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Montevideo, October 20th 2025 - 02:37 UTC

Argentina

  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 19:21 UTC

    Milei welcomes Modi at Casa Rosada

    It was the first official visit to Argentina by an Indian PM in 57 years, although Modi had been in Buenos Aires for the G20 Summit in 2018

    Argentine President Javier Milei welcomed India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss trade, investment, energy, critical minerals, defense, aerospace, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and other issues.

  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 09:34 UTC

    Argentina: Independence Day military parade called off

    Milei will travel to Tucumán instead, Governor Jaldo confirmed

    The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei has canceled the traditional July 9 Independence Day military parade to save public funds, the Defense Ministry announced Friday. The move came as a surprise, given that the Milei administration had reinstated and heavily promoted the parade last year after it was discontinued during the Alberto Fernández and Kirchner administrations.

  • Friday, July 4th 2025 - 09:34 UTC

    Orsi invited Milei over to Montevideo

    “It is not a good thing for us to meddle in the affairs of other countries,” Orsi insisted

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi extended a formal invitation to his Argentine colleague, Javier Milei, to visit Montevideo during their bilateral meeting, lasting approximately 30 minutes, as part of the 66th Mercosur Presidential Summit in Buenos Aires.

  • Thursday, July 3rd 2025 - 22:19 UTC

    Lula visits CFK at her Buenos Aires apartment

    Lula stayed less than an hour at the residence in Buenos Aires' Constitución neighborhood

    Following his participation at the South American Common Market (Mercosur) Summit at the Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva paid a visit to former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) at the apartment in the Coonstitución neighborhood where she is serving a six-year prison sentence for overpriced public works contracts and bid rigging, under the house arrest modality.

  • Thursday, July 3rd 2025 - 18:12 UTC

    Brazil formally handed over Mercosur's rotating presidency

    Lula hopes to have the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the EU before the end of the year

    Argentine President Javier Milei formally transferred the pro tempore presidency of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) to his Brazilian colleague Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the close of the bloc's summit in Buenos Aires.

  • Thursday, July 3rd 2025 - 17:44 UTC

    Mercosur Summit: Milei pledges to go through together or solo

    The gathering took place at the Palacio San Martín (Foreign Ministry) in Buenos Aires

    Argentine President Javier Milei urged the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) on Thursday to abandon its “destructive inertia,” as he hosted the bloc's Summit in Buenos Aires. He also underscored his government's commitment to “the path of freedom,” warning that “we will embark on” it, “either accompanied or alone.”

  • Wednesday, July 2nd 2025 - 19:59 UTC

    Court allows CFK to receive Lula's visit

    The exact time of Lula's visit to CFK is yet to be confirmed

    Buenos Aires Judge Jorge Gorini Wednesday acquiesced to a request from former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's (CFK) legal team and authorized former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to visit her Thursday at the apartment where she is serving a six-year sentence for corruption under house arrest.

  • Wednesday, July 2nd 2025 - 17:22 UTC

    UK and Falklands waiting for Argentina to make good on commitments, fisheries cooperation and flight from Brazil

    UK Minister for Latin America and Caribbean, Baroness Chapman also participated at the recent OAS annual assembly at Antigua and Barbuda

    Despite an overwhelming support for Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falkland Islands during the recent OAS annual assembly at Antigua and Barbuda, the UK Minister for Latin America and Caribbean, Baroness Chapman, pointed to the importance of relationships with friends and allies across the Americas, and is particular with Argentina.

  • Wednesday, July 2nd 2025 - 10:33 UTC

    Group of Argentine Governors signs key environmental agreement

    The International Climate Conference is held between July 1 and 3 at Córdoba's Convention Center

    During the 5th World Circular Economy Summit and 1st International Climate Conference in Córdoba, governors from several Argentine provinces signed a landmark agreement ahead of COP30 (to be held in Brazil in 2025) to protect biodiversity, accelerate a shift to a circular economy, and ensure a fair and equitable energy transition.

  • Wednesday, July 2nd 2025 - 10:26 UTC

    Waterway users support ongoing bidding process

    A key meeting is scheduled for July 23 in Paraná

    Major business users of the Paraná-Paraguay Waterway (agro-exporters, industrialists, and port operators) have issued a joint statement supporting the Argentine government's bidding process for a private operator of the Trunk Waterway. They urge all stakeholders to channel their proposals, including those related to tariffs and environmental impact, through the established technical dialogue tables to avoid hindering consensus.