Argentina

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.
Sunday, March 5th 2023 - 10:57 UTC
US Congresswoman warns Buenos Aires not to build Chinese fighter jets

US Representative María Elvira Salazar warned last week that Argentina was planning to install a factory of Chinese warplanes in the South American country. The former Spanish-language news anchorwoman of Cuban heritage stressed that President Alberto Fernández and Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) had embarked on a deal with the Devil that they would regret sooner than later.
Saturday, March 4th 2023 - 08:10 UTC
Drug gangs off limits for Argentine armed forces, despite opposition's claims

After a mafia-style attack on Thursday against a supermarket in Rosario owned by relatives of Lionel Messi's wife, many opposition leaders in Argentina suggested the Armed Forces be deployed against the drug-trafficking gangs operating in the country's third-largest city.
Saturday, March 4th 2023 - 07:47 UTC
Argentine Customs create Uruguay River task force to tackle cocaine trafficking

Argentina's Customs General Directorate created a department within its structure to monitor drug trafficking through the Uruguay River, it was announced Friday. The new task force will increase controls on regional transshipments where various containers featuring cocaine have been detected recently.
Friday, March 3rd 2023 - 20:31 UTC
Falkland Islands responds to Argentina’s decision to end the “Foradori-Duncan Pact”

Members of the Legislative Assembly are disappointed to hear of Argentina’s decision to put an end to the “Foradori-Duncan Pact” of 2016. This pact looked at improving relations on trade and security between the UK and Argentina but it also ensured the agreement to identify the remains of the unknown Argentine soldiers buried near Darwin.
Friday, March 3rd 2023 - 09:50 UTC
Cleverly insists: the Falklands are British

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly wrote on Twitter that the Falkland “islanders have the right to decide their own future: they have chosen to remain an autonomous British Overseas Territory,” and therefore “the Falkland Islands are British.”
Friday, March 3rd 2023 - 09:11 UTC
Record high temperatures recorded in Buenos Aires and other Argentine localities

The Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) Thursday equaled its all-time high temperatures dating back to March 7, 1952, according to the National Meteorological Service (SMN), thus making the capital one of the hottest places nationwide with 37.9 °C. Despite falling to 35.4 °C at 4 pm, the wind chill hit 43°C, the SMN said.