Argentina

• Monday, February 5th 2024 - 10:42 UTC

  Argentina: Milei's passionate kiss on stage makes headlines

  

  Javier Milei made the headlines this weekend for his unpresidential kiss on stage with his romantic partner Fátima Florez at a Mar del Plata theater, where the entertainer was performing before celebrating her birthday.

• Monday, February 5th 2024 - 10:23 UTC

  Argentine gov't sees inflation decelerating

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei told the audience at his girlfriend's show at a Mar del Plata theater that “inflation has started to go down” and that the country “will soon move forward.” The head of state traveled on Saturday to the popular beach resort to be with Fátima Flórez during her birthday celebrations and returned to Buenos Aires on Sunday to make the arrangements for his trip abroad starting Monday.

• Saturday, February 3rd 2024 - 10:59 UTC

  Argentine Lower House broadly approves Milei's workhorse bill

  

  Argentina's Lower House Friday broadly approved by 144 votes to 109 President Javier Milei's so-called Omnibus Law bill to curb State spending and achieve zero deficit, it was reported in Buenos Aires. Next week, each provision of the draft will be analyzed separately, it was also explained.

• Saturday, February 3rd 2024 - 10:50 UTC

  US nuclear aircraft carrier due in South Atlantic later this year

  

  The United States Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington is expected to be sailing Argentine Sea waters in May as part of her continental tour, which will include other countries. The last time such a US structure was in the area was in 2010.

• Saturday, February 3rd 2024 - 10:47 UTC

  Heat wave grips Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Brazil

  

  Media reports all across the Southern Cone Friday underlined the heat wave affecting Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay with temperatures reaching 48 degrees Celsius and forecast to remain around or above 40 degrees for several days.

• Saturday, February 3rd 2024 - 10:34 UTC

  Paraná River: Traffic restored after ship is freed from bridge pillar

  

  The Liberian-flagged freighter En May was removed on Friday from one of the pillars of the Zárate-Brazo Largo bridge that connects the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires and Entre Ríos, where she got stuck after losing her steering capabilities last Sunday. Full navigation was thus restored on the Paraná River waterway.

• Saturday, February 3rd 2024 - 00:17 UTC

  Uruguayan surgeon dies meters away from Buenos Aires before completing River Plate swim

  

  In a daring attempt to swim across the Rio de la Plata from Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay, to Argentina, experienced Uruguayan swimmer and surgeon Gonzalo Leal tragically lost his life. Leal, from the Uruguayan department of Salto, suffered a cardiac arrest shortly after reaching the shore of Buenos Aires, according to El País.

• Friday, February 2nd 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  BlackRock: Investing guru Larry Fink tells Milei he will be visiting Argentina in May

  

  BlackRock CEO and founder Larry Fink told Argentine President Javier Milei in a virtual meeting that he would be visiting the South American country in May, and Casa Rosada Spokesman Manuel Adorni confirmed in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, February 2nd 2024 - 10:00 UTC

  Argentine Blue Helmets off to Cyprus

  

  Argentine defense authorities bid farewell earlier this week to the new group of troops to be deployed in Cyprus as part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Blue Helmets (UNFICYP), it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, February 2nd 2024 - 03:48 UTC

  Strong support from IMF to President Milei and his austerity policies

  

  The new government of Argentine president Javier Milei and its austerity policies to try and put the country's economy back on track received a strong boost from the International Monetary Fund, IMF, which approved the disbursement of US$ 4,7 billion.