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Montevideo, November 24th 2024 - 07:15 UTC

Argentina

  • Wednesday, August 14th 2024 - 10:35 UTC

    Milei and Yuyito kiss during theatrical performance

    Milei has made official his affair with the entertainer 11 years his senior

    Argentine President Javier Milei was escorted by entertainer Amalia “Yuyito” González during his appearance at a theatrical performance at the Libertad Palace in Buenos Aires as the Libertarian Government launched its trial by jury initiative.

  • Wednesday, August 14th 2024 - 10:29 UTC

    Unicef outlines Argentine children's gloomy present

    Unicef found that around 10 million children were consuming less meat and dairy products

    The Argentine chapter of the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) issued a report Tuesday showing that some 1.5 million children in the South American country skipped meals every day and at least 1 million cannot eat dinner. The same document published within the framework of the campaign “Hunger does not have a happy ending” also found that 4.5 million adults in these households fail to eat all their daily meals as well given the current economic crisis and would rather feed their offspring.

  • Tuesday, August 13th 2024 - 07:59 UTC

    China is the main buyer of Argentine beef and Beijing wants to increase bilateral trade further

    Between 2017 and 2022, Argentina’s exports to China grew by 12.8% per year, and although the value of exports fell last year, growth picked up again this year

    Argentina’s economic relationship with China has become increasingly important, with growing trade highlighted by increasing Argentine beef exports, points out the English language China Daily. Something which to a certain point is surprising, given the electoral campaign speeches of president Javier Milei, condemning all authoritarian regimes.

  • Monday, August 12th 2024 - 21:30 UTC

    French rugby players released but unable to leave Argentina

    Deputy Prosecutor Gonzalo Nazar signed the documents acquiescing to the athletes' release

    French international rugby players Oscar Jégou and Hugo Auradou, both aged 21, were released from their house arrest in the Argentine city of Mendoza Monday but will remain unable to leave the country pending the outcome of the rape trial against them after a complaint was filed by a local 39-year-old woman for things that allegedly happened in a downtown hotel after a match between La Bleu and The Pumas in July.

  • Monday, August 12th 2024 - 08:25 UTC

    French rugbiers' future about to be decided

    Lawyer Rafael Cúneo Libarona, brother of the Federal Justice Minister, is representing the two players

    French international rugby players Oscar Jégou and Hugo Auradou might be released Monday from house arrest in the Argentine city of Mendoza where they are facing rape charges. Prosecutor Darío Nora will have to decide whether to file for their continued detention or face the trial in freedom. According to local media, the latter is the most likely option given the new evidence produced by the defense.

  • Monday, August 12th 2024 - 06:33 UTC

    Aerolíneas Argentinas pilots' protests affecting travel arrangements

    The pilots had been made “disposable offers that disrespect our profession,” Biro explained

    Aerolineas Argentinas flights might be canceled or delayed in the coming days as the Airline Pilots Association (APLA) is planning to stage a series of measures over wages pending updating and other claims. In addition, the union grouping flight attendants is also considering a similar attitude, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Saturday, August 10th 2024 - 10:56 UTC

    Alberto Fernandez's home raided

    The former President also resigned as chairman of the Peronist party

    Former Argentine President Alberto Fernández's apartment in the exclusive Puerto Madero neighborhood of Buenos Aires was raided Friday as a part of the gender violence probe launched on him following the complaint filed by his ex-common-law spouse Fabiola Yáñez. Fernández's cell phone and every other electronic device found on the premises were seized.

  • Friday, August 9th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Argentina: Pictures of beaten Fabiola Yáñez released

    “You have been hitting me for three days,” Yáñez was quoted as telling Fernández

    Photographs of former Argentine First Lady Fabiola Yáñez with bruises allegedly due to beatings she received from then-President Alberto Fernández were released Thursday by local media. In addition, video footage of TV celebrity Tamara Pettinato sipping beer in the presidential office at Casa Rosada also went public. Although his face is not seen, the voice speaking with Pettinato in an intimate tone resembles that of Fernández.

  • Friday, August 9th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Milei tours Vaca Muerta and Chile with a focus on energy investments

    We have the second-largest shale oil reserves in the world and we can be an exporting power, Milei argued

    Argentine President Javier Milei resumed his mileage accruing habit Thursday with a trip to Vaca Muerta in the Patagonian province of Neuquén and later to Santiago, where he met with local businessmen but not with Gabriel Boric Font.

  • Friday, August 9th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    Argentine gov't lifts operational restrictions from BA's Aeroparque

    Aeroparque is the second-busiest air terminal in Argentina

    The Argentine administration of President Javier Milei adopted new measures to further deepen the open skies policies regarding Buenos Aires' metropolitan Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (AEP/SABE) airfield.