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Montevideo, June 12th 2025 - 09:31 UTC

Argentina

  • Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 10:43 UTC

    Mondino insists: Argentina not joining BRICS

    The invitation has not yet been accepted and it would entail a substantial contribution Argentina cannot afford, Mondino explained

    Argentina's future Foreign Minister Diana Mondino confirmed this week that her country would not be joining the BRICS alliance on Jan. 1 as scheduled despite a personal letter from Chinese President Xi Jinping to President-elect Javier Milei.

  • Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 10:43 UTC

    UAE, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay agree to promote bioceanic corridor

    The road drafted to be some 2,200 kilometers long would be completed by 2025

    Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Paraguay Friday agreed in Dubai on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Summit (COP28) to “seek opportunities” for the highway due to link the port of Santos, in Brazil, with the Chilean ports of Arica and Iquique. Former Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez has dubbed the initiative “the small Panama Canal.”

  • Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 08:14 UTC

    “Falklands' status as a BOT has nothing to do with imperial gestures, but the wishes of its population”

    Ex governor Dr. Haywood points out that like any former colony, Falkland Islanders have a right to self-determination, recognized by the UN.

    The Falkland Islands’ status as a British overseas territory has nothing to do with imperial gestures, and everything to do with the wishes of the population, writes Dr. Nigel Haywood, in response to the article by Simon Jenkins, published in The Guardian and MercoPress a week ago.

  • Friday, December 1st 2023 - 22:39 UTC

    Milei confirms Bullrich will be his Security Minister

    The PRO Chairwoman and former presidential candidate held that position under Macri

    The Office of Argentina's President-Elect (@OPEArg) Friday confirmed Patricia Bullrich would return to her position as Security Minister once Javier Milei is sworn in on Dec. 10. The Chairwoman of former President Mauricio Macri's Propuesta Republicana party (PRO) held that job between 2015 and 2019. In the Oct. 22 elections, she failed to make it through to the Nov. 19 runoff so both she and Macri announced they would support Milei's candidacy against Economy Minister Sergio Massa.

  • Friday, December 1st 2023 - 10:24 UTC

    Lacalle Pou optimistic about Milei's future government

    “Always, when something new starts, you give it credit,” Lacalle said

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said Thursday that this might change foreign relations with Javier Milei's government in Argentina: “We have not been lucky in foreign relations” but, with the Libertarian leader, “the region is changing and we are going to take advantage of it,” Lacalle stressed.

  • Thursday, November 30th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

    Milei foresees stagflation for the coming months

    “Inflation is going to remain high because it is the result of the mess made by this government,” Milei said upon returning from the US

    Argentina's Legislative Assembly (Lower and Upper House together) Wednesday proclaimed Javier Milei's victory with 55.65% (14,554,560) of the votes in the Nov. 19 runoff against Economy Minister Sergio Massa. Chairing the meeting, Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) also confirmed Victoria Villarruel would be her successor.

  • Thursday, November 30th 2023 - 10:11 UTC

    Uruguay and Paraguay take action to prevent equine encephalomyelitis

    Equine encephalomyelitis calls for the same measures recommended to avoid dengue or zika, Rando explained

    Paraguayan and Uruguayan health authorities have been reported to be taking preventive measures regarding a possible outbreak of equine encephalomyelitis.

  • Wednesday, November 29th 2023 - 10:12 UTC

    Lacalle Herrera wishes Milei all the best

    The father of the current Uruguayan president wished his son and Milei understand each other well

    During his recent trip to the beach resort and port of Mar del Plata, former Uruguayan President Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera (1990-1995), the father of the current head of state Luis Lacalle Pou, wished Javier Milei all the best because “a prosperous, fair, orderly and rich Argentina is the best business for Uruguay.”

  • Wednesday, November 29th 2023 - 10:09 UTC

    Four more Argentines freed by Hamas

    Some 15 Argentines are believed to still be in the hands of Hamas or other groups

    The terrorist group Hamas Tuesday released ten women, four of them Argentine nationals, in exchange for another batch of 30 Palestinian inmates held by Israel at the Ofer prison in the West Bank and in the Russian prison in Jerusalem, as the humanitarian truce was extended to allow for further swaps. Two other hostages were also freed as a bonus not contemplated in the agreement.

  • Wednesday, November 29th 2023 - 09:31 UTC

    Buenos Aires Court rulings go Macri's way

    CFK will lose all immunity effective Dec. 10.

    Separate court rulings issued Tuesday in Buenos Aires seemed to accommodate former President Mauricio Macri's agenda, thus heralding the times to come after Javier Milei's Dec. 10 inauguration.