Argentina

• Thursday, March 9th 2023 - 09:57 UTC

  Argentine Women's Ministry an achievement of feminist struggles, Minister Mazzina says

  

  Argentina's Minister of Women Ayelén Mazzina Wednesday warned that the opposition has long called for the closing of her office but celebrated it did not go beyond words, claiming that the agency's existence was a victory “in the heat of feminist struggles.”

• Thursday, March 9th 2023 - 09:53 UTC

  Machismo kills, says Argentine President

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández said that “in its maximum expression, machismo kills” and saluted the feminist movement that had managed to bring gender issues to the center stage of political debate to fight “inequality.” Fernández also questioned the “lack of gender perspective in the Judiciary.”

• Wednesday, March 8th 2023 - 12:45 UTC

  Argentina's cancellation of Córdoba-Mt. Pleasant route made official

  

  The Argentine Government's decision to strike the authorization once granted to LATAM Brasil to serve Mount Pleasant in the Malvinas/Falkland Islands from Córdoba has been made official since it was published Tuesday in the Official Gazette.

• Wednesday, March 8th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  Argentine federal gov't gets involved in Rosario violence crisis

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday announced through a recorded message from the Olivos residence, that federal forces would be deployed to the Rosario area in an attempt to curb drug-trafficking-related violence. “Rosario needs us”, said the President.

• Wednesday, March 8th 2023 - 10:11 UTC

  Aerolíneas Argentines to resume Carrasco-Ezeiza route

  

  Aerolíneas Argentinas will resume its direct route between Buenos Aires' largest international air terminal (Ezeiza) and Montevideo's Carrasco, which will serve as a feeder for Uruguayan travelers to board transatlantic flights to Madrid or Rome or other domestic and regional services to destinations such as New York, Cancun, Punta Cana, or Havana.

• Wednesday, March 8th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  Uruguay generates certainty for Argentine migrants, Lacalle says

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday explained that many Argentines had decided to migrate and settle “across the pond” because his country was one that “generates certainty.”

• Wednesday, March 8th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

  Argentine-developed Covid vax ready to move on to trial phase

  

  Argentine researchers are about to complete de development of the “ARVAC Cecilia Grierson” Covid-19 vaccine, which is why volunteers are needed for the 2/3 trial phase, it was reported in Buenos Aires. The new drug is expected to be cleared by mid-2023.

• Wednesday, March 8th 2023 - 10:05 UTC

  Argentina clinches CAF loan for gas pipeline development

  

  Argentina has secured a US$ 840 million loan from the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), which will be largely allocated to the construction of the “President Néstor Kirchner” gas pipeline, it was announced Tuesday.

• Tuesday, March 7th 2023 - 10:02 UTC

  Lugo discharged from Buenos Aires clinic

  

  Former Paraguayan President and current Senator Fernando Lugo has been discharged Monday from a Buenos Aires hospital where he was flown to after suffering a brain stroke last year, Presidential candidate Efraín Alegre announced.

• Monday, March 6th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Massa announces “wine dollar” for Argentine producers

  

  The Government of Argentina announced during the weekend the creation of yet another foreign currency exchange rate; one to be applied particularly to wine exports, effective next month.