Argentina

• Wednesday, March 12th 2025 - 20:22 UTC

  Milei spends Wednesday morning in Bahía Blanca

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei visited Bahía Blanca to oversee recovery efforts following a devastating storm that killed at least 16 people, although it could be way more since nearly 100 others are still missing. The head of State arrived unannounced at the Comandante Espora naval air base, met with Mayor Federico Susbielles to assess the situation, and inspected the assembly of a military bridge over the flooded Maldonado Channel, aimed at restoring connectivity in heavily affected areas.

• Wednesday, March 12th 2025 - 09:43 UTC

  Gruesome picture of Maradona's dead body shown on first day of trial

  

  A gruesome picture of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona with his torso visibly swollen was shown Tuesday as prosecutors intended to prove that the patient could have stood a better chance of survival had he remained hospitalized and not set up at a house he rented for what was going to be his recovery after brain surgery. This image caused an emotional reaction in the courtroom, particularly among Maradona’s daughters Dalma and Gianina, who were present. Verónica Ojeda, Maradona's ex-partner, also had an incident when she rebuked one of the accused doctors before the beginning of the hearings.

• Tuesday, March 11th 2025 - 19:00 UTC

  Two more partners join Vaca Muerta Sur project

  

  Shell Argentina and Chevron Argentina joined the Vaca Muerta Sur (VMOS) project as shareholders in the major oil transport infrastructure initiative led by a consortium including the state-owned YPF, Pan American Energy (PAE), Pampa Energía, Vista Energy, and Pluspetrol. “It is the most important oil transport infrastructure project of the last decades,” the consortium said in a statement.

• Tuesday, March 11th 2025 - 10:05 UTC

  Opposition lawmakers file criminal case against Milei over IMF loan decree

  

  A group of opposition lawmakers filed a criminal complaint against Argentine President Javier Milei for signing an Emergency Decree (DNU) to enable a new ten-year agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) aimed at canceling non-transferable Treasury bills held by the Central Bank (BCRA). The decree bypassed the traditional legislative process of sending a bill to Congress, which Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo said was necessary given the urgent need for IMF support.

• Tuesday, March 11th 2025 - 10:04 UTC

  Founding member of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo passes away aged 95

  

  Aída Bogo de Sarti, a founding member of the Madres de Plaza de Mayo Línea Fundadora, passed away aged 95 last Saturday, her family announced Monday in Buenos Aires. She became an icon of resistance after her daughter, Beatriz Sarti, was kidnapped and disappeared in May 1977 during the dictatorship (1976-1983). Joining other mothers like Azucena Villaflor in Plaza de Mayo, she turned her personal grief into a lifelong fight for memory, truth, and justice.“We mothers are saying goodbye little by little, leaving the best legacy we can,” the organization mentioned in a statement.

• Monday, March 10th 2025 - 15:05 UTC

  Trial of Maradona's medical team starting this week

  

  Seven healthcare professionals treating Argentine football legend Diego Armando Maradona will stand trial for manslaughter and negligence resulting in death starting this week. The proceedings are expected to last four months. If convicted, each defendant faces between eight and 25 years in jail. One nurse will be tried separately, starting in July, since she chose a trial by jury.

• Monday, March 10th 2025 - 10:58 UTC

  CFK lambasts Milei for deal with IMF

  

  Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) was heavily critical of the incumbent Javier Milei's intentions to borrow from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to keep inflation at bay. She argued that Milei's reliance on the Austrian School of economics has led the Libertarian administration to the current situation and that the solutions intended were harmful to Argentina's interests.

• Monday, March 10th 2025 - 10:50 UTC

  Number of fatalities in Bahía Blanca updated to 16

  

  Argentine authorities have updated the number of fatalities from Friday's severe storm in Bahía Blanca, with the final death toll still feared to rise as over 100 people remain missing, with more than 1,000 evacuated. Local and national officials under the Unified Emergency Command are coordinating relief efforts, which involve federal forces, security teams, and the military.

• Saturday, March 8th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

  At least ten killed in Bahía Blanca heavy storm

  

  The heavy rain and severe flooding hitting the Argentine city of Bahía Blanca Friday resulted in at least ten deaths, with authorities warning that more victims may be discovered as water levels recede. The storm, which dumped 400 millimeters of water in eight hours, has left parts of the city under two meters of water, forcing the evacuation of 1,321 people to 15 rescue centers.

• Friday, March 7th 2025 - 19:28 UTC

  Unprecedented storm hits Argentine city of Bahía Blanca

  

  The City of Bahía Blanca, in the Argentine Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 570 km south of the country's capital, was struck by a record-setting rainfall way worse than the historic 167.6 mm recorded in 1933.