Argentina

• Saturday, December 17th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  “Malvinas are not Argentine, and definitively... Falklands are English,” argues Peruvian lawmaker

  

  “If Argentine president Alberto Fernandez insists on recognizing coup-monger Pedro Castillo as the legitimate president of Peru, we should definitively say that the Malvinas islands are not Argentine, but British.”

• Saturday, December 17th 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  Forest fires in Argentine Tierra del Fuego the worst ever

  

  Authorities in the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego Friday confirmed that over 10,000 hectares of land have already been consumed by forest fires, making the current episode the largest such catastrophe in the history of the province.

• Saturday, December 17th 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  “Soybean dollar 2” working as planned for Argentine authorities

  

  Argentina's new version of the “Export Increase Program” (PIE) has resulted in US$ 1.824 billion worth of soybeans sold abroad, which nearly meets the government's target, it was reported Friday in Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, December 17th 2022 - 07:15 UTC

  Argentine beef exports down for three months running, with prices dropping 20% since April

  

  During October 2022, beef exports from Argentina fell for the third month running, dropping 3% in volume month-on-month, with sales revenue down 10.4%, according to Argentina’s Chamber of Meat Industry and Commerce (CICCRA).

• Friday, December 16th 2022 - 19:28 UTC

  Argentina's largest province joins list of those banning alcohol while driving

  

  The Argentine Province of Buenos Aires, the largest in the country, has enacted a law establishing the maximum amount of blood alcohol for drivers is zero. The zero-tolerance measure also establishes fines, arrests, and the withholding of the divers' license for offenders.

• Friday, December 16th 2022 - 08:59 UTC

  Icebreaker ARA Irízar ready to start Summer Antarctic Campaign

  

  Argentine Navy's icebreaker ARA Almirante Irízar was ordered Thursday to set sail with over 300 people onboard among military and scientific personnel, marking the official beginning of the 2022/23 Summer Antarctic campaign. The Irízar's mission will consist of three stages until April 2023.

• Friday, December 16th 2022 - 08:36 UTC

  Argentina's inflation for November set at 4.9%

  

  Argentina's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 4.9% in November for an accumulated 85.3% in the first eleven months of the year, according to a report released Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec).

• Thursday, December 15th 2022 - 11:25 UTC

  Argentine President reviews first three years of his administration

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández insisted Wednesday that his country was one that “grew and is growing” after having “gone through some of the worst storms.”

• Wednesday, December 14th 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  Buenos Aires Police said to be repressing harmless fans celebrating team's victory over Croatia

  

  Argentina's Secretary of Human Rights Horacio Pietragalla Corti Tuesday demanded Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta to “stop repressing” jubilant groups marching through the streets of Buenos Aires to celebrate the national team's victory over Croatia at the Qatar 2022 football World Cup.

• Wednesday, December 14th 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  Next of kin of the only Argentine combatant buried in South Georgia visit his grave

  

  Forty years after the end of the South Atlantic conflict, the children of Argentine Navy NCO Felix Oscar Artuso were able to visit the grave of their father, the only Falklands combatant buried in South Georgia island.