Argentina

• Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 10:23 UTC

  Falklands war: Argentina insists HMS Invincible was hit by an Exocet; Taiana recalls the joint navy/air force mission

  

  While in Tierra del Fuego Argentine defense minister Jorge Taiana participated with Malvinas War Veterans of the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the joint operation attack on the Royal Navy's carrier, HMS Invincible, while again condemning UK for the “illegitimate” occupation of the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.

• Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Russia supports expanding BRICS, but demands consensus on access conditions

  

  Russia supports the proposal to increase membership of BRICS, the organization of the leading developing economies, but before moving in that direction there is a need to establish a consensus on access criteria.

• Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Former ambassador to leave Argentina's diplomatic mission in Tel Aviv

  

  Former Argentina's Ambassador to Israel Sergio Urribarri, who resigned his position after being convicted to eight years in jail for acts of corruption during his tenure as Governor of the province of Entre Ríos, is to leave the diplomatic building where he has been sheltering, it was announced in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 07:35 UTC

  Presidents of Paraguay and Argentina oversee dam project

  

  Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez Monday welcomed his Argentine counterpart Alberto Fernández in Ayolas, 305 kilometers from Asunción, to attend a series of events involving joint undertakings in energy production.

• Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:12 UTC

  Two cases of monkeypox confirmed in Argentina

  

  Argentine health authorities Friday confirmed the first two cases of monkeypox in the country. Both men had been in Spain recently but are not connected.

• Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Argentine northern provinces decry fuel shortage

  

  The Governor of the Argentine province of Misiones, Oscar Herrera Ahuad, Friday warned that the shortage of diesel fuel was particularly detrimental to the yerba mate sector, which is halfway through its harvest season

• Friday, May 27th 2022 - 09:04 UTC

  Biden negotiating Argentina's presence at Summit of the Americas

  

  US President Joseph Biden's envoy Christopher Dodd arrived in Buenos Aires to talk Alberto Fernández into attending next month's Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, a gathering many leaders intend to boycott following the host's decision not to invite the non-democratically ruled Nicaragua, Cuba, and Venezuela.

• Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 22:58 UTC

  Pandemic shed light on gap between rich and poor, Alberto Fernández says

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Thursday said this region had tasted first-hand what it means to be less developed than other parts of the world as he opened the III Regional Meeting of Ministers of Education of Latin America and the Caribbean at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 10:33 UTC

  Archbishop of Buenos Aires calls for “fraternal Argentina”

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández finally gave up his plans to spend the May 25 National holiday in Antarctica and walked from Casa Rosada with his entourage to the Cathedral after breakfast for the traditional te Deum (thanksgiving service) at the Buenos Aires Cathedral in charge of Archbishop Mario Poli, Jorge Bergoglio's successor since the latter became Pope Francis.

• Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 10:26 UTC

  Argentine opposition against Blue Hole Law to protect site of sunken submarine

  

  Relatives of the Argentine Navy's ARA San Juan's crew have voiced their anger at the opposition Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) lawmakers not endorsing a bill to protect the area where the remains of the submarine were found.