Argentina

• 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.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2022 - 18:57 UTC

  Western Uruguayans concerned over Argentina's low prices

  

  Uruguayan mayors along the country's western border have expressed their concern to President Luis Lacalle Pou as the informal exchange rate between the Argentine peso and the US dollar renders local businesses unprofitable since consumers do their shopping across the line.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  Cafiero claims the Falklands during a ministerial Atlantic Basin meeting chaired by US Secretary of State

  

  Foreign minister Santiago Cafiero said that ”Argentina aspires the South Atlantic becomes a region recognized as an example of peace and dialogue among nations. For this it is essential to find a solution, through peaceful means, to the sovereignty controversy between Argentina and the UK regarding the Malvinas, South Georgia, and South Sandwich Islands, and adjoining maritime spaces, a controversy which has been ongoing for almost 190 years.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2022 - 10:40 UTC

  Argentine president again calls on the UN for Falklands' sovereignty negotiations

  

  On Tuesday, Argentine president Alberto Fernandez addressed the United Nations General Assembly and in his long speech as usual there was a special demand for Argentina's legitimate sovereignty rights over the Falklands and other South Atlantic Islands.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2022 - 19:01 UTC

  Argentine President warns against undemocratic rightwing movements

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández said Tuesday during a press conference in New York before his appearance at the United Nations General Assembly that the Sept. 1 assassination attempt against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was linked to the resurgence of fascism as much as it was “the result of hatred.”

• Tuesday, September 20th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  CFK's defense argues prosecutors committed malpractice

  

  Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK)'s legal team Monday argued that “the prosecution committed malpractice” in the corruption case against the former head of state (2008-2015).