Argentina

• Monday, September 26th 2022 - 10:16 UTC

  All tire-manufacturing plants in Argentina close down

  

  Argentina has ceased to be a tire-manufacturing country as labor conflicts resulted in the closing of all three plants nationwide, although some of these measures have been reported to be a temporary issue.

• Monday, September 26th 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  ARA Libertad held off Buenos Aires due to port workers' strike

  

  Argentina Navy's training vessel ARA Libertad (Q2) was held off Buenos Aires for several hours after a 5-month trip due to a union strike by port workers.

• Monday, September 26th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Argentine lab announces local production of Sputnik V vaccine ends

  

  The Argentine laboratory manufacturing Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine has announced it would halt the line to target other types of diseases, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, September 24th 2022 - 10:43 UTC

  CFK links her corruption trial to the murder attempt against her

  

  Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Friday told the court judging her for alleged corruption in the awarding of public bids to build roads while she was President (2008-15), that the case under treatment was linked to her assassination attempt earlier this month.

• Saturday, September 24th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Argentina limits door-to-door purchases abroad

  

  Argentina's Federal Administration of Public Revenues (AFIP) tax bureau has lowered the cap from US$ 3,000 to US$ 1,000 on door-to-door online purchases effective Sept. 23, in a move to curb foreign currency expenditures that drain the Central Bank's reserves.

• Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:08 UTC

  Tourists leave hundreds of millions of dollars in Argentina

  

  Foreign tourists have left US$ 850 million in Argentina during the recent winter recess, Buenos Aires authorities reported this week. The local government also said 4,510,000 visitors had entered the country through all border crossings, of whom 2,312,000 were leisure travelers.

• Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 09:47 UTC

  Argentina's Upper House okays Supreme Curt enlargement

  

  Argentina's Senate Thursday passed the bill to enlarge the Supreme Court from 5 to 15 judges. The bill now passes on to the Lower House for further parliamentary treatment.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2022 - 19:05 UTC

  Face masks no longer required in Argentina

  

  Argentina's health authorities have decided that the wearing of face masks is no longer mandatory in any indoor setting, it was announced.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2022 - 10:44 UTC

  Cafiero discusses Argentina's accession to BRICS with Chinese colleague

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Wednesday discussed his country's joining BRICS with his Chinese colleague Wang Yi on the sidelines of the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Alberto Fernández stresses food security has taken a turn for the worse

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday denounced that projections regarding an improvement in the world's food situation after the COVID-19 pandemic was over had failed to materialize.