Argentina

Thursday, May 25th 2023 - 21:43 UTC
Argentina's presidential elections: CFK did not say it, but she showed it

By Mordechai Taji

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) did not announce on Thursday anyone's candidacy - hers or not - for this year's elections. She did not do it with her voice. But by her side were her son, Deputy Máximo Kirchner, Interior Minister Wado De Pedro, and Economy Minister Sergio Massa. It was a visual message: two of those three will most likely be on one of the tickets to be presented in the primary, mandatory, simultaneous, and open elections (PASO). She also confirmed that she would not run and frustrated the hopes of some unconditional faithful, who expected her to change her mind.
Thursday, May 25th 2023 - 21:32 UTC
Argentina's president breaks protocol during religious service

Argentine President Alberto Fernandez broke protocol and delivered a few words during the Te Deum held on Thursday at the Buenos Aires Cathedral on the occasion of the national holiday of May 25. Traditionally, May 25 marks the expulsion of the Spanish viceroy in 1810, but in 2023 it signified the 20th anniversary of Néstor Kirchner's coming to power, which is what Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) would later celebrate under heavy rain in Plaza de Mayo.
Thursday, May 25th 2023 - 21:27 UTC
Archbishop of Buenos Aires urges politicians to show their vocation

Thursday's Te Deum was a last for Argentine President Alberto Fernández, but also for Buenos Aires Archbishop Mario Aurelio Poli, who will retire later this year after succeeding Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio when the latter became Pope Francis in 2013. Fernández shall not be seeking reelection and thus will complete his term on Dec. 9.
Thursday, May 25th 2023 - 10:57 UTC
Argentine mathematician awarded the Abel Prize, the highest distinction in the field

$The Abel Prize recognizes achievements in mathematics at any stage of a mathematician’s career$

The World Math Abel Prize was awarded to an Argentine professor and researcher, Luis Caffarelli for his work on “Partial Differential Equations.” It is the first time a Latin American citizen receives such a prize, whose research has been crucial to help describe phenomena such as the flow of water and demographic growth.
Thursday, May 25th 2023 - 10:09 UTC
LatAm's business index falls below average figures

Paraguay remained the Latin American country with the highest projected growth for the year 2023, according to a Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV) study that also showed that the region has hit its poorest business climate in the last nine months, it was reported. Argentina is at the bottom of the list.
Wednesday, May 24th 2023 - 09:59 UTC
Argentina and Brazil to eliminate cell phone roaming between both countries?

Argentina's Ambassador to Brazil Daniel Scioli and Communications Minister Juscelino Filho Tuesday agreed to advance towards the suppression of roaming between both countries in a new step of the Mercosur integration process heralded by Presidents Alberto Ferenández and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, it was reported in Buenos Aires.
Tuesday, May 23rd 2023 - 20:00 UTC
Argentine Congress and Simon Wiesenthal Center seek answers on 'Submarine' wreck

By LAURENCE DE MELLO IN BUENOS AIRES

The 2022 discovery of a suspected WWII U-boat in Argentine waters has ignited an intense political debate within the closed corridors of the Argentine Government, resuscitating embarrassing historical ties between President General Juan Domingo Peron and Nazi Germany.
Tuesday, May 23rd 2023 - 11:42 UTC
Argentina introduces new banknote amid high inflation

Argentina launched the AR$ 2,000 banknote on Monday, with a value slightly exceeding US$ 4 in the unofficial exchange rate. It will be the highest denomination banknote in a country where year-on-year inflation has reached 108%.
Monday, May 22nd 2023 - 08:56 UTC
Snowfalls leave thousands of Chilean weekend shoppers stranded in Mendoza

Thousands of Chilean travelers were stranded Sunday in the Argentine province of Mendoza as the Cristo Redentor Path was closed at 3 pm due to bad weather (snow), it was reported. The decision was made jointly by both countries, reported Los Andes. Shortly before, traffic from Uspallata onwards had also been cut off. It is an average one-hour drive from there to Cristo Redentor
Saturday, May 20th 2023 - 11:40 UTC
Countries of the Paraná-Paraguay Waterway against toll collection by Argentina

The group of countries that make up the Paraguay-Parana Waterway Agreement Committee suggested Argentina refrained from adopting measures that violate the agreed rules and stop charging tolls to barges passing through Santa Fe. The committee is made up of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.