Argentina

• Friday, April 10th 2026 - 17:54 UTC

  Argentina permanently revokes licenses of laboratories implicated in contaminated fentanyl case

  

  Argentina's National Administration of Drugs, Foods and Medical Devices (Anmat) permanently revoked the operating licenses of laboratories HLB Pharma and Laboratorios Ramallo, linked to the production of contaminated fentanyl that caused the deaths of at least 111 people between late 2024 and the first half of 2025, in one of the worst health tragedies in the country's recent history.

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• Thursday, April 9th 2026 - 23:57 UTC

  Argentina approves glacier law reform, opens previously protected areas to mining

  

  Argentina's Chamber of Deputies passed a reform of the National Glacier Law in the early hours of Thursday, an initiative pushed by President Javier Milei's government that reduces the scope of environmental protections in the Andean cordillera and opens previously restricted areas to mining. The vote was 137 in favor, 111 against and 3 abstentions, after more than eleven hours of debate in a special session. The bill had already been approved by the Senate.

• Thursday, April 9th 2026 - 07:40 UTC

  Uruguay considers relocating HIF Global's green hydrogen megaplant to ease tensions with Argentina

  

  Uruguay's government is considering relocating within the department of Paysandú the synthetic fuels plant planned by multinational HIF Global, in an effort to simultaneously defuse diplomatic tensions with Argentina and advance what would be the largest private investment in the country's history, estimated at $5.385 billion in its final phase.

• Tuesday, April 7th 2026 - 05:05 UTC

  Chilean President Kast backs Argentine claim over Falklands in first state visit to Buenos Aires

  

  Chilean President José Antonio Kast formally backed Argentina's sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands, South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands and surrounding maritime areas during his first state visit to Buenos Aires, where he met his counterpart Javier Milei at the Casa Rosada.

• Monday, April 6th 2026 - 22:58 UTC

  Over 60% of Argentines disapprove of Milei amid economic and social crisis

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei's public image has reached its lowest point since he took office in December 2023. Multiple polls now agree that disapproval exceeds 60%, driven by stubbornly high inflation, rising unemployment, a wave of business closures and a string of corruption scandals hitting the president's inner circle.

• Monday, April 6th 2026 - 01:07 UTC

  Chile and Argentina seek to “confront common enemies” in Kast's first state visit

  

  Chilean President José Antonio Kast departed Sunday on his first official trip abroad to meet his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei in a state visit centered on security, organized crime and the extradition of former guerrilla member Galvarino Apablaza.

• Saturday, April 4th 2026 - 11:36 UTC

  Leak reveals Russian campaign to discredit Milei through Argentine media outlets

  

  A spy group linked to Russian foreign intelligence funded the publication of more than 250 articles across at least 23 Argentine digital media outlets between June and October 2024, aiming to discredit Javier Milei's government, according to an investigation based on leaked documents conducted by an international media consortium.

• Saturday, April 4th 2026 - 03:03 UTC

  British ambassador calls Bolivia's Falklands/Malvinas support for Argentina “unacceptable”

  

  Argentina on Friday thanked Bolivia for its support on the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty claim and called “unfortunate” the remarks by the British ambassador in La Paz, Richard Porter, who branded the Bolivian position “deeply disappointing and unacceptable.”

• Friday, April 3rd 2026 - 23:55 UTC

  Father of Argentine lawyer detained for racism in Brazil repeats same gestures at bar

  

  Mariano Páez, father of lawyer and influencer Agostina Páez, was filmed imitating monkey gestures at a bar in Santiago del Estero — the same racist gesticulations that led to his daughter's indictment for racial slur in Brazil, where she spent over two months detained in Rio de Janeiro. The incident took place just hours after the young woman's return to her home province.

• Friday, April 3rd 2026 - 21:38 UTC

  Argentina offers reward for fugitive Chilean ex-guerrilla Apablaza ahead of Kast visit

  

  Argentina's government on Friday offered a reward of 20 million pesos — roughly $14,000 — for information leading to the capture of Galvarino Apablaza, former leader of the Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front (FPMR), wanted by Chilean courts as the alleged mastermind of the 1991 assassination of Senator Jaime Guzmán and the kidnapping of businessman Cristián Edwards.