Argentina

• Tuesday, February 21st 2023 - 08:00 UTC

  Former Argentine FM lashes out at Uruguayan President over Falklands trip

  

  Former Argentine Foreign Minister Felipe Solá said Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou's “main objective” was “to show his contempt for Argentina” after a group of lawmakers visited the Falkland Islands together with the United Kingdom's Ambassador to Montevideo Faye O'Connor.

• Tuesday, February 21st 2023 - 06:59 UTC

  President Fernández traveling to Antarctica, weather permitting

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández is to visit the Marambio Base in Antarctica in a move to ratify the country's “bicontinental” stance, it was reported in Casa Rosada. Fernández's trip will be the fourth visit of an Argentine head of state to Antarctica.

• Monday, February 20th 2023 - 10:49 UTC

  Miguel Ángel Pichetto under heavy criticism for homophobic remarks

  

  Argentina's Comptroller General and former Vice-Presidential candidate Miguel Ángel Pichetto is to be investigated by the National Institute Against Discrimination (Inadi) for his remarks regarding Women's Minister Ayelén Mazzina.

• Saturday, February 18th 2023 - 10:48 UTC

  Argentina's reserves wane as “official” dollar rises

  

  In a country where the exchange rate between the local currency and the US dollar varies from one counter to the other and hinges on the type of operation involved beyond the exchange, Argentina's official rate against Friday pierced for the first time the symbolic AR$ 200 / US$ 1 threshold at private banks, closing at AR$ 191.25 (purchase) / AR$ 199.25 (sale) at the Banco Nación.

• Friday, February 17th 2023 - 08:05 UTC

  Massa holds meeting with Indian Ambassador in Buenos Aires

  

  Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa Thursday met with India's Ambassador to Buenos Aires Dinesh Bhatia to discuss the South American country's participation in the G-20 economic meeting and move forward in the use of local currencies for bilateral trade.

• Friday, February 17th 2023 - 07:00 UTC

  Falklands: PICTO 21 group told to expect no help from FIG or MLAs

  

  The so-called PICTO 21 group of Argentine visitors to the Falkland Islands looking for an accounting approach with which to measure ”the economic impact of the illegal occupation ... by the British government” will have no assistance from the local Legislative Assembly, it was announced.

• Friday, February 17th 2023 - 06:50 UTC

  Uruguayan plane crashlands in Argentina, both occupants survive

  

  Both occupants of an Uruguayan single-engined Cessna C-208 Caravan Cargo plane that made an emergency landing in the Argentine town of Berisso escaped with just minor injuries, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, February 16th 2023 - 11:31 UTC

  Bird flu reaches northern Argentina

  

  Argentine authorities have declared a state of emergency after the first case of avian influenza was confirmed in wild birds in the northern province of Jujuy bordering Bolivia.

• Thursday, February 16th 2023 - 11:13 UTC

  Rossi sworn in as Argentina's new Cabinet Chief

  

  Former Defense Minister and Federal Intelligence Agency (AFI) head Agustín Rossi were sworn in Wednesday as Argentina's new Cabinet Chief following the resignation of Juan Manzur, who returned to Tucumán provincial politics.

• Wednesday, February 15th 2023 - 09:38 UTC

  Inflation in Argentina reaches 6% in January

  

  Inflation in Argentina reached 6% in January of 2023, according to a report from the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) released Tuesday, which also showed the interannual consumer price index went up 98.8%. It was the highest monthly rate since 1991 when it reached 84%.