Argentina

Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 09:51 UTC
Argentine new bills issue op, scare away whales and wild cats, bring back San Martin and Belgrano

On Monday Argentine president Alberto Fernandez presented samples of the new banknotes family that will begin circulating in six months time, marking the return of great leaders, while colorful autochthonous species are returned to the central bank museum.
Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 09:46 UTC
Carmona makes UN C24 round before the coming Falklands/Malvinas debate in June

In anticipation of the coming annual meeting of United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization or C24, Argentina's Secretary of Malvinas, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands, Guillermo Carmona was at UN headquarters for a couple of days with the “purpose of consolidating supports”, indicated Argentine pro government media.
Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 09:02 UTC
Bariloche residents to march against handing over land to Mapuche group

Bariloche residents are planning a mass demonstration to be staged May 29, marking National Army Day, to oppose a court ruling whereby the premises of the Military Mountain School are to be handed over to a Mapuche community.
Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 03:40 UTC
Argentina: Impeachment jury votes to sack successful anti-corruption prosecutor

The anti-corruption prosecutor of the Argentine province of Entre Ríos who got former Governor Sergio Uribarri sentenced to 8 years in jail has been impeached out of office for failing to excuse herself from the case despite having very close ties with one of the defendants.
Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 03:31 UTC
Bolsonaro angry at YPFB for selling Argentina the gas that was for Brazil

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro complained that Bolivia's state-owned oil company Yacimientos Petróliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) funneled 30% of the gas that was to be sold to Brazil and sent it to Argentina as a part of an “orchestrated plan” against him and added Petrobras was behind it.
Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 10:25 UTC
Argentina: Domestic Trade Secretary resigns over ministerial rearrangement

Argentina's Domestic Trade Secretary Roberto Feletti has turned in his resignation after his office was relocated from the Ministry of Productive Development to the Ministry of Economy.
Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 10:25 UTC
Investing elsewhere too easy for Argentine entrepreneurs

Argentine entrepreneurial migrants who seek a better future elsewhere prefer Uruguay, Paraguay, Bahamas, and Portugal to start anew, it was reported.
Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 10:03 UTC
Defense ministers to create “Argentine-Bolivian Working Group”

Argentine Defense Minister Jorge Taiana Monday welcomed his Bolivian counterpart Edmundo Novillo Aguilar in Buenos Aires. During the meeting, an agreement to create the so-called “Argentine-Bolivian Working Group” was signed.
Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Argentine Air Force tests JF-17 warplanes

A delegation of Argentine Air Force (FAA) officers has visited China's National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC) to further evaluate that country's JF-17 Thunder jets for a possible purchase.
Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 09:54 UTC
Argentina: Water emergency extended, insufficient rainfall in main rivers' basins

Argentina has announced that it will extend the Water Emergency Crisis warning for another six months due to insufficient rainfall in the Paraná, Paraguay, and Iguazú river basins.