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Montevideo, July 21st 2025 - 00:41 UTC

Argentina

  • Monday, May 19th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Buenos Aires City ruling party dealt major blow by Milei's LLA

    Spokesman Adorni (C) got over 30% of the vote

    Argentine Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni prevailed in Sunday's elections at the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, as President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza (LLA) swept former President Mauricio Macri's Propuesta Republicana (PRO) to third place in the country's capital, where Federal Congresswoman Silvia Lospennato got only 15.93% of the vote.

  • Friday, May 16th 2025 - 22:11 UTC

    Universidad Austral study finds Argentina's population to be ageing

    Argentina's fertility rate is below replacement values

    A study by the Universidad Austral’s Human Development Observatory, based on data from Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec), showed significant demographic shifts in the South American country, with the number of births dropping by 40% since 2014.

  • Friday, May 16th 2025 - 21:43 UTC

    Argentina: former Ministry of Women's “ideological” programs terminated

    “Eliminating these absurd wastes will save” millions, Cúneo Libarona argued

    Argentina's Libertarian Government has closed 13 ideologically-oriented programs from the former Ministry of Women, Genders, and Diversities, to reduce public spending, Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona explained. These mechanisms were in force between 2020 and 2023 during the administration of Alberto Fernández's administration. The new decision will result in substantial savings to the country's coffers.

  • Thursday, May 15th 2025 - 20:32 UTC

    China lifts visa requirements for nationals of various South American countries

    The measure will be implemented starting June 1 for one year on a trial basis

    China will implement a visa-free policy for citizens of Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay from June 1, 2025, to May 31, 2026, on a trial basis, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lin Jian confirmed Thursday.

  • Thursday, May 15th 2025 - 09:56 UTC

    Argentina to toughen immigration rules

    “We want to continue welcoming those who come to build a freer and more prosperous country,” Adorni insisted

    Argentina's Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni, who is campaigning to become a lawmaker in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires' elections next Sunday, has announced that the Javier Milei administration plans to introduce stricter immigration requirements to curb State spending on illegal aliens.

  • Wednesday, May 14th 2025 - 13:41 UTC

    UK Ambassador to Argentina visits Falklands Office in London

    Ambassador David Cairns and FIGO Representative Richard Hyslop

    UK’s recently appointed ambassador to Argentina, David Cairns visited the Falkland Islands Government Office in London where he met with Representative Richard Hyslop and other staff from FIGO.

  • Wednesday, May 14th 2025 - 12:33 UTC

    CFK's would-be assassin convicted in child pornography case

    Sabag Montiel tried to shoot CFK on Sept. 1, 2022, but his pistol jammed

    Fernando Sabag Montiel, the main suspect in the assassination attempt against then Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) in September 2022, Tuesday clinched a plea deal with the prosecution in an unrelated child pornopraphy case for which he was sentenced to 4 years and 3 months in jail.

  • Wednesday, May 14th 2025 - 10:52 UTC

    Milei claims to be heading Argentina's “best Government in history”

    The Libertarian administration's structural reforms will lead to zero inflation by mid-2025, Milei argued

    Argentine President Javier Milei claimed Tuesday his administration surpasses Carlos Menem’s first term, previously considered Argentina’s most successful, due to faster inflation reduction and extensive structural reforms he hoped would lead to zero inflation by mid-2025.

  • Tuesday, May 13th 2025 - 09:37 UTC

    Fitch ups Argentina's grading by one notch

    Disinflation under La Libertad Avanza “already exceeded our previous expectations,” Fitch underlined

    Fitch Ratings upgraded Argentina's long-term foreign currency debt rating from CCC to CCC+, citing the rapid economic recovery under President Javier Milei. Key factors include a new US$ 20 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement, with an initial US$ 12 billion disbursement boosting reserves to US$38 billion, and the liberalization of the exchange market an AR$ 1,000 / AR$ 1,400 band per US dollar.

  • Monday, May 12th 2025 - 19:51 UTC

    Nazi materials found in Argentine Main Courthouse Building

    The boxes were found in the basement, where non-digitized documentation is stored

    Hundreds of Nazi documents, membership cards, and propaganda materials were discoovered in the Argentine Supreme Court's (CSJN) archives last week, in was reported in Buenos Aires during the weekend.