Argentina

Monday, July 24th 2023 - 10:45 UTC
Sixty years compilation of research on Antarctic ice and topography

In a significant milestone for Antarctic research, detailed and extensive information on ice thickness and bed topography is now available for the first time in a centralized and standardized format, the British Antarctic Survey has announced.
Monday, July 24th 2023 - 10:40 UTC
Women's World Cup, flexible working hours for Brazilian civil servants to support the Canarinhas

The Brazilian government has announced civil servants can turn up to work four hours late when the national side – who go by the nickname As Canarinhas — contests the Women's World Cup tournament, co hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
Saturday, July 22nd 2023 - 10:59 UTC
Argentine President confident about ongoing negotiations with IMF

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday spoke with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva to discuss a new understanding ahead of this year's elections, it was reported in Buenos Aires.
Friday, July 21st 2023 - 10:55 UTC
Argentine FM sends message to his British colleague regarding South Atlantic Islands

Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero sent a message to his British colleague James Cleverly saying that “the UK has been violating Argentina's territorial integrity for 190 years.” The British government considered Thursday that a “regrettable choice of words” had been made.
Friday, July 21st 2023 - 10:33 UTC
Airport in Argentina closed due to bomb threat

The Ingeniero Ambrosio Taravella International Airport serving the Argentine city of Córdoba was closed Thursday after a bomb threat on a Latam Airlines flight bound for Lima, Peru, which in the end departed at 10.53 am instead of at 8.05 am.
Friday, July 21st 2023 - 10:04 UTC
Production of lithium batteries to start in September in Argentina

Argentina's first National Plant for the Technological Development of Lithium Cells and Batteries will start production in September on the premises of the National University of La Plata (UNLP), Y-TEC (a subsidiary of the state-owned oil company YPF) head Roberto Salvarezza announced Thursday.
Friday, July 21st 2023 - 09:06 UTC
Import barriers impact Argentina's health system

High-tech surgeries such as transplants and other treatments have been put on hold in Argentina due to restrictions on imports that have resulted in a lack of medical inputs leading to the suspension of transplants and other treatments, Buenos Aires' Clarín reported.
Thursday, July 20th 2023 - 23:15 UTC
Cuban worker in Falklands/Malvinas granted Argentine residence

Argentine immigration authorities Wednesday granted residence to Cuban migrant Yamila Socorro Molina, who lives in the Malvinas/Falkland Islands, it was reported in Buenos Aires. Migrations Director Florencia Carignano said it was a “historical precedent.”
Thursday, July 20th 2023 - 15:29 UTC
The Falkland Islands remain clear on their name

Deputy Chair of the Legislative Assembly, MLA Teslyn Barkman said: “Myself and the other Members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly would like to be clear that this news from Brussels changes nothing. The EU themselves have issued a statement to say that they have not changed their views and positions concerning the Falklands.
Thursday, July 20th 2023 - 10:40 UTC
Argentina's Falklands claim at CELAC/EU summit, a midwinter dream

The Argentine government's victory cheering and bragging about a joint declaration from two continents on the Falklands/Malvinas issue has turned out to be a brief midwinter dream. This was strongly confirmed by the British Foreign Office and the European Union.