Argentina

Thursday, August 4th 2022 - 09:49 UTC
Argentina asks Boric's gov't to explain alleged Falkland-bound flights

Argentina's Ambassador to Santiago Rafael Bielsa Wednesday filed a formal note before the Chilean Government of President Gabriel Boric Font asking for explanations regarding the alleged unauthorized flights over Argentine airspace presumed to be on their way to the Falkland Islands.
Thursday, August 4th 2022 - 09:46 UTC
Maduro says US wants to steal Emtrasur 747 held in Buenos Aires

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Wednesday that the United States meant to “steal” the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 seized by Argentina's Judiciary at the Ezeiza International Airport pending investigations into the presumed to lie under the transport of auto parts.
Thursday, August 4th 2022 - 08:03 UTC
UK government´s Chevening scholarship for Argentina is now open

Applications for Chevening scholarships to study in the UK are open between 2 August and 1 November 2022.
Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:55 UTC
Detractor of Falklands people's rights, Argentina's candidate to the International Law Court of The Hague

Dr. Marcelo Kohen is an Argentine lawyer who for more than three decades has been living in Switzerland where he is a professor of International Law at the University Institute of International High Studies in Geneva, He is also currently secretary of the prestigious International Law Institute created in 1843.
Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:32 UTC
Argentina and Chile lobby for a Marine Protected Area west of Antarctica Peninsula

Argentine and Chilean relations have not been traditionally smooth given the several borderline disputes both in land and in the sea, but there is a chance that this rivalry turns into a biodiversity milestone, with the joint proposal to create a Marine Protected Area in waters next to west Antarctica Peninsula and south of the Scotia arc, a project in which the Chilean Antarctic Institute and Argentina's Antarctic Institute have been working on since 2012.
Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 23:10 UTC
Argentina's Lower House has a new Speaker

Cecilia Moreau Tuesday became the first woman ever to be the Speaker of Argentina's House of Deputies after the resignation of Sergio Massa was accepted so that he can be appointed “superminister” of Economy, Agriculture, and Production.
Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 09:18 UTC
Consensus among Mercosur countries to tackle monkeypox

Uruguayan Health Minister Daniel Salinas Monday announced health authorities within Mercosur were drafting a joint plan to fight the monkeypox outbreak.
Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 09:11 UTC
Judge allows 12 crewmembers of Emtrasur's 747 to leave Argentina

Argentine Federal Judge Federico Villena Monday ordered their passports be returned to 12 of the 19 crew members of the Venezuelan-Iranian cargo Boeing 747-300 currently seized at the Ezeiza International Airport.
Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 08:43 UTC
Argentina's AGP to stay in charge of Paraná Waterway pending bidding

Argentina's Transport Ministry Monday announced that its General Ports Administration (AGP) will continue to be in charge of the Paraná-Paraguay Waterway after extending the current contract which expires Sept. 11.
Monday, August 1st 2022 - 21:20 UTC
COVID-19 cases on the rise in Argentina

Argentine health authorities have reported over the weekend a significant increase in the number of COVID-19 cases nationwide last week (52,745 ), a 26% increase over the previous week.