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Montevideo, September 24th 2026 - 16:46 UTC

Argentina

  • Monday, July 13th 2026 - 09:24 UTC

    Argentina's foreign minister calls for talks, says Islanders cannot decide sovereignty

    A spokesperson for Prime Minister Keir Starmer recently said sovereignty rests with the United Kingdom and that the islanders' right to self-determination is paramount

    Argentina's foreign minister, Pablo Quirno, has reaffirmed his country's claim to the Falklands in a lengthy article published in the newspaper La Nación, in which he rejected the validity of the 2013 referendum and argued that sovereignty over the archipelago cannot be determined by its inhabitants. The text restates Buenos Aires' long-standing position and appeared days before the World Cup semifinal between Argentina and England.

  • Monday, July 13th 2026 - 08:25 UTC

    Argentina weighs protest over British patrol ship's passage to Chile

    Any Argentine claim could rest on the Madrid II Agreement, signed by both countries in 1990 after diplomatic relations were restored

    Argentina's foreign ministry is considering a formal statement following the transit of the Royal Navy patrol vessel HMS Medway, which sailed from the Falklands to the Chilean port of Punta Arenas, in an episode over which Buenos Aires and London offer conflicting accounts.

  • Monday, July 13th 2026 - 08:06 UTC

    Lula aide insults Milei over plan to campaign for Bolsonaro's son in Brazil

    “What does this imbecile think he has to teach the Brazilian people?” wrote Guilherme Boulos, chief minister of the Secretariat General of the Presidency and a figure close to Lula

    A senior Brazilian government official called Argentine President Javier Milei an “imbecile” after he announced he will travel to Brazil on July 25 to take part in the launch of the presidential candidacy of Flávio Bolsonaro, the main opposition figure to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

  • Monday, July 13th 2026 - 08:00 UTC

    Argentine buyers slow their push into Uruguay's property market

    Among the reasons operators say keep Uruguay attractive is legal certainty in the rental market

    The flow of Argentine investors into Uruguay's property market, which intensified after the pandemic and during the years of greatest economic uncertainty in Argentina, is showing signs of easing. Sector operators attribute the shift to Argentina's economic recovery and to the narrowing price gap between the two countries.

  • Sunday, July 12th 2026 - 08:43 UTC

    Argentina and England to meet in World Cup semifinal loaded with history

    Argentina beat Switzerland 3-1 in extra time to reach the semifinals of the 2026 World Cup, where they will face England on Wednesday in a rematch of one of the most historically charged fixtures in international football.

  • Friday, July 10th 2026 - 18:27 UTC

    Milei plans regional tour seeking investment, with a Bolsonaro visit that irks Lula

    Milei said he would travel on July 25 to São Paulo to take part in the event at which, he said, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro — son of former President Jair — will be proclaimed a presidential candidate

    Argentine President Javier Milei announced a busy international schedule for the coming weeks, with trips to Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador, which he presented as part of an outward-looking strategy aimed at attracting trade and investment. The itinerary includes a gesture toward the Brazilian opposition that is likely to cause discomfort for the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

  • Thursday, July 9th 2026 - 16:52 UTC

    YPF plans to drill off Uruguay in 2027, says potential could top Vaca Muerta

    “This could be much bigger than Vaca Muerta, it could yield millions and millions of barrels of production,” the executive projected

    Argentina's state oil company YPF plans to begin exploratory drilling of an offshore block off the coast of Uruguay between late 2027 and early 2028, its chairman and chief executive, Horacio Marín, confirmed, saying the area holds potential that, if confirmed, could surpass the Vaca Muerta unconventional field.

  • Thursday, July 9th 2026 - 16:12 UTC

    Milei says Argentina is 'diametrically opposite' to the country he inherited in 2023

    Milei reviewed what he considered the achievements of his administration and asked the governors present to “renew their votes” and ratify the Pacto de Mayo

    Argentine President Javier Milei said on Thursday that the country is “diametrically opposite” to the one he inherited when he took office in December 2023, during the vigil marking the 210th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, held at the Historic House in San Miguel de Tucumán.

  • Thursday, July 9th 2026 - 05:03 UTC

    Argentina's polar spell eases as Patagonia faces rain, snow and 90 km/h gusts

    Between the start and middle of the week, the instability extends toward the Chubut mountain range and parts of Río Negro and Neuquén

    The intense polar air mass that affected much of Argentina during the first days of July has begun to ease, with a gradual rise in temperatures across the center and north of the country, while Patagonia now concentrates the most severe weather. The National Meteorological Service (SMN) has kept warnings in place for rain, snow and strong winds in the far south.

  • Thursday, July 9th 2026 - 04:57 UTC

    Court orders Argentina to restore Cristina Kirchner's widow's pension

    The reinstatement covers only the pension derived from the death of former President Néstor Kirchner

    Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will again receive, starting in August, a widow's pension of about 15.7 million pesos gross per month (around 12,000 dollars at the official exchange rate), following a court injunction that ordered the benefit provisionally reinstated after it was suspended in late 2024 in the wake of her corruption conviction.