Argentina

Saturday, October 23rd 2021 - 09:32 UTC
In Tierra del Fuego, 39% of the population are below the poverty line

Some 39% of the population from the province of Tierra del Fuego are below the poverty line according to the latest numbers from the first half of this year and released by the Argentine official stats office, Indec.
Saturday, October 23rd 2021 - 09:16 UTC
Argentina's national gov't sets guidelines for dealing with Mapuche conflict locally

Argentina's Security Minister Aníbal Fernández Friday said people who believed the Mapuche conflict was to be solved the way General Julio Roca did in the late 1800s were wrong.
Saturday, October 23rd 2021 - 08:21 UTC
World Travel Awards highlight Bariloche and Cancún

The Argentine city of Bariloche has received a special mention at the World Travel Awards (WTA) while the entire country was chosen as a “South America's leading destination,” it was announced during a ceremony in Dubai.
Friday, October 22nd 2021 - 23:55 UTC
Unofficial exchange rate shows Argentina's de facto devaluation

The unofficial exchange rate (commonly referred to as “blue”) of the Argentine peso against the US dollar Friday hit an all-time high, reaching a US $ 1 = AR $ 195 parity thus matching an all-time-high of exactly one year ago (Oct.23, 2020), it was reported.
Friday, October 22nd 2021 - 22:48 UTC
Budget carrier Flybondi announces flights to Uruguay

Argentine budget carrier Flybondi will start serving Uruguay as of December, it was announced this week.“ It is a good offer for many tourists to come to our country from Buenos Aires and all of Argentina,” said the head of Tourism.
Friday, October 22nd 2021 - 08:40 UTC
Argentine province of Neuquén produces highest amounts of oil in 17 years

Thanks to the increasing output from Vaca Muerta, the Argentine province of Neuquén Thursday announced it had extracted an average of 213,808 barrels per day (BPD) during September of 2021, which represented a 40.19% increase against last year's figures.
Friday, October 22nd 2021 - 08:00 UTC
Buenos Aires' American Club closes its doors after 103 years

The traditional meeting point of Buenos Aires's banking and industrial elites has shut its doors after it was unable to cope with financial hardships stemming from the COVID-19 restrictions.
Thursday, October 21st 2021 - 19:36 UTC
The three Ms attracting Argentines fed up with the uncertainty of their country

Argentines fed up with political instability, financial disorder, pandemic restrictions and growing taxes in their country are in increasing numbers moving or thinking about a new residence and have a preference for one of three Ms.
Thursday, October 21st 2021 - 09:05 UTC
An OAS 26-vote resolution calls on Nicaragua to release presidential candidates; Argentina abstains

The Organization of American States again, OAS, demanded on Wednesday from Nicaragua the immediate release of presidential candidates and political prisoners, with less than a month to the election in which President Daniel Ortega is expecting reelection.
Thursday, October 21st 2021 - 09:00 UTC
World Travel Awards for Argentina, Chile and Montevideo; Latam was named leading South America airline

Chile, Argentina and the City of Montevideo have been distinguished in the 2021 annual World Travel Awards of Latin America. Argentina claimed ‘South America’s Leading Destination’. Chile, with its dazzling array of natural wonders, was again voted ‘South America’s Leading Adventure Tourism Destination’.