Argentina

• Wednesday, December 14th 2022 - 09:28 UTC

  Murderer of English tourist in Buenos Aires gets life imprisonment

  

  A Buenos Aires court Tuesday sentenced the murderer of Matthew Charles Gibbard, an English tourist, to life imprisonment, while the assailant's accomplices were handed down suspended or effective sentences of between two and four years in jail.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2022 - 21:45 UTC

  Messi's Argentina crush Croatia and advance to Qatar 2022 World Cup final

  

  Argentina's Lionel Messi and Julián Álvarez were too tough an opposition to the 2018 runners-up Croatia as Argentina breezed through to the Qatar 2002 football World Cup final with a 3-0 victory.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Argentina and three other countries take diplomatic turn and ask for Castillo's restitution in Peru

  

  The governments of Colombia, Mexico, Argentina and Bolivia have changed their position regarding the political crisis in Peru, which worsened in the last days after the removal of former president Pedro Castillo from office by the Congress. The government of Alberto Fernandez supported in the last hours the former president, currently under arrest and requesting asylum in Mexico, after the Argentinean Foreign Ministry criticized Castillo for altering the “constitutional order” after attempting a self-coup in which he tried to dissolve the Parliament.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2022 - 10:19 UTC

  Argentine Foreign Minister highlights 2022 record exports

  

  Argentina's Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Monday underlined that his country would exceed US$ 100 billion in exports this year after visiting two of the main plants where products sold abroad are produced.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2022 - 08:48 UTC

  World Bank US$ 200 million to help close the digital divide in Argentina

  

  The World Bank approved a US$ 200 million loan to support Argentina's digital transformation and the closing of the digital divide by expanding the connectivity offer, building a network of data centers, and implementing digital skills training for individuals and enterprises.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2022 - 07:49 UTC

  Argentina to release a “Malvinas 40th Anniversary Yearbook” on January 3 when Britain 'usurped' the Islands

  

  The Argentine foreign ministry is planning to release a Yearbook, on the 40th anniversary of the Falklands/Malvinas war, reporting on all the activities displayed both domestically and internationally, with the purpose of honoring all combatants and Veterans, plus emphasizing the “inalienable sovereignty rights of Argentina over the Islands, usurped by Britain in 1833”. The launching date will take place on 3rd January 2023.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2022 - 00:55 UTC

  Argentine offshore prospective oil drilling makes official start

  

  Argentina's Energy Secretariat Monday declared the official beginning of the so-called Argerich Project, which consists of the installation of an exploratory well 300 kilometers off the coast of Mar del Plata, marking the commencement of offshore oil exploration in the Atlantic Ocean.

• Monday, December 12th 2022 - 19:20 UTC

  Argentina: Prosecutor who got CFK convicted assaulted at a restaurant

  

  Argentine Prosecutor Diego Luciani, who earlier this month got Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) convicted of corruption in the National Highway Directorate (DNV) case, was assaulted during the weekend while dining at a Mar del Plata restaurant.

• Monday, December 12th 2022 - 18:29 UTC

  EU/UK Epica project to determine Antarctica age by drilling the ice core

  

  Scientists have returned to East Antarctica this month to locate the oldest ice on Earth. The team is part of an EU-funded research consortium from 10 European countries whose aim is to drill an ice core to capture 1.5 million years of Earth’s climate history. The project, Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice, will answer important questions about big shifts in the past record of Earth’s climate.

• Monday, December 12th 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  COVID-19 keeps spreading in Argentina: 7 people reported dead

  

  Argentine health authorities have announced an alarming increase in the number of cases of COVID-19, which has doubled in the past week and grown above 1100% in one month. COVID-19-related deaths were reported to have amounted to 7 last week.