Argentina

Tuesday, June 7th 2022 - 21:06 UTC
Argentina: 19 provinces hit by shortage of diesel fuel

The shortage of diesel fuel, which at first affected only 8 provinces, has spread to the extent that Patagonia is the only region not yet going through a crisis, it was reported.
Tuesday, June 7th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Ports of Montevideo, Colonia and Buenos Aires had to be closed on Monday due to fog

After the strong reduction in visibility registered in the country this Monday due to fog and mist, which according to the Uruguayan Institute of Meteorology (Inumet) will persist until next Thursday, the ports of Montevideo, Colonia, and Buenos Aires decided to close, reported the Uruguayan newspaper El Observador.
Tuesday, June 7th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Argentina: Milei's negative image surges after human organ market remarks

The rising aura of Argentina's peculiar Libertarian Congressman Javier Milei took a turn downwards following his statements about opening up the sale of human organs because it was “a market just like any other,” a nationwide survey by the consulting firm Zuban Córdoba y Asociados has shown.
Monday, June 6th 2022 - 21:26 UTC
When Peron offered to buy the Falklands/Malvinas in a long term deal

Some seven decades ago when the crowing of the princess to become Queen Elizabeth II, Argentine president General Juan Domingo Peron sent as his representative and envoy to the ceremony his vice president, Admiral Alberto Teisaire.
Monday, June 6th 2022 - 10:58 UTC
Alberto Fernández will be Venezuela's voice at Los Angeles Summit, Maduro says

Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro said Argentina's President would represent all those countries excluded from the Summit of the Americas starting Monday in Los Angeles, California.
Monday, June 6th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Argentina: Scioli to take over as Productive Development Minister

Former Argentine Vice President and current Ambassador to Brazil Daniel Scioli has been picked to replace Productive Development Minister Matías Kulfas, after President Alberto Fernández acquiesced to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's advice to “use the pen.”
Saturday, June 4th 2022 - 10:30 UTC
Argentina: Alberto and Cristina make joint appearance again

Argentine President Alberto Fernández and Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) spoke to each other once again Friday during the celebration of the state-run oil company YPF's 100th anniversary.
Saturday, June 4th 2022 - 08:12 UTC
Uruguay's inflation above target but exports hit new records

Year-on-year inflation in Uruguay in the month of May of 2022 has been reported to still be nearly 35% above the target range set by the government of President Luis Lacalle Pou, while exports amounted to US$ 1.5 billion, which set a record high.
Friday, June 3rd 2022 - 21:55 UTC
Argentine Congressman Javier Milei favors trade of human organs

Argentine Libertarian Congressman Javier Milei said he was in favor of the sale of human organs or transplants because “it is just another market.” After stirring controversies among authorities coordinating these operations, Milei insisted that under a free market, transplants “would work much, much better”.
Friday, June 3rd 2022 - 21:33 UTC
Argentina's Defense Minister welcomes new French-built OPV

Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana Thursday welcomed the French-built Ocean Patrol Vessel (OPV) ARA Contraalmirante Cordero, the last of the four ships purchased through the National Defense Fund (FonDef).