Argentina

• Wednesday, March 2nd 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentine president says IMF deal being fine-tuned

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday said his country was still fine-tuning details of an agreement with The International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding the repayment of a US $ 44 bn loan taken during the Mauricio Macri administration.

• Wednesday, March 2nd 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Falklands: Argentina interested in a third phase of the Plan to identify fallen combatants in Malvinas

  

  Argentina is interested in a third phase of the Humanitarian Project Plan which has successfully helped with the identification of Argentine combatants fallen in the Falklands/Malvinas during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict, triggered by the Argentine invasion of the Islands. Argentine president Alberto Fernandez made the announcement during his annual March first speech to Congress, officially opening the legislative year.

• Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 22:59 UTC

  Argentina asks for the resumption of flights to the Falklands with stopover in Rio Gallegos

  

  Argentina has requested the resumption of flights between the mainland and the Falkland Islands twice a month after the service carried out by LATAM Airlines was halted amid COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.

• Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Argentina to deploy White Helmets to Poland-Ukraine border

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Monday ordered the deployment of the so-called White Helmets to the border between Poland and Ukraine on a humanitarian mission to assist nationals stranded in the area, it was announced in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Argentine Foreign Minister insists UK needs to explain what happened to 1982 nukes

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Monday insisted the United Kingdom had sent nuclear weapons to the Falkland Islands in 1982 and claimed British authorities should come clean about the issue.

• Monday, February 28th 2022 - 20:55 UTC

  CFK decries double standards within UN Security Council regarding Ukraine and Falklands/Malvinas

  

  Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Sunday said Western powers had double standards when addressing the Ukraine crisis. The former head of state (2007-2015) recalled that in 2014 -under her presidency-, Argentina supported Kyiv against Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula by force.

• Monday, February 28th 2022 - 20:24 UTC

  Cristina Fernández de Kirchner still complaining about Falklands' 2013 referendum

  

  Argentina's main leader and vice-president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner recalled on Sunday in Twitter that her government strongly supported Ukraine back in 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea, but also complained about the double standard of the “great powers” in their stance regarding the Falkland/Malvinas Islands issue.

• Monday, February 28th 2022 - 20:17 UTC

  Interannual sales of motor vehicles fall in Argentina and Brazil

  

  Vehicle sales slumped the most in Argentina and Brazil of all Latin American countries during January, according to a report with data for ten nations in the region.

• Monday, February 28th 2022 - 20:14 UTC

  Argentine ice cream parlor halts sale of Russian cream flavor

  

  An ice cream parlor in the Argentine city of Córdoba has decided to temporarily suspend the sale of the “Russian cream” flavor to protest against Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The unusual attitude quickly went viral.

• Monday, February 28th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  President overflies Argentine provinces under fire

  

  President Alberto Fernández has overflown together with local authorities the areas in the Argentine provinces of Corrientes and Misiones which have been devastated by fires.