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Montevideo, December 12th 2025 - 13:31 UTC

Argentina

  • Wednesday, January 3rd 2024 - 10:19 UTC

    Argentine hemorrhagic fever not widespread but highly lethal

    In 2023, only two people were diagnosed with AHF, but one died last Monday

    Sanitary experts in the city of Rosario in the province of Santa Fe recommended people in rural areas get vaccinated against Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever (AHF). The once-in-a-lifetime chemical is free of charge and indicated for people between 15 and 65 years of age because “Santa Fe is an endemic area,” the specialists warned after the death of one man infected with the malady.

  • Tuesday, January 2nd 2024 - 10:05 UTC

    Milei traveling to Antarctica this week

    Milei has been criticized for his disregard of environmental issues

    Argentine President Javier Milei will be traveling to Antarctica this coming Friday, Jan. 5, alongside Ministers Diana Mondino (Foreign Affairs) and Luis Petri (Defense), it was reported in Buenos Aires. The head of state intends to launch a “pollution control,” according to Casa Rosada sources.

  • Sunday, December 31st 2023 - 23:24 UTC

    Argentina sends note rejecting BRICS entry

    Milei prefers the United States and Israel as partners

    The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei this week sent a note announcing that the South American country would not be joining the BRICS group on Jan. 1 as agreed upon with the previous administration of Alberto Fernández.

  • Sunday, December 31st 2023 - 23:20 UTC

    1982 South Atlantic War: Crippa launches fundraiser to bring back his plane

    The aircraft “was sold to an American arms dealer” due to budgetary issues, Crippa lamented

    Retired Argentine Navy pilot Owen Crippa launched this week a fundraiser to bring back from the United States the Italian-built Aermacchi MB-339 with which he attacked the HMS Argonaut on May 21, 1982, during a reconnaissance mission amid the South Atlantic war over the Falkland Islands. He reportedly needs US$ 50,000.

  • Saturday, December 30th 2023 - 11:33 UTC

    Argentina: Beneficiaries of social aid found not to be in need

    Marijuán found that almost 160,000 beneficiaries of “Potenciar Trabajo” had traveled abroad, many of them “on numerous occasions”

    Argentina's Human Capital Ministry on Friday ordered the suppression of 4,588 social assistance plans whose beneficiaries were found to have incurred expenses incompatible with such assistance, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Saturday, December 30th 2023 - 11:16 UTC

    Petro opens arms to free-ride students targeted by Argentine bill

    On the domestic front, Petro wants local companies to “free themselves” to compete and be more productive

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro Friday announced on social media that his government would assist some 20,000 nationals from his country who might be affected by Argentine President Javier Milei's proposed austerity measures regarding spending cuts including an end to tuition-free studies for non-resident foreigners.

  • Saturday, December 30th 2023 - 10:58 UTC

    Argentina's Supreme Court to review Milei's decree in February

    DNU 70/2023 “causes irreparable damage to the citizenry for being contrary to” several articles of the Constitution, Quintela argued

    Argentina's Supreme Court (CSJN) Friday agreed to review the constitutionality of President Javier Milei's recent emergency decree (DNU) deregulating most of the country's economy but announced it will not happen until after the Jan. 2024 Judiciary recess

  • Saturday, December 30th 2023 - 09:33 UTC

    Icebreaker ARA Irízar sets sail on Antarctic Campaign

    The Argentine Navy's icebreaker ARA Almirante Irízar set sail from Buenos Aires this week to do her part in the 2023/2024 Antarctic Summer Campaign after a ceremony presided over by Defense Minister Luis Petri.

  • Saturday, December 30th 2023 - 06:33 UTC

    Minister Rutley's second visit to the Falklands in a month: big changes in South Atlantic fisheries policies?

    Some Falklands lawmakers meet with minister Rutley at Gilbert House

    Foreign Office minister for the Americas, Caribbean, and Overseas Territories David Rutley has been to the Falkland Islands again this week, the second visit in a month, and in the meantime this did not prevent him from on December 10, to represent the British government in Buenos Aires for the taking office ceremony of Argentine extreme liberal president, Javier Milei.

  • Friday, December 29th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Argentine unions call for nationwide strike on Jan. 24

    Milei seeks to suppress Congress, Palazzo and Daer concurred

    Argentina's General Labor Confederation (CGT) Thursday called for a nationwide strike next Jan. 24 to protest against President Javier Milei's sweeping emergency decree (DNU) deregulating most aspects of the South American country's economy in addition to the bill sent Wednesday to Congress to deepen those reforms.