Argentina

• Wednesday, August 10th 2022 - 09:23 UTC

  Venezuelans demand release of Emtrasur's 747

  

  Scores of supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Tuesday staged a rally across the streets of Caracas to demand that Argentina's judiciary releases Emtrasur's Boeing 747-300 cargo aircraft seized at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza International Airport.

• Monday, August 8th 2022 - 10:02 UTC

  Pilcomayo river under environmental threat in northern Argentina

  

  Authorities in the Argentine province of Salta have issued a recommendation not to bathe, fish, or drink water from the Pilcomayo river pending studies undertaken by the Secretariat of Water Resources after the collapse of a dam in Bolivia.

• Monday, August 8th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Argentina and China share “territorial integrity” concept. Pelosi's trip to Taiwan “a provocation,” Argentine ambassador in Beijing

  

  Argentine controversial ambassador to China, Sabiuo Vaca Narvaja openly supported Beijing's position condemning US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visit to Taiwan, which he described as “a provocation” and “a problem for the international community”.

• Monday, August 8th 2022 - 09:42 UTC

  Argentina and Uruguay potential customers of South Korea's military equipment

  

  Located in a part of the world with numerous and evolving security challenges not least North Korea, an aggressive neighbor with nuclear weapons and the largest per capita standing army in the world, South Korea has earned a solid reputation as a high quality military equipment manufacturer for land, air, sea and space, and could in a near future have the Argentine Air Force as one of its clients..

• Saturday, August 6th 2022 - 12:15 UTC

  Macri tells G7 ambassadors his alliance is ready for 2023

  

  Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri told G-7 ambassadors in Buenos Aires that his political alliance Juntos por el Cambio (Together for Change - JxC) was “ready” for 2023.

• Saturday, August 6th 2022 - 11:23 UTC

  Puebla Group approaches Argentine President to funnel agenda

  

  The forum bringing together leftwing leaders known as the Puebla Group is to bring Argentine President Alberto Fernández a proposal for the convergence of the different integration mechanisms existing in the region, former Colombian President Ernesto Samper (1994-1998) announced Friday.

• Friday, August 5th 2022 - 10:02 UTC

  Joint bid to host 2030 football World Cup launched

  

  Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile have announced a joint bid to co-host the 2030 football World Cup finals under the motto “Together 2030.” The intended 2030 tournament will feature 48 teams and some 80 matches will be played in 14 stadiums. The last World Cup to be held in South America was ”Brazil 2014

• Friday, August 5th 2022 - 09:07 UTC

  International reports cast doubts on Argentine peso's exchange rate

  

  Despite Superminister Sergio Massa's announcement that he would not moot for a devaluation of the Argentine peso, banking entities have issued separate reports raising doubts as to the newly-appointed official's strategy, with the spotlight on the exchange rate issue.

• Thursday, August 4th 2022 - 22:43 UTC

  Uruguayan senator said that Argentina's crisis is “because it is full of Argentines” and caused a controversy

  

  The Senator for the left-wing coalition Frente Amplio (Broad Front), Daniel Caggiani, was interviewed by local Channel 12’s Desayunos Informales about the regional situation and the negotiation for an eventual Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Uruguay and China, which has generated tensions between Mercosur partners.

• Thursday, August 4th 2022 - 21:36 UTC

  Argentine LGBT+ group calls for blanket vaccination against monkeypox

  

  The Argentine LGBT+ Federation has launched an appeal to national health authorities to launch a nationwide vaccination campaign for the entire population against monkeypox.