Argentina

Monday, September 19th 2022 - 23:04 UTC
Argentina rejects naval exercise in Brazil because of Falklands' HMS Forth

Argentina has dropped out of this year's UNITAS annual naval exercises sponsored by the United States, with the participation of South American and other extra-region naval units, which are currently taking place in the Atlantic organized by Brazil.
Monday, September 19th 2022 - 10:05 UTC
Argentina's Lower House passes bill for military drills

Argentina's Lower House passed the bill approving the involvement of the country's Armed Forces in the joint UNITAS military drills with foreign troops, which have also been allowed to enter national territory, it was reported.
Monday, September 19th 2022 - 09:47 UTC
Prince Charles visit to the River Plate and the Falklands, with a little help from Uruguay

In March 1999, King Charles III, then Prince of Wales made a three countries visit, Argentina, Uruguay and the Falkland Islands. A visit which was mainly a retribution to the one then Argentine President Carlos Menem and his daughter Zulemita, acting as First Lady, had done to London the year before, October 1998.
Saturday, September 17th 2022 - 10:12 UTC
La Plata recalls 46th Anniversary of “The Night of the Pencils”

Groups of survivors, students, and other human rights organizations Friday commemorated the 46th anniversary of the massacre known as “The Night of the Pencils” (La Noche de Los Lápices) in the Argentine city of La Plata where the atrocities committed by the military dictatorship were perpetrated.
Saturday, September 17th 2022 - 10:06 UTC
Ambassador Stanley discusses strategic issues at Casa Rosada

United States Ambassador to Buenos Aires Marc Stanley was welcomed Friday at Casa Rosada by Strategic Affairs Secretary Mercedes Marcó del Pont to discuss matters of bilateral interest.
Saturday, September 17th 2022 - 09:57 UTC
Argentina: Security around President Fernández tightened

Following the Sept. 1 assassination attempt against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), Argentine authorities have made changes regarding security protocols around President Alberto Fernández and other high-ranking officials, it was reported Friday in Buenos Aires.
Friday, September 16th 2022 - 19:22 UTC
Chile: Argentine Ambassador summoned over radio statements

Chile's Foreign Ministry has summoned Argentine Ambassador Rafael Bielsa to convey to him that the Government of President Gabriel Boric Font finds some of his comments highly inappropriate for his role.
Friday, September 16th 2022 - 19:16 UTC
False bomb alarm disrupts Buenos Aires' Aeroparque

An Aerolineas Argentinas flight from Buenos Aires Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (AEP) to Tucuman (TUC) was delayed Thursday after a 63-year-old passenger boarded the aircraft claiming he had a bomb.
Friday, September 16th 2022 - 19:14 UTC
Mendoza authorities concerned as cases of syphilis mount

Health authorities in the Argentine province of Mendoza have voiced their concern over an increase in the number of cases of syphilis, at a time Covid-19 is waning down, thus allowing professionals to focus on other diseases.
Friday, September 16th 2022 - 08:07 UTC
The September “soy dollar” convinces Argentine farmers to sell their crops

Argentine farmers have sold 15.2% of the country’s 44 million-ton 2021/22 soy crop in seven days since the government implemented a more favorable exchange rate for cash crop exports, Rosario grains exchange reported.