Argentina

• Monday, April 15th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Milei chairs emergency meeting to review crisis in Israel

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei cut short his trip abroad and returned to Buenos Aires for an emergency cabinet meeting to review the ongoing crisis in the Middle East after Iran launched missiles and drones against Israel.

• Monday, April 15th 2024 - 10:34 UTC

  Argentine Air Force Saab 340B makes successful first flight to Marambio Base in Antarctica

  

  The Argentine Air Force (FAA) has added the Swedish-built Saab 340B twin turboprop to the list of aircraft able to perform logistics missions to Antarctica after a successful first flight last week. The model is ideal for small-size operations that would otherwise require the services of the much larger and four-engined Lockheed C-130 Hercules.

• Monday, April 15th 2024 - 10:32 UTC

  Argentine Navy hopes to have Super Etendards ready for joint drills with US carrier

  

  According to Argentine media, the local Navy hopes to get ready its two French-built Super Étendard jets in time to participate in joint drills when the USS George Washington aircraft carrier reaches the South Atlantic in the coming days.

• Saturday, April 13th 2024 - 10:37 UTC

  Argentine President and his romantic partner part company

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei Friday announced through a posting on X the end of his romantic partnership with comedian Fátima Florez.

• Friday, April 12th 2024 - 23:55 UTC

  Milei meets Musk at Tesla factory

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei and South African-born tycoon Elon Musk met Friday at the Tesla factory in Austin, Texas, in the United States, in another sign of the liberal government's inclination to welcome global business. Musk's Internet connectivity provider Starlink has just become available to customers in the South American country.

• Friday, April 12th 2024 - 21:40 UTC

  Argentina: Inflation in March reaches 11%

  

  According to a report released Friday in Buenos Aires by Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec), the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in March in the South American country went up 11% for an interannual total of 287.9%. The new figure represented a 2.2% decrease from February but a 51.6% growth in the first quarter of 2024.

• Friday, April 12th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

  Argentine court finds Hezbollah behind 1992 and 1994 bombings in Buenos Aires

  

  A court of appeals in Buenos Aires determined Thursday that the Iran-sponsored terrorist organization Hezbollah was behind the bombings of the Israeli Embassy in 1992 and the Jewish Welfare Association AMIA in 1994 in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, April 12th 2024 - 10:12 UTC

  Milei's recent presence in Ushuaia triggers sovereignty concerns in Chile

  

  Mayor Claudio Radonich of the southern Chilean city of Punta Arenas insisted this week that his country had “deantarticulated” over the past 30 years and urged the political leadership to be much more “intense” in matters concerning Antarctica given Argentine President Javier Milei's recent actions regarding the area when a United States base in Ushuaia was announced during US Southern Command Chief General Laura Richardson's visit.

• Friday, April 12th 2024 - 10:02 UTC

  Libertarian Lower House bloc dented over Impeachment Committee chair feud

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza (LLA) Lower House bloc head Oscar Zago was replaced by Gabriel Bornoroni following a misunderstanding involving the Impeachment Committee's chair.

• Thursday, April 11th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Demonstrators arrested, reporters wounded as police crush demonstration in Buenos Aires

  

  Protesters were wounded and arrested in Buenos Aires Wednesday as law enforcement forces crushed a demonstration along the iconic 9 de Julio Avenue against the policies of Libertarian President Javier Milei that rendered social organizations almost helpless in the face of increasing constraints. Some journalists were also injured or apprehended during the incidents.