Argentina

Friday, December 16th 2022 - 19:28 UTC
Argentina's largest province joins list of those banning alcohol while driving

The Argentine Province of Buenos Aires, the largest in the country, has enacted a law establishing the maximum amount of blood alcohol for drivers is zero. The zero-tolerance measure also establishes fines, arrests, and the withholding of the divers' license for offenders.
Friday, December 16th 2022 - 08:59 UTC
Icebreaker ARA Irízar ready to start Summer Antarctic Campaign

Argentine Navy's icebreaker ARA Almirante Irízar was ordered Thursday to set sail with over 300 people onboard among military and scientific personnel, marking the official beginning of the 2022/23 Summer Antarctic campaign. The Irízar's mission will consist of three stages until April 2023.
Friday, December 16th 2022 - 08:36 UTC
Argentina's inflation for November set at 4.9%

Argentina's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 4.9% in November for an accumulated 85.3% in the first eleven months of the year, according to a report released Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec).
Thursday, December 15th 2022 - 11:25 UTC
Argentine President reviews first three years of his administration

Argentine President Alberto Fernández insisted Wednesday that his country was one that “grew and is growing” after having “gone through some of the worst storms.”
Wednesday, December 14th 2022 - 10:45 UTC
Buenos Aires Police said to be repressing harmless fans celebrating team's victory over Croatia

Argentina's Secretary of Human Rights Horacio Pietragalla Corti Tuesday demanded Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta to “stop repressing” jubilant groups marching through the streets of Buenos Aires to celebrate the national team's victory over Croatia at the Qatar 2022 football World Cup.
Wednesday, December 14th 2022 - 10:13 UTC
Next of kin of the only Argentine combatant buried in South Georgia visit his grave

Forty years after the end of the South Atlantic conflict, the children of Argentine Navy NCO Felix Oscar Artuso were able to visit the grave of their father, the only Falklands combatant buried in South Georgia island.
Wednesday, December 14th 2022 - 09:28 UTC
Murderer of English tourist in Buenos Aires gets life imprisonment

A Buenos Aires court Tuesday sentenced the murderer of Matthew Charles Gibbard, an English tourist, to life imprisonment, while the assailant's accomplices were handed down suspended or effective sentences of between two and four years in jail.
Tuesday, December 13th 2022 - 21:45 UTC
Messi's Argentina crush Croatia and advance to Qatar 2022 World Cup final

Argentina's Lionel Messi and Julián Álvarez were too tough an opposition to the 2018 runners-up Croatia as Argentina breezed through to the Qatar 2002 football World Cup final with a 3-0 victory.
Tuesday, December 13th 2022 - 10:55 UTC
Argentina and three other countries take diplomatic turn and ask for Castillo's restitution in Peru

The governments of Colombia, Mexico, Argentina and Bolivia have changed their position regarding the political crisis in Peru, which worsened in the last days after the removal of former president Pedro Castillo from office by the Congress. The government of Alberto Fernandez supported in the last hours the former president, currently under arrest and requesting asylum in Mexico, after the Argentinean Foreign Ministry criticized Castillo for altering the “constitutional order” after attempting a self-coup in which he tried to dissolve the Parliament.
Tuesday, December 13th 2022 - 10:19 UTC
Argentine Foreign Minister highlights 2022 record exports

Argentina's Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Monday underlined that his country would exceed US$ 100 billion in exports this year after visiting two of the main plants where products sold abroad are produced.