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  • Wednesday, December 4th 2024 - 06:11 UTC

    Patagonian Shelf Waters Abloo in austral spring, NASA Earth Observatory

    NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using PACE data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

    An austral spring 2024, a phytoplankton bloom off the coast of Argentina painted the waters blue and green. Blooms are common in the region this time of year, but clouds often block the view from above.

  • Tuesday, December 3rd 2024 - 10:33 UTC

    What will the Mercosur summit discuss?

    As Uruguay prepares to hand over Mercosur’s pro tempore presidency to Argentina, this summit could define the bloc’s path forward amid global trade uncertainties

    Montevideo will host the XLV Mercosur Summit on 5-6 December, bringing together South American leaders to discuss pressing regional issues. Outgoing Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou will chair the meeting, along with Argentina's Javier Milei, Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Paraguay's Santiago Peña. Uruguay's President-elect Yamandú Orsi will also attend.

  • Tuesday, December 3rd 2024 - 09:17 UTC

    Argentine Senator wants federal intervention in his province

    Paoltroni insisted Formosa was not an isolated case of authoritarianism

    Argentine Senator Francisco Paoltroni went to Casa Rosada Monday to deliver a draft bill to President Javier Milei to impose a federal intervention in the province of Formosa and put an end to the neverending rule of Peronist Governor Gildo Insfran, who has turned the territory into virtually his private ranch: “There is no other institutional way”, the national lawmaker from Formosa explained through social media.

  • Monday, December 2nd 2024 - 10:12 UTC

    Milei pushes for trade flexibility at Mercosur Summit, eyes U.S. agreement

    Milei’s push for individual trade autonomy aligns with Lacalle Pou’s vision

    Argentine President Javier Milei will attend the Mercosur summit in Montevideo on December 5-6, advocating for the bloc’s members to gain the freedom to sign independent trade agreements. This marks a departure from Mercosur’s traditional collective bargaining stance but stops short of proposing an exit from the bloc.

  • Monday, December 2nd 2024 - 09:49 UTC

    Argentina celebrates 65th Anniversary of Antarctic Treaty

    Argentina has been a Consultative Party to the Antarctic Treaty since it entered into force in 1961

    The Government of Argentina celebrated Sunday the 65th Anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty which, Buenos Aires insisted in a statement, “established the exclusively peaceful use of Antarctica and promoted scientific cooperation on the sixth continent.”

  • Monday, December 2nd 2024 - 09:01 UTC

    Argentine carmakers lower price of brand-new models

    Buyers might still wait for deeper cuts and 2025 models to get back on the market

    Argentine carmakers announced during the weekend that they would be lowering the retail prices of some of their brand-new models after the suppression of the so-called PAIS tax on transactions abroad, which applied to the import of vehicles and autoparts, it was explained. The measure is also a response to a significant plunge in sales.

  • Sunday, December 1st 2024 - 23:40 UTC

    China absorbs most of Argentina’s beef exports but at lower prices

    Argentine beef exports in ten months to October reached 642,000 tons of which 78% went to China

    China figures as the main market for Argentine beef, having absorbed in nine months to October 78% of exports, based on data from the ABC Consortium, which represents the country’s largest beef exporters.

  • Sunday, December 1st 2024 - 23:21 UTC

    Argentina authorize RRS James Cook research missions in the Southwestern Atlantic

    The RRS James Cook is a British Royal Research Ship operated by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).

    The Argentine Federal Fisheries Council has agreed to grant authorization to Britain’s RRS James Cook belonging to the Natural Environment Research Council, NERC, to advance scientific research operations in Argentina’s EEZ, involving two main projects.

  • Saturday, November 30th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Chilean Governor announces ambitious Tierra del Fuego tunnel project

    The initiative seeks to replace the current crossing of the Strait of Magellan by barge

    Governor Jorge Flies of the Chilean Magallanes and Antarctica Region announced a project to build an underwater tunnel linking the mainland with Tierra del Fuego, an initiative from which Argentina would also benefit. The proposal submitted during a National Conference on Policies for Extreme Zones in Chile seeks to replace the current barge 3.7 kilometers crossing through the Strait of Magellan. The 4-kilometer submarine tunnel would entail a US$1.5 billion investment.

  • Saturday, November 30th 2024 - 10:46 UTC

    Posters of VP Villarruel rekindle feud with Milei

    It is yet unknown who was behind the stunt that did shake Buenos Aires' political waters

    Buenos Aires dawned Friday with posters of Vice President Victoria Villarruel apparently launching a political movement of her own, which further stirred the political momentum amid tensions between her and President Javier Milei. The phenomenon sparked a series of accusations as to who was behind the initiative, of which the Senate Speaker's Office denied any knowledge.