Argentina

• Thursday, November 2nd 2023 - 09:14 UTC

  Price of fuel goes up in Argentine to secure supply

  

  Argentina's state-run oil company YPF ordered an average increase of 9.75% in the prices of gasoline and diesel oil at pumps, as the freezing deal between the Economy Ministry and fuel producers came to an end Oct. 31 following a 12.5% adjustment the week after the Aug. 13 Open, Mandatory, and Simultaneous Primary (PASO) elections and their ensuing devaluation of the local currency.

• Thursday, November 2nd 2023 - 08:39 UTC

  Divergent positions: Argentina backs Israel, then condemns attacks in Palestine

  

  Three weeks apart, the Argentine Foreign Ministry issued two communiqués with different positions on the Arab-Israeli conflict. In the first, dated October 7, Argentina clearly supports the position of Israel, which claims its position as the nation under attack and condemns the attacks of the terrorist group Hamas against the Israeli population.

• Wednesday, November 1st 2023 - 09:13 UTC

  Fuel supply in Argentine getting back to normal pending price increase

  

  Fuel supply in Argentina is slowly getting back to normal as an increase in the price at pumps has been admitted onto a negotiating table, it was reported in Buenos Aires. After shortages throughout the weekend, the Government acquiesced to an increase in the price of gasoline.

• Wednesday, November 1st 2023 - 08:56 UTC

  Lula hails Messi's Ballon d'Or achievement

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Tuesday praised Argentine football start Lionel Messi on winning his eighth Ballon d'Or award. “Messi should serve as an example to Brazilian players,” said Lula on social media.

• Tuesday, October 31st 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Avian flu keeps killing seashore mammals along South Atlantic shores

  

  Health authorities in Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina are increasingly concerned over the appearance of hundreds of dead sea lions presumably killed by avian flu, it was reported.

• Tuesday, October 31st 2023 - 10:27 UTC

  12 occupants rescued as Argentine sailboat sinks off Colonia

  

  All 12 occupants of an Argentine sailboat that eventually sank into the La Plata River off the port of Colonia were rescued by the Uruguayan Navy and local volunteers, it was reported Monday.

• Tuesday, October 31st 2023 - 10:12 UTC

  Iguazú Falls closed to visitors as water levels rise above normal

  

  Due to recent heavy rains on the Brazilian side, the tourist attraction of the Iguazú Falls has been closed to visitors at least until Wednesday pending damage assessments given a water flow 16 times higher than usual, it was reported.

• Monday, October 30th 2023 - 10:05 UTC

  Argentine Border Guard officer announces change in gender perception

  

  An Argentine Border Guard (Gendarmería Nacional) officer has told his superiors that he self-perceived as a woman and would henceforth adopt such an identity.

• Monday, October 30th 2023 - 09:38 UTC

  Gasoline supply must be normalized, or else... Massa warns

  

  Argentine Economy Minister and presidential candidate Sergio Massa warned oil companies that unless the fuel shortages are solved by Tuesday, they would not be allowed to ship any exports abroad, it was reported.

• Saturday, October 28th 2023 - 10:56 UTC

  ARA Patagonia back on duty

  

  Argentina's Navy announced this week that the French-built logistics vessel ARA Patagonia was back at sea after a total refit, major repairs, and the replacement of numerous elements and parts at the No. 1 careening dock of the Arsenal Naval Puerto Belgrano and under the management of the Tandanor shipyards.