Argentina

• Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Argentine president turns to diplomacy

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández has withdrawn himself from domestic confrontations within the ruling Frente de Todos (FdT) by focusing on the international agenda that launches him onto the world's center stage in the coming days.

• Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 08:39 UTC

  Mar del Plata fishermen go on two-day strike over wage bargaining

  

  Fishermen of Mar del Plata's deep-sea Monday launched a 48-hour strike in demand of wage increases of up to 100% to cope with Argentina's inflation and after negotiations with the Business Chambers Caabpa and Caipa yielded no results.

• Monday, November 7th 2022 - 20:14 UTC

  CFK too smart to run for President again, says Pepe Mujica

  

  Former Uruguayan President Pepe Mujica said Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) is too smart to run for the Casa Rosada next year, according to an interview published by Montevideo's El Observador.

• Monday, November 7th 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  “Macri is the enemy,” Máximo Kirchner tells Peronist convention

  

  Argentine Deputy Máximo Kirchner said during a Justicialist Party (PJ) Convention in Mar del Plata that “the adversary of the Argentine society, and not only of Peronism, is former president [Mauricio] Macri.”

• Monday, November 7th 2022 - 09:32 UTC

  LGTB+ Groups celebrate 31st Pride Day in Buenos Aires

  

  LGBTI+ groups marching through the streets of Buenos Aires on Gay Pride Celebration Day Saturday demanded broader anti-discrimination laws be broader and other regulations benefitting transgender people.

• Saturday, November 5th 2022 - 11:06 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez reappears in public in electoral mode as crowds called her “President”

  

  For the first time since her assassination attempt on September 1, Argentina's Vice-President, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), reappeared in public at an event that welcomed her with the chant “Cristina presidenta” (Cristina President). She replied that it was possible to repeat the bonanzas of her two consecutive four-year terms in office (2007-2015).

• Saturday, November 5th 2022 - 10:42 UTC

  Agreement between Argentina, U.S. on undeclared deposits ready to be signed

  

  Argentina's “Superminister” of Economy, Industry, and Agriculture Sergio Massa is counting on an agreement to be signed with the United States shortly to detect undeclared bank accounts abroad which would allow holders to evade taxes.

• Friday, November 4th 2022 - 19:29 UTC

  Revolución Federal leades indicted in Argentina

  

  Argentine Federal Judge Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi Thursday approved the indictment of the four leaders of the Revolución Federal (RF) rightwing activist group who were arrested on his orders last week and released by a court of appeals on Tuesday.

• Friday, November 4th 2022 - 10:47 UTC

  UK Chagos Devolution: Argentina urges bilateral negotiations on Falklands' sovereignty

  

  As was expected the Argentine reaction to Britain's negotiations with the Republic of Mauritius for the return of the Chagos archipelago, including Diego García island, has been immediate with a long release from the Foreign Ministry, once again calling for full negotiations on the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, November 4th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Argentine carmakers report inter-annual progress

  

  Despite the lack of auto parts and other foreign inputs due to government restrictions aimed at keeping US dollars within the Central Bank's reserves, Argentina's carmaking industry grew 27.8% year-on-year in October, it was reported in Buenos Aires.