Argentina

• Monday, December 26th 2022 - 20:41 UTC

  Convicted Colombian drug lord waiting for clearance to enter Argentina

  

  A Colombian drug lord was denied entry into Argentina, where he was seeking to avoid deportation. Ignacio Alvarez Meyendorff, 62, arrived at the Ezeiza airport on Avianca's Flight 87 on Dec. 23 from Bogotá but the alarms went off the minute his name was punched into the migrations screens. He has remained at the airport since. He has a wife and four children in Buenos Aires. He

• Monday, December 26th 2022 - 20:40 UTC

  Argentine gov't now says it will pay City of Buenos Aires's tax share

  

  The Argentine government announced Monday that it will pay the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) its share of the so-called co-participation funds after saying last week that the Supreme Court ruling ordering the measure was untenable and that further appeals “in extremis” would be filed.

• Monday, December 26th 2022 - 10:26 UTC

  Argentine Cabinet Chief has busy Christmas Day in Israel

  

  Argentina's Cabinet Chief Juan Manzur spent Christmas Day in Israel, where he arrived last Thursday at the invitation of Chief Rabbi David Baruch Lau.

• Monday, December 26th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Owner of Bariloche hotel charged with manslaughter

  

  The owner of a hotel in the Argentine skiing resort of Bariloche has been charged with manslaughter after three Uruguayan tourists lost their lives in June this year when a mudslide hit the structure. The architect behind the building of the Villa Huinid hotel was indicted as well.

• Saturday, December 24th 2022 - 10:59 UTC

  Criminal complaints filed against Argentine President

  

  Criminal complaints have been filed against Argentine President Alberto Fernández for non-compliance with the Supreme Court ruling ordering the national government to give the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) 2.95% of the so-called “federal co-participation funds.”

• Friday, December 23rd 2022 - 18:27 UTC

  Authorities on alert over poisonous stingrays on Argentine La Plata river shores

  

  Argentine authorities have issued a series of recommendations after the appearance of poisonous stingrays on the beaches of Punta Lara and Ensenada, south of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) was reported.

• Friday, December 23rd 2022 - 18:21 UTC

  Argentina's Central Bank reserves up after IMF disbursements

  

  Argentina's Central Bank (BCRA) reserves went up this week after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed to disburse nearly US$ 6 billion following a successful review of the South American country's third-quarter targets. Thus, the BCRA reserves went up from US$ 39.052 billion to US$ 43.263 billion in the last 24 hours.

• Friday, December 23rd 2022 - 14:25 UTC

  Senator proposes Falklands claim in the Argentine international sports colors

  

  Taking advantage of the overwhelming triumphant spirit in Argentina, a Tierra del Fuego province elected Senator for the opposition has re-surfaced an initiative referred to the Argentine colors in international sports competitions.

• Friday, December 23rd 2022 - 14:18 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego creates a Protected Natural Area, covering 500,000 hectares of land and sea

  

  The provincial Executive of Tierra del Fuego, extreme south of Argentina, signed into law the bill creating the Protected Natural Area, Peninsula Mitre, unanimously sanctioned in early December by the local Legislative Assembly and covering some 500.000 hectares, 300.000 on land and the rest at sea.

• Friday, December 23rd 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Argentina: Grandmothers of Plazza de Mayo find 131st grandchild

  

  The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo Thursday announced they had found the 131st grandchild born from parents who disappeared under the military dictatorship (1976-1983).