Argentina

• Wednesday, August 31st 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  Argentina running out of spare tires

  

  Transport companies in Argentina are increasingly worried about the shortage of spare tires in the country, in addition to the fact that they can be purchased abroad for half the price, it was reported.

• Wednesday, August 31st 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentine minister Cafiero collects more “ignorant” expletives

  

  Lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, openly replied to Argentine foreign minister Santiago Cafiero, who had called him ignorant after Bolsonaro Jr criticized the judicial situation of Argentine vice-president Cristina Fernandez for whom federal prosecution is requesting twelve years of imprisonment on charges of corruption and benefitting with public works distribution.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  UK tells India, “Britain has no doubts about Falklands sovereignty,” and Islanders right to self determination

  

  Days after India extended support to Argentina's campaign to restart international negotiations on the Falkland Islands sovereignty claim in the South Atlantic, a British official on Monday said there was “no doubt” about the United Kingdom's sovereignty over the Islands.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 10:23 UTC

  India prepared to eliminate UK components from Tejas jet fighter, of interest for Argentina

  

  On Monday's piece on the visit of Indian External Affairs minister Dr. S. Jaishankar to Buenos Aires we reported the interest of Argentina to strengthen bilateral defense links and cooperation, and at the same time its interest in the fully made Tejas jet fighter to equip the Argentine Air Force.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 10:04 UTC

  F-16s for Argentina, --and convincing UK--, US strategy to contain Chinese influence in the South Atlantic

  

  An article published by the United States Naval Institute, USNI, a private, professional military think-tank which since 1873 provides independent ideas for debating US defense issues, has revealed that Washington, fearful of China's advance in South America, offered back in 2020, surplus Danish F-16A/Bs both to Colombia and Argentina, and is “negotiating with the UK to approve the sale”.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Rubinstein denies Argentina plans 50% devaluation

  

  Argentina's Deputy Economy Minister Gabriel Rubinstein Monday denied rumors of a 50% devaluation of the local peso against the US dollar that had gone viral in Buenos Aires' financial circles.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  Sunken ship found off Argentine Patagonia identified

  

  Scientists have announced they have identified the remnants of a sunken ship found near the Argentine city of Puerto Madryn. It would be a US-built whaler called Dolphin from the mid-1800s.

• Monday, August 29th 2022 - 19:32 UTC

  YPF announces mega port on Rio Negro's Atlantic shores

  

  Argentina's state-run oil company YPF announced a mega port will be built in Río Negro to export oil from the Atlantic shore.

• Monday, August 29th 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  CFK supporters, metropolitan police clash in Buenos Aires

  

  Supporters of Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) and Buenos Aires Metropolitan Police clashed in the Buenos Aires uptown Recoleta neighborhood late Saturday in an episode riddled both with violence and with political consequences for Argentina''s future.

• Monday, August 29th 2022 - 10:38 UTC

  Lithium exports gain pace in Argentina

  

  According to the latest report from Argentina's National Mining Secretariat, lithium is not far from taking over as the leading mining industry item, whereas gold and silver continue to lead.