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Montevideo, February 22nd 2026 - 08:57 UTC

Argentina

  • Tuesday, February 20th 2024 - 15:19 UTC

    Argentina: Fires in Patagonian National Parks close to being controlled

    However, “there is still a risk that the outbreaks could be reactivated,” the National Parks Administration said in a statement

    Firefighters in the Argentine National Parks of Los Alerces and Nahuel Huapi were closer Monday to “controlling” and “containing” part of the catastrophe. In Los Alerces, there were still active outbreaks in addition to some 8,000 hectares of native forest burned down, it was reported.

  • Tuesday, February 20th 2024 - 10:27 UTC

    Buenos Aires under heavy mosquito invasion

    The Aedes albifasciatus species is not the one that spread the dengue virus

    In Argentina, the City and Province of Buenos Aires are going through a “peak of abundance” of the Aedes albifasciatus mosquito, which has led specialists to recommend the citizenry to up all preventive measures and use repellents, mosquito nets, and wear long-sleeve clothing. These insects are said to be behind the spread of the Western Equine Encephalitis virus (WEE).

  • Tuesday, February 20th 2024 - 10:08 UTC

    Lord Cameron 'not welcome' in Tierra del Fuego

    Melella argued that Lord Cameron's presence was “a provocation”

    Gustavo Melella, Governor of the Argentine Province of Tierra del Fuego and the South Atlantic Islands -to which the British Overseas Territories in the region technically belong- Monday declared British Foreign Secretary and former Prime Minister David Cameron “persona non grata” after the latter landed in Stanley for a series of engagements.

  • Tuesday, February 20th 2024 - 07:05 UTC

    Falklands lawmakers look forward to further deepen cooperation between UK and the Islands

    Lord Cameron with Falklands lawmakers

    The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly in a release said it was pleased to extend a warm welcome to the Rt Hon Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton, Secretary of State for Foreign Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on the official visit to the Islands.

  • Monday, February 19th 2024 - 12:54 UTC

    Cameron's Falklands visit, 'incredibly important for the people and their freedom'

    MLA Teslyn Barkman, “no sovereignty is up for discussion at all, it's about the people and that we remain free.”

    Falklands elected lawmaker and currently president of the UKOTA political council, MLA Teslyn Barkman was interviewed by The Times radio on the visit of Lord Cameron and the Island's current situation with neighboring Argentina's sovereignty claims over the “Malvinas Islands”.

  • Monday, February 19th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

    Poverty on the rise in Argentina, Catholic University says

    “Structural poverty in Argentina is not new,” Salvia explained

    According to a study from the Argentine Catholic University (UCA) published during the weekend, poverty in the South American country has gone up from 44.7% to 57.4% of the population in little over two months since President Javier Milei took office.

  • Sunday, February 18th 2024 - 09:36 UTC

    Foreign minister Cameron confirms visit to Falklands, and to Brazil and Paraguay

    British flags and 'British to the core' banners had Stanley residents fill the streets when referendum results were released

    British foreign minister David Cameron said on Sunday that the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands will not be up for discussion as long as they want to remain a British territory. Cameron is preparing to make the first visit to the Falklands by a cabinet minister since 2016, according to a report from BBC.

  • Saturday, February 17th 2024 - 23:34 UTC

    Falklands' visit for David Cameron? FIG readies to receive a VVIP

    Foreign Secretary David Cameron

    The UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron plans to visit the Falkland Islands soon in a show of British sovereignty over the archipelago after newly-elected Argentine President Javier Milei pledged to “get them back,.” according to reports in the London Media.

  • Saturday, February 17th 2024 - 10:34 UTC

    Argentina achieves financial surplus for the first time in 12 years

    “Vaaaaaaaaaaaamoooooo Toto...!!!,” Milei congratulated Caputo on social media

    The Argentine government of President Javier Milei announced Friday in Buenos Aires that the country had achieved a financial surplus for the first time in 12 years. In the first full month of the new administration, tax revenues grew by 256.9% which in addition to stringent cuts in public expenditure yielded these results, it was explained.

  • Saturday, February 17th 2024 - 10:24 UTC

    FBI asked to help Chubut in National Park fire case

    Governor Torres and Ambassador Stanley discussed US cooperation

    The Argentine province of Chubut has asked the US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) for help in the probe into the fires in the Los Alerces National Park, Governor Ignacio Torres announced after meeting with US Ambassador Marc Stanley. “We need to find those responsible as soon as possible, and that there is an exemplary measure in the courts,” said Torres about the catastrophe that has been ongoing since Jan. 25 in which some 8,000 hectares have already been burned down.