Argentina

• Thursday, March 14th 2024 - 10:46 UTC

  New guidelines on use of firearms issued to tackle violence in Rosario

  

  Argentine authorities issued a new set of guidelines regarding the use of firearms by federal law enforcement forces deployed to curb gang violence in the city of Rosario, it was reported Wednesday in Buenos Aires as the measure was to be released in Thursday's edition of the Official Gazette.

• Thursday, March 14th 2024 - 08:26 UTC

  “We want a good relationship with Argentina, but will never negotiate Falkland Islanders rights”

  

  ”The UK Government will always protect and promote the Falkland Islanders’ right of self-determination and only they can decide their future. We want a good relationship with Argentina, but have been very clear that we will never negotiate away the Islanders’ democratic rights. My right honorable Friend the Foreign Secretary (Lord David Cameron) reassured the Islanders about our enduring commitment during his welcome visit to the Falkland Islands last month,“ David Rutley, Under Secretary for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, replied to questions from Parliament members on Tuesday, who asked ”What steps he is taking to uphold the Falkland Islanders right to self determination?.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2024 - 21:11 UTC

  Argentine Supreme Court Justice favors autonomous agency to tackle drug trafficking

  

  Argentine Supreme Court Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti has insisted that the fight against drug trafficking and the bloodshed it causes should be entrusted to an office that transcends political mandates. Lorenzetti, from the city of Rafaela in the province of Santa Fe, which includes the violence-torn city of Rosario, said that the creation of the National Anti-Drug Trafficking Agency would be promoted by the judiciary.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2024 - 20:25 UTC

  Lufthansa flight makes emergency landing in Rosario

  

  The comparably small “Islas Malvinas” Airport in Fisherton, outside the Argentine city of Rosario, was shocked Tuesday when a Lufthansa Boeing 747-830 landed there amid numerous shiftings to alternate destinations with Buenos Aires' air terminals closed due to heavy rains.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2024 - 10:29 UTC

  Argentina: Inflation in February reaches 13.2%, according to Indec

  

  According to a report from Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) released Tuesday in Buenos Aires, the South American country's Consumer Price Index (CPI) went up 13.2% in February of 2024 for a yoy total of 276% amid notorious declines in industry, construction, and consumption.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2024 - 06:55 UTC

  New private port for grains trade along the Paraná

  

  The administration of Argentine president Javier Milei announced last week plans for a US$550 million investment to build a new port in the Rosario region, the country's major grains and oilseeds hub.

• Tuesday, March 12th 2024 - 21:42 UTC

  Venezuela blocks Argentine aircraft from its airspace in retaliation for cargo plane seizure

  

  Venezuela has announced the closure of its airspace to aircraft originating from or bound for Argentina, following the seizure of a cargo plane that was subsequently handed over to U.S. authorities. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil declared, “Venezuela exercises full sovereignty in its airspace,” vowing that “no aircraft” from Argentina will be permitted to fly over Venezuelan territory until compensation is provided for damages caused by the seizure.

• Tuesday, March 12th 2024 - 19:03 UTC

  Heavy storm leaves one dead, downs trees, and disrupts flights in Buenos Aires

  

  The Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) and parts of the metropolitan areas around it which together make up the so-called AMBA were hit by heavy rains on Tuesday morning- One person was found dead in the Lanús area, five blocks from the CABA limits as residents coped with an orange alert from the National Meteorological Service (SMN) warning of possible thunderstorms and occasional hail.

• Tuesday, March 12th 2024 - 11:15 UTC

  Argentine Foreign Ministry summons British Ambassador over South Atlantic moves

  

  The Argentine Foreign Ministry summoned British Ambassador Kirsty Hayes to express the “concern” of the government of President Javier Milei over recent unilateral actions taken by the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic, including Foreign Secretary David Cameron's recent visit to the Falkland/Malvinas Islands and London's announcement to expand the Marine Protected Area.

• Tuesday, March 12th 2024 - 11:05 UTC

  Milei sacks official responsible for outrageous pay hike

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei Monday sacked Labor Secretary Omar Yasín following the scandal whereby a 48% pay hike decreed for Casa Rosada staffers ended up impacting the salaries of the head of state and all cabinet members. “He made a mistake he should not have made,” Milei argued about the lawyer stemming from the ranks of former President Mauricio Macri's PRO.