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Montevideo, June 9th 2026 - 16:38 UTC

Argentina

  • Thursday, March 12th 2026 - 03:08 UTC

    Adorni under pressure after taking his wife on Milei’s official U.S. trip

    Adorni himself confirmed in an interview with A24 that his wife, Bettina Angeletti, ended up traveling on Tango 01 after the presidential trip was rescheduled

    Argentina’s chief of staff, Manuel Adorni, has come under political pressure after it emerged that his wife accompanied him on the presidential aircraft during Javier Milei’s trip to the United States, triggering questions over the use of public resources and a possible contradiction with rules the government itself had set for official planes.

  • Tuesday, March 10th 2026 - 15:43 UTC

    Milei: “I am the most Zionist president in the world”

    His remarks on Iran carry particular weight in Argentina because of the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires and the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center

    Argentine President Javier Milei said in New York that he is “the most Zionist president in the world,” reaffirming his alignment with the United States and Israel during an appearance at Yeshiva University, one of the main stops on a U.S. trip that also included investor meetings as part of “Argentina Week.” The university said the event was part of a three-day visit focused on economic leadership and support for Washington and Israel in the war against Iran.

  • Monday, March 9th 2026 - 10:59 UTC

    Oil rises above US$100 a barrel as Middle East war and Hormuz disruption hit supply

    U.S. President Donald Trump reacted to the oil rally with a Truth Social post, saying it was “a very small price to pay” for “security and peace in America and for the world.”

    Oil prices climbed above US$100 a barrel on Sunday in futures trading, reaching their highest levels since 2022 as the war in the Middle East, the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz and fresh production cuts among Gulf producers tightened supply expectations. Reuters reported Brent rose as high as US$111.04 a barrel while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) touched US$111.24 in early trading. AP later put Brent at US$107.97 and WTI at US$106.22, both more than 16% above the previous close.

  • Monday, March 9th 2026 - 10:56 UTC

    Women’s Day rallies in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay focused on femicide, austerity and public funding

    With banners reading “Not all of us made it” and “Not one more daughter, not one more broken mother,” they denounced the daily femicides in Mexico City

    International Women’s Day rallies in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay this weekend produced a shared Southern Cone agenda: opposition to gender-based violence, demands for sustained public policies and warnings about the impact of economic strain and state cutbacks on women’s lives. In Brazil, the message centered on rising femicide; in Argentina, on a strike-backed protest against President Javier Milei’s austerity drive; and in Uruguay, on demands for more funding to enforce gender-violence laws and renewed attention to vicarious violence.

  • Friday, March 6th 2026 - 12:24 UTC

    Trump welcomes Messi during White House tribute to Inter Miami

    Trump praised Messi for his influence on soccer in the United States and for choosing Miami at this stage of his career

    Lionel Messi made his first visit to the White House on Thursday, joining the Inter Miami squad as President Donald Trump honored the club for winning the 2025 MLS Cup, secured in December with a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps.

  • Thursday, March 5th 2026 - 22:19 UTC

    Trump to gather 12 aligned Latin American leaders in Florida, with Mexico, Brazil and Colombia absent

    The summit follows a week in which senior Trump officials sharpened their rhetoric on Latin America

    U.S. President Donald Trump will host leaders from 12 Latin American and Caribbean countries in Doral, Florida, on March 7 for the so-called Shield of the Americas Summit, a meeting the White House is framing as a forum on security, migration and hemispheric cooperation. The gathering comes amid a broader U.S. diplomatic and military push in the region and just weeks before Trump is expected to travel to China.

  • Thursday, March 5th 2026 - 21:36 UTC

    Bullrich meets freed gendarme Nahuel Gallo at Senate, questions AFA role in his release

    Bullrich also said Gallo learned that two AFA representatives were present when he was picked up, and that they allegedly asked him to say publicly it had been the association

    Senator Patricia Bullrich met at her Senate office with Argentine gendarme Nahuel Gallo, who was freed after 448 days in detention in Venezuela, in talks that lasted nearly two hours and focused on his captivity and the process that led to his return. Speaking afterwards, Bullrich said Gallo had “barely told 10% of what he lived through” and indicated the two would meet again.

  • Thursday, March 5th 2026 - 21:33 UTC

    Who is Juan Bautista Mahiques, Argentina’s new Justice Minister

    Mahiques, a Buenos Aires Province native and a University of Buenos Aires law graduate, built a career spanning the judiciary and executive branch roles

    President Javier Milei appointed Juan Bautista Mahiques, until now the chief prosecutor of the City of Buenos Aires, as Argentina’s new justice minister, replacing Mariano Cúneo Libarona. The change was confirmed after Cúneo Libarona resigned, citing personal reasons.

  • Thursday, March 5th 2026 - 12:01 UTC

    Trial opens in Río Gallegos for four former Argentine Navy officers over ARA San Juan sinking

    At the time, the Navy reported technical problems and an onboard emergency before contact was lost; subsequent findings concluded the submarine suffered a catastrophic underwater event.

    A federal court in Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz province, has opened the long-awaited trial of four former senior Argentine Navy officers accused of alleged responsibility in the 2017 sinking and subsequent implosion of the ARA San Juan submarine, a disaster that killed all 44 crew members.

  • Wednesday, March 4th 2026 - 22:04 UTC

    Released Argentine gendarme alleges “psychological torture” at Venezuela’s Rodeo I prison

    Gallo avoided describing detention conditions in detail: “Rodeo I is not a very good place—it’s a place of considerable psychological torture, not pleasant to talk about”

    Nahuel Gallo, the Argentine gendarme freed after 448 days in detention in Venezuela, urged the release of “24 foreign nationals” he said remain imprisoned at the Rodeo I facility and asked for time before detailing what he endured during captivity. “Until they release those 24 foreign nationals, I’m not free,” he said in a short statement to reporters, without taking questions.