official highlights importance of BCRA in tackling inflation

    Kozack acknowledged Argentina's very “fragile social conditions”

    International Monetary Fund (IMF) Communications Director Julie Kozack Thursday insisted during a press conference at the agency's headquarters in Washington that Argentina must have a “strong and credible” Central Bank to reduce inflation under future President Javier Milei. In Kozack's view, high prices are one of the most important imbalances the country needs to tackle.

  • Friday, December 8th 2023 - 09:03 UTC

    Tierra del Fuego Governor warns Milei against possible drop in Malvinas claims

    “Malvinas is a priority in our foreign policy,” Melella underlined

    In a column published this week in Buenos Aires daily Clarín, Gustavo Melella, Governor of the Argentine Province of Tierra del Fuego which technically includes the South Atlantic Islands over which the South American country claims sovereignty, stressed that the future Libertarian administration of Javier Milei should not enact a U-turn in the state policies on that particular matter.

  • Friday, December 8th 2023 - 08:56 UTC

    Martín Menem appointed Speaker of Argentina's Lower House

    Menem's political background consists of two years as a La Rioja provincial congressman

    Newly-elected Congressman Martín Menem of La Rioja of President-elect Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza has been appointed as the new Speaker of Argentina's Lower House to succeed Cecilia Moreau, the first woman ever to serve on the post.

  • Friday, December 8th 2023 - 08:38 UTC

    Ukraine's Zelensky attending Milei's inauguration

    Zelensky thanked Milei for his “clear support for Ukraine”

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Thursday announced he would be attending Javier Milei's inauguration in Buenos Aires on Dec. 10. His presence will add notoriety to a ceremony to be skipped by Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva among other world leaders politically not aligned with the future head of state.

  • Thursday, December 7th 2023 - 13:53 UTC

    Case of Malvinas conscripts tortured by officers admitted by International Human Rights Court

    Case of Malvinas conscripts tortured by officers admitted by International Human Rights Court

    A light of hope for the many Malvinas Veterans who for years have litigated in Argentine courts to have their own officers condemned for having abused, tortured, and committed all sorts of human rights violations against many of the green conscripts sent to fight a war in the Falkland Islands, four decades ago.

  • Thursday, December 7th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    Milei reaches out to Elon Musk and confirms Central Bank head

    Milei replied to Musk's posting by saying: “We need to talk, Elon.”

    Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei said Wednesday that he spoke “extensively” on the telephone with tycoon Elon Musk, who shall not be attending the Dec. 10 inauguration in Buenos Aires.

  • Thursday, December 7th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

    Alberto Fernández says goodbye to Casa Rosada staff

    Fernández said he was leaving behind “a country on the move” which is “working”

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday said goodbye to the Casa Rosada staff with whom he worked for the past four years ahead of the Dec. 10 changeover when Javier Milei is to be inaugurated, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Thursday, December 7th 2023 - 09:58 UTC

    Japan reopens door to Argentine poultry products

    The poultry meat and eggs exported to Japan must have been produced after Dec. 5, 2023.

    Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries lifted all restrictions on poultry products from Argentina in force since February this year following outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the South American country, it was reported.

  • Wednesday, December 6th 2023 - 10:54 UTC

    Lula skipping Milei's inauguration

    Brazil will be represented by Foreign Minister Vieira because Milei has not apologized to Lula

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva finally confirmed he would not be attending Javier Milei's inauguration despite last-minute efforts by Argentina's future Foreign Minister Diana Mondino who failed to undo the badmouthing the Libertarian leader made during his campaign.

  • Wednesday, December 6th 2023 - 10:28 UTC

    Delivery of Orions to Argentina delayed over unpaid bills

    The new units are to be stationed at the Naval Base in Trelew

    The delivery of the first of the four second-hand Lockheed P-3 Orion aircraft purchased from Norway for the Argentine Navy has been reported to be behind schedule as the first payment was not made in time according to the Oct. 17 arrangement. In this scenario, Norwegian authorities have made it clear that the units were not to be released.