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Montevideo, November 25th 2024 - 18:31 UTC

Argentina

  • Friday, January 27th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Messi's native town not a safe place to live

    Criminality in “The Argentine Chicago” even resulted in the death of local football legend Tomás Carlovich at the hands of a petty thief

    By Mordechai Taji – Rosario Central, a traditional football club in the city where Lionel Messi was born on June 24, 1987, has had trouble getting ready for the upcoming Professional League tournament starting this weekend when many players refused to relocate citing growing insecurity.

  • Friday, January 27th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Argentine President to meet with German Chancellor

    It will be Fernández's third meeting with Schloz,

    Alberto Fernández will have a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Saturday. The European leader is on a South American tour which also includes Chile and Brazil.

  • Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 18:33 UTC

    Massa signs deal with FAO chief Qu Dongyu

    Massa and Dongyu reviewed the international context of the food market

    Argentina's Superminister of Economy and Production Sergio Massa signed an agreement with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Director General Qu Dongyu during the latter's trip to Buenos Aires for the VII Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) Summit.

  • Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 10:02 UTC

    Argentine banks short of storage capacity to pile the rapidly depreciating Pesos

    Argentina’s largest denomination banknote – 1,000 pesos – is currently worth about US$ 5.40 at the official exchange, but barely reached US$ 2.65 in the real market

    Argentina has been plagued by economic and financial instability for years and years, and its overall situation has worsened considerably in recent years, with the country once again defaulting on its debt in 2020 and having been forced to turn to capital controls to protect its national currency.

  • Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 09:51 UTC

    Argentina keeping an eye on Antarctica's new iceberg

    “It is necessary to monitor when the icebreaker Irizar passes by that [the ice floe] is at a prudent distance,” Marinsek explained

    The Argentine Antarctic Institute (IAA) warned that the iceberg that calved off the Brunt Ice Shelf into the Wedell Sea is such a large structure that any vessel coming its way would have to take evasive action. Hence, it is being monitored to make sure it does not affect the icebreaker ARA Almirante Irízar's route from Ushuaia to the Argentine bases in the region.

  • Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 09:44 UTC

    Alberto Fernández meets with European Council President

    Michel believes Lula makes a difference regarding closer ties between the region and the European Union

    Alberto Fernández Wednesday met European Council President Charles Michel at Casa Rosada to discuss the importance of strengthening the bilateral agenda European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac).

  • Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 18:55 UTC

    Argentina wants to buy Brazilian armored vehicles

    Parts of the Guaraní 6x6 are manufactured at Iveco's factory in Córdoba, Argentina

    Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana undertook negotiations earlier this week with Brazil for the purchase of 156 Iveco Guarani 6x6 armored vehicles, it was reported. South America's largest country already has 500 units of the same model.

  • Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 08:51 UTC

    Chilean FM denigrates Ambassador Bielsa in private meeting audio

    Lacalle warns Celac about “ideological temptation”

    Chilean Foreign Minister Antonia Urrejola's denigration of Argentine Ambassador Rafael Bielsa sparked additional controversy to the case that shook Santiago's diplomatic circles last week. An audio was leaked of Urrejola using foul language to describe the foreign diplomat.

  • Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 18:13 UTC

    Brazil welcomed back into Celac as Summit starts in Buenos Aires

    “We live in the most unequal continent in the world,” President Fernández said in his opening speech

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday opened the VII Summit of Heads of State of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) in Buenos Aires by welcoming Brazil's return to the forum after a hiatus under former President Jair Bolsonaro. Fernández said that “without Brazil, it was an empty Celac.”

  • Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 09:49 UTC

    Maduro not attending Celac summit after all

    The Venezuelan leader said he endorsed the initiative by Argentina and Brazil to work on a common currency

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro canceled his trip to Buenos Aires for the VII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac). Upon announcing his decision, Maduro spoke of an “aggression plan” from the “neo-fascist right” which endangered his presence in the Argentine capital.