Argentina

• Saturday, April 23rd 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Navitas banned from Argentina for twenty years for operating in Falklands' waters

  

  Israel's Navitas Petroleum has been banned from all activities in Argentina for the next twenty years for involvement in the hydrocarbons industry in the Falklands/Malvinas zone without Argentine permission.

• Saturday, April 23rd 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Argentina seeks to become steady supplier of food to Italy

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Friday met in Rome with his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio to broker a deal to make the South American country a steady supplier of food.

• Friday, April 22nd 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Argentine President launches construction of new gas pipeline

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Thursday launched the “Néstor Kirchner” gas pipeline project during a ceremony at the Loma Campana field in Vaca Muerta, province of Neuquén.

• Friday, April 22nd 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  The Argentine officer who terrorized and favored a final solution for Islanders during the Falklands' occupation

  

  The visiting Argentine reporter Hugo Alconada Mon who spent time in the Falkland Islands reporting for the Buenos Aires daily La Nacion, on the 40th anniversary of the April 2nd Argentine military invasion and occupation of the Falklands, has included a story on an Argentine army officer.

• Thursday, April 21st 2022 - 21:37 UTC

  New port announced for Río Grande in Tierra del Fuego

  

  A new port is to be developed in the Fuegian city of Rio Grande at a cost of US$ 210 million, which will be disbursed by a group of private companies interested in promoting trade in the area, it was reported.

• Thursday, April 21st 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  IMF: inflation is Argentina's main threat

  

  International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva Wednesday said the greatest risk facing Argentina was inflation. She made those remarks during a speech at the Joint Assembly of the IMF and the World Bank in Washington, DC.

• Thursday, April 21st 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Parlasur to decide in May when to vote on Pepín's fate

  

  Mercosur Parliament (Parlasur) Wednesday announced a decision will be made on May 9 on when to vote for the dismissal of Argentine legislator Fabián “Pepín” Rodríguez Simón.

• Wednesday, April 20th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  IMF revises Argentina's projected growth upwards

  

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its projections for Argentina's growth during 2022 to 4%, it was reported Tuesday in Washington DC. These figures show an improvement from those released just days ago by other agencies such as the World Bank (3.6%).

• Wednesday, April 20th 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  Argentina: Massacre of indigenous groups and its cover-up brought to trial

  

  Although none of the suspects is still alive, an Argentine court in the northern province of Chaco began Tuesday a “truth trial” for the so-called “Napalpi massacre,” the killing of native peoples perpetrated in 1924.

• Wednesday, April 20th 2022 - 09:22 UTC

  Argentine port workers to stage 24-hour strike Thursday

  

  Argentine port workers will stage a 24-hour strike Thursday to demand certainties from the national government regarding the official port policy. The measure will affect operations at Buenos Aires and other terminals, it was announced.