Argentina

• Monday, December 6th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Unexpected call of Viking Jupiter to Uruguay; she's scheduled to visit the Falkland Islands

  

  The Atlantic coast resort Punta del Este received on Saturday the first cruise vessel since the start of the pandemic. The expedition cruise Viking Jupiter was scheduled to travel to Buenos Aires, but since it had stopped at Cape Verde islands in Africa, Argentina is demanding a fourteen day quarantine before letting anybody in the country.

• Monday, December 6th 2021 - 08:54 UTC

  Argentine Federal Court upholds Stanley landing ship must not be scrapped

  

  A Bahía Blanca Federal Court of Appeals has upheld a judicial ruling whereby the decommissioned destroyer ARA Santísima Trinidad which took part in the Apr. 2, 1982 landing at Port Stanley, can not be sold as scrap metal, despite its current state of deterioration.

• Monday, December 6th 2021 - 08:49 UTC

  Argentine automotive industry shows signs of recovery

  

  The Argentine Association of Automotive Factories (ADEFA) has reported that November 2021 had shown a 70% increase in exports and a growth of around 43% in the total number of units delivered.

• Monday, December 6th 2021 - 06:48 UTC

  Argentine Defense Minister welcomes new French-built OPV

  

  Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana Friday took delivery of the new OPV ARA Storni (P-53) from France.

• Saturday, December 4th 2021 - 09:31 UTC

  Argentina pays Paraguay part of the US $ 45 million of overdue Yacyretá energy

  

  Argentina Friday paid Paraguay US $ 19 million for overdue Yacyretá energy, Nicanor Duarte Frutos, head of Paraguay's side within Yacyretá's Binational Entity (EBY) announced.

• Saturday, December 4th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Works begin in the extension of Ushuaia port facilities

  

  Works in upgrading and expanding the port of Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego province, have started with the arrival of the huge metal sleeves for the pylons on which the new commercial harbour structure will rest.

• Friday, December 3rd 2021 - 18:42 UTC

  Savers withdraw US $ 400 million from Argentine accounts amid fears

  

  Argentine savers have withdrawn more than US $ 400 million from their bank accounts this week amid growing rumours that the Central Bank (BCRA) was considering a new “corralito”, like the one implemented exactly 20 years ago in the days leading up to the resignation of President Fernando de la Rúa.

• Friday, December 3rd 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  Argentine Health Pass to be ready “next week,” minister says

  

  Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Thursday announced the Government's Health Pass will be ready next week. The permit, which will ban those who lack it from accessing certain activities, is regarded as an incentive for people to take their COVID-19 vaccines.

• Thursday, December 2nd 2021 - 09:48 UTC

  Macri charged with espionage against relatives of ARA San Juan crew

  

  Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri has been charged with espionage against the relatives of the doomed ARA San Juan submarine. Upon deciding the measure, Federal Judge Martín Bava Wednesday ruled the former head of state be banned from leaving the country.

• Thursday, December 2nd 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Fernandez and Bolsonaro seal close relations in the Day of Argentine/Brazilian Friendship

  

  In anticipation of the coming Mercosur presidential summit, 16/17 December when Argentina will hand the rotating chair of the group to Brazil, and celebrate the 36th anniversary of the signing of the Foz de Iguazu Declaration, which set the foundations for Mercosur, big reception for some 300 guests was held at the Argentine embassy in Brasilia.