Argentina

Monday, June 20th 2022 - 10:54 UTC
Alberto Fernández accuses opposition of seeking political gain from 747 case

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Saturday argued the opposition had tried to make a political gain out of the Venezuelan-Iranian aircraft scandal by linking it “with such painful events as the AMIA bombing.”
Monday, June 20th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
A numerous Argentine multi-party delegation to UN C24, arrives Wednesday to New York

The Argentine government will be claiming this week before the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, or C24, the resumption of negotiations with the United Kingdom for a peaceful solution to the sovereignty dispute over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.
Monday, June 20th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
UK domestic problems could favor resumption of talks on Falklands with Argentina, says Malvinas secretary

The head of the Argentine Secretariat on Malvinas, Argentine Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands who will be also attending the UN Special Decolonization Committee this week said he was optimistic about a resumption of Falklands/Malvinas discussions with the UK.
Saturday, June 18th 2022 - 11:37 UTC
BoA flight for Conviasa's passengers to be cleared shortly

Argentina's Ambassador to Bolivia Ariel Basteiro Friday said his country would soon authorize the Boliviana de Aviación (BoA) flight from Viru Viru (Santa Cruz de la Sierra) to Buenos Aires carrying the 190 passengers of Venezuela's Conviasa stranded there.
Saturday, June 18th 2022 - 11:18 UTC
1982: Falklands' Task Force removes Argentine base from South Sandwich islands

Having recovered South Georgia at the end of April and defeated the Argentine forces in the Falklands marking Liberation of the Islands on June 14, the Task Force still had another job, this time in the South Sandwich Islands.
Friday, June 17th 2022 - 10:15 UTC
US Embassy in BA watching Emtrasur aircraft case closely

The United States Embassy in Buenos Aires is keeping an eye on the case of the Iranian-Venezuelan cargo airplane seized at the Ministro Pistarini international airport in Ezeiza, which is on the US Treasury's black list.
Friday, June 17th 2022 - 09:44 UTC
Passengers stranded in Buenos Aires as Conviasa's “rescue flight” returns to Caracas

Hundreds of angry passengers were complaining Thursday at Buenos Aires' international Ezeiza airport as the Conviasa flight they were supposed to board to Caracas was not available, after the Airbus 340-600 purchased from Iran's Mahan Air this week landed in Bolivia and flew back to Venezuela.
Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 10:07 UTC
Uruguayan President holds meeting with the Mayor of Buenos Aires

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Wednesday welcomed Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta at the Suárez y Reyes residency, in Montevideo, in a meeting during which they discussed the conditions for “updating and relaunching” Mercosur, to make it a “dynamic, modern, and integrated to the world” bloc.
Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Emtrasur scandal: Venezuelan “rescue” airplane lands in Bolivia

An Airbus 340-600 which used to belong to Iran's Mahan Air and has been handed over to Venezuela's Conviasa just this week was en route to Buenos Aires' Ezeiza international airport Wednesday when it was diverted to Bolivia.
Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 09:42 UTC
Scioli sworn in as Argentina's Minister of Productive Development

Former Vice President Daniel Scioli was sworn in Wednesday as Argentina's new Minister of Productive Development, following the dismissal of Matías Kulfas earlier this month. Before his new appointment, Scioli was Argentina's Ambassador to Brasilia.