Argentina

• Monday, July 11th 2022 - 22:22 UTC

  Batakis announces spending cuts for Argentine gov't

  

  Argentina's Economy Minister Silvina Batakis Monday warned that the government of President Alberto Fernández “will not spend more than we have,” while launching a series of measures aimed at curbing inflation and restoring federal reserves.

• Monday, July 11th 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  US Ambassador insists on no special IMF treatment for Argentina

  

  The United States Ambassador to Buenos Aires Marc Stanley insisted there would be no special treatment for Argentina following President Alberto Fernández Government's request to cut down the International Monetary Fund (IMF) surcharge.

• Monday, July 11th 2022 - 10:17 UTC

  Argentine authorities ready to launch batch of economic measures

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández and newly-appointed Economy Minister Silvina Batakis reviewed over the weekend a series of measures to be launched shortly in a move to curb inflation and strengthen the Treasury's coffers.

• Monday, July 11th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Argentine Cpl. paralyzed from the waist down in another welcome rite

  

  Argentine authorities have launched an inquiry into how an Army corporal in the province of Misiones ended up with injuries in his legs just days after a second lieutenant died as the apparent result of a “baptism” party in the neighboring province of Corrientes.

• Saturday, July 9th 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Conviasa suspends Caracas-Buenos Aires route

  

  Venezuela's flag carrier Conviasa has announced it will halt its Caracas-Buenos Aires route at least until September in light of the refueling problems all its aircraft face for belonging to a company blacklisted by the US Treasury.

• Saturday, July 9th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Contradicting messages from Batakis herald split devaluation

  

  Argentine Economy Minister Silvina Batakis has been reported Friday to be evaluating several possible scenarios, all of which involve some forms of devaluation of the local peso.

• Saturday, July 9th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Musk backs down on Twitter buy-over deal

  

  South African billionaire Elon Musk finally decided not to move forward with his plans to buy over Twitter and withdraw the US$ 44 billion he had once offered.

• Saturday, July 9th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Moderna's pediatrics vax to become available in Argentina later this month

  

  Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Friday announced her country was about to receive the first batch of 1,400,000 doses of Moderna's pediatric COVID-19 vaccine to be applied to children between six months and three years of age.

• Saturday, July 9th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  New bird species spotted in northern Argentina

  

  The red-winged brant (Myiozetetes cayanensis), a member of the brant family that had never before been recorded in Argentina, has been sighted in Iguazú, in the province of Misiones, by a Paraguayan tourist who alerted forest rangers about his findings.

• Friday, July 8th 2022 - 22:37 UTC

  Argentine Navy 2022 social campaign comes to an end

  

  The Argentine Navy has rounded up its 2022 Socio Sanitary Fluvial Campaign with the arrival of patrol boats ARA King and ARA Río Santiago at the Buenos Aires Naval Base, it was announced this week.