Argentina

Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Argentine Health Pass coming up, mandatory vaccination not compulsory “for now”

Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti has admitted a Health Pass was coming up effective Dec. 1 as new strains of the coronavirus were being detected in other continents. The new pass would be mandatory for higher risk activities, events involving large crowds and indoor gatherings for people aged 13 and over.
Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:46 UTC
Argentine fisheries exports in ten months reached 408,000 tons and US$ 1,731bn

Argentina exported some 408,000 tons of fish products during the first ten months of the year with a value of US$ 1,731bn, which is 18% above 2020, but 11% below 2019 the last year before the pandemic. However, the evolution of prices, comparing 2020/2021 has been erratic, as has been the final destination of the product, according to the Argentine Chamber of fishing vessels, CaPeCa.
Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Former British Ambassador to BA to take over as Scotch Whisky Association CEO

Former British Ambassador to Buenos Aires has been chosen to head the Scotch Whisky Association, something which was no surprise at all in the Argentine capital, where he proved to be quite a connoisseur on the subject.
Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:35 UTC
Argentines withdrew a record US$ 137 million during October

Uncertainty and lack of confidence in Argentine politics is not only reflected with ballots in the polls. In effect despite all the limitations and clamps to the purchase of US dollars, limited to 200 per individual, per month and with a bank account, during October some 762,000 Argentines purchased US$ 137 million.
Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:10 UTC
Saudi Arabia's FM visits Buenos Aires to strengthen ties with Argentina

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal al Saud said in a newspaper interview published Saturday in Buenos Aires' daily Infobae that “Argentina is our friend and ally, that will not change at the IMF.” The diplomat thus did not rule out a handout to reinforce Argentina's Central Bank's reserves.
Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 21:51 UTC
Argentina to launch green pass for mass events

Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Friday announced during a press conference that the country was eyein a green pass of its own as cases of coronavirus have been reported to be growing over the past few weeks.
Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 12:11 UTC
Departure of Antarctic cruise from Ushuaia delayed because of Covid 19 among the crew

Covid 19 emergency in Ushuaia delays the departure of Quark Expeditions state of the art cruise vessel Ultramarine to Antarctica. According to reports from the capital of Tierra del Fuego, abiding by sanitary protocols, the 173 crew members of the vessel were on board PCR tested, with four of them turning out positive.
Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
CFK acquitted in corruption cases: Operations were legit, judges said

Former Argentine President and current Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her children will not be tried in the so-called Hotesur so-scandal case because there were no illegal actions involved, a federal court in Buenos Aires ruled Friday. Hence, all charges have been dismissed.
Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 09:45 UTC
No installments in Argentine pesos for purchases in foreign currency

Argentina's Central Bank (BCRA) Thursday ruled that international travel tickets and other tourism items purchased through credit cards and whose values are expressed in US dollars or any other foreign currency but converted to Argentine pesos on the date of the operation cannot be split into monthly payments.
Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 09:41 UTC
Ushuaia creates a Malvinas Affairs Secretariat in the framework of the 40th anniversary

Imbibed with the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflict spirit, the city of Ushuaia decided to elevate the department which dealt with Malvinas Islands issues, to the rank of Secretariat, thus “reaffirming the will of Ushuaia residents as the capital of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands”.