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Montevideo, November 21st 2024 - 14:06 UTC

Argentina

  • Thursday, September 19th 2024 - 10:27 UTC

    Venezuela issues arrest warrants against Milei, his sister and Minister Bullrich

    Saab called Milei “the most ferocious violator of human rights in the continent”

    Venezuela's Public Prosecutor's Office announced Wednesday the opening of an inquiry against Argentine President Javier Milei for alleged crimes against humanity and the “theft” of a Venezuelan state-owned airplane handed over to the United States. As a result, arrest warrants were issued against Milei, his sister and Presidential Secretary Karina Milei, and Security Minister Patricia Bullrich.

  • Thursday, September 19th 2024 - 10:17 UTC

    Argentina: Adorni promoted to ministerial rank

    Adorni holds daily press briefings among other tasks and his duties do not overlap with those of Press Secretary Eduardo Serenellini

    Argentina's Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni has been promoted to Minister. President Javier Milei also insists that “there is no money” and vows to do his utmost to achieve a zero fiscal deficit while curbing government expenditures.

  • Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 08:02 UTC

    Argentine grain exports have to be completed in the Atlantic because of insufficient draft along the Parana waterway

    The Bahia Blanca grains and oil seeds storage facilities

    With the Parana crucial waterway again beginning to suffer the consequences of lack of a sufficient water level, making the loading of cereals and oil seeds at the main Argentine exporting port of Rosario, it is estimated that in the remaining months of the year, Bahía Blanca directly on the Atlantic will be receiving probably half a million tons of additional grains to dispatch.

  • Tuesday, September 17th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Sturzenegger underlines new conditions for Aerolíneas Argentinas strikes

    The State-run carrier needs to have a profit before demanding any salary increase with taxpayers' money, Sturzenegger underlined

    Argentine Deregulation Minister Federico Sturzenegger recalled that, as per President Javier Milei's Decree 831/24, the aviation industry had become a basic service and therefore the right to unrestricted strikes grounding all flights would no longer be possible. Sturzenegger made those remarks through his X account after last week's labor measure affecting over 37,000 travelers nationwide when Aerolíneas Argentinas pilots and crewmembers demanded wage updates to keep up with the country's rampant inflation.

  • Monday, September 16th 2024 - 10:01 UTC

    Milei launches “zero deficit” budget bill for 2025

    Milei said he would veto any bill endangering the zero deficit goal

    Argentine President Javier Milei appeared before Congress Sunday to submit the 2025 budget bill foreseeing an exchange rate of AR$ 1,207 against the US dollar and annual inflation reaching 18.3% after a projected Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth.

  • Friday, September 13th 2024 - 21:39 UTC

    Aerolíneas Argentinas strike leaves 37,000 passengers stranded

    Aerolíneas Argentinas pilots and their families travel on business class for free, causing substantial losses to the company. These privileges need to end, Adorni argued

    Flag carrier Aerolíneas Argentinas had to cancel 319 flights Friday, altering the travel plans of some 37,000 passengers, as a result of a joint strike carried out by the airline industry labor groupings representing either pilots or crewmembers.

  • Friday, September 13th 2024 - 07:50 UTC

    Falklands Regional Student Competition, UK Embassy in Argentina announces ten finalists

    The British Embassy in Argentina has announced the 10 finalists from Argentina to the Falkland Islands Regional Student Competition 2024/2025. The applicants answered the question “Why would I like to meet my neighbors in the Falkland Islands?” in a video.

  • Thursday, September 12th 2024 - 23:07 UTC

    New IMF chief negotiators leave Libertarian gov't reassessing the turf

    Valdés was said to have sided with former Argentine Economy Minister Sergio Massa, thus holding ill feelings towards Milei's administration

    After Thursday's announcement that International Monetary Fund (IMF) Western Hemisphere Director Rodrigo Valdés would no longer be handling the negoatiations between the global credit agency and the Government of Argentina, there were mixed feelings at Casa Rosada Friday. It was first a diplomatic victory for President Javier Milei, who had repeatedly spoken about Valdés' alleged animosity against Buenos Aires.

  • Thursday, September 12th 2024 - 15:10 UTC

    Argentine Navy pulls 1982 War sloop from auction for scraps

    The Sobral's captain Sergio Gómez Roca and seven other crewmembers were killed in action during the 1982 South Atlantic war

    Argentina's Defense Ministry Wednesday announced it was pulling the the decommisioned sloop ARA Alférez Sobral from a list of old units to be auctioned for scraps, given the vessel's historic participation in the 1982 South Atlantic conflict over the Falkland Islands. The decision was adopted by Minister Luis Petri himself, it was explained through a statement. The ship is now expected to be turned into a museum.

  • Thursday, September 12th 2024 - 06:45 UTC

    Malvinas, Argentina recalls 60th anniversary of its historic milestone claim over the Falklands before a supportive UN

    Ambassador Jose Maria Ruda, claimed the Falklands and other South Atlantic Islands before the UN Committee on Decolonization and received full support

    On 9 September, we commemorate the 60th anniversary of Ruda’s Statement, the statement delivered by the then Legal Counselor of the Foreign Ministry, Ambassador José María Ruda, before the UN Special Committee on Decolonization. His address was a historic milestone in the sovereignty dispute over the Malvinas, South Georgias and South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime areas.