Argentina

Monday, July 11th 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Argentine Cpl. paralyzed from the waist down in another welcome rite

Argentine authorities have launched an inquiry into how an Army corporal in the province of Misiones ended up with injuries in his legs just days after a second lieutenant died as the apparent result of a “baptism” party in the neighboring province of Corrientes.
Saturday, July 9th 2022 - 10:30 UTC
Conviasa suspends Caracas-Buenos Aires route

Venezuela's flag carrier Conviasa has announced it will halt its Caracas-Buenos Aires route at least until September in light of the refueling problems all its aircraft face for belonging to a company blacklisted by the US Treasury.
Saturday, July 9th 2022 - 10:15 UTC
Contradicting messages from Batakis herald split devaluation

Argentine Economy Minister Silvina Batakis has been reported Friday to be evaluating several possible scenarios, all of which involve some forms of devaluation of the local peso.
Saturday, July 9th 2022 - 09:58 UTC
Musk backs down on Twitter buy-over deal

South African billionaire Elon Musk finally decided not to move forward with his plans to buy over Twitter and withdraw the US$ 44 billion he had once offered.
Saturday, July 9th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Moderna's pediatrics vax to become available in Argentina later this month

Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Friday announced her country was about to receive the first batch of 1,400,000 doses of Moderna's pediatric COVID-19 vaccine to be applied to children between six months and three years of age.
Saturday, July 9th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
New bird species spotted in northern Argentina

The red-winged brant (Myiozetetes cayanensis), a member of the brant family that had never before been recorded in Argentina, has been sighted in Iguazú, in the province of Misiones, by a Paraguayan tourist who alerted forest rangers about his findings.
Friday, July 8th 2022 - 22:37 UTC
Argentine Navy 2022 social campaign comes to an end

The Argentine Navy has rounded up its 2022 Socio Sanitary Fluvial Campaign with the arrival of patrol boats ARA King and ARA Río Santiago at the Buenos Aires Naval Base, it was announced this week.
Friday, July 8th 2022 - 10:28 UTC
Argentina protests the designation of Protected Areas in South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

The Argentine government in a protest note addressed to the United Kingdom pointed out its complete rejection of UK's intended designation of the entire landmass of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) as Specially Protected Areas.
Friday, July 8th 2022 - 09:05 UTC
Argentine minister off on European tour to buy new submarine

Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana and a team of top-ranking Navy officers are on a trip to Europe to hold talks with several shipyards for the purchase of a new submarine to replace the ARA San Juan, it was reported.
Friday, July 8th 2022 - 09:00 UTC
New species of Patagonian dinosaur described by scientists

The prestigious Current Biology journal Thursday carried a report on findings by Scientists in Argentina regarding a new giant carnivorous dinosaur found in the country, which has been named “Meraxes.”