Argentina

• Friday, September 16th 2022 - 19:22 UTC

  Chile: Argentine Ambassador summoned over radio statements

  

  Chile's Foreign Ministry has summoned Argentine Ambassador Rafael Bielsa to convey to him that the Government of President Gabriel Boric Font finds some of his comments highly inappropriate for his role.

• Friday, September 16th 2022 - 19:16 UTC

  False bomb alarm disrupts Buenos Aires' Aeroparque

  

  An Aerolineas Argentinas flight from Buenos Aires Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (AEP) to Tucuman (TUC) was delayed Thursday after a 63-year-old passenger boarded the aircraft claiming he had a bomb.

• Friday, September 16th 2022 - 19:14 UTC

  Mendoza authorities concerned as cases of syphilis mount

  

  Health authorities in the Argentine province of Mendoza have voiced their concern over an increase in the number of cases of syphilis, at a time Covid-19 is waning down, thus allowing professionals to focus on other diseases.

• Friday, September 16th 2022 - 08:07 UTC

  The September “soy dollar” convinces Argentine farmers to sell their crops

  

  Argentine farmers have sold 15.2% of the country’s 44 million-ton 2021/22 soy crop in seven days since the government implemented a more favorable exchange rate for cash crop exports, Rosario grains exchange reported.

• Thursday, September 15th 2022 - 19:26 UTC

  12 crewmembers of Emtrasur's 747 free to leave Argentina

  

  Argentine Federal Judge Federico Vuillena Thursday gave their passports back to 12 crew members of the Venezuelan-Iranian freighter seized at the Ezeiza International Airport.

• Thursday, September 15th 2022 - 10:43 UTC

  Argentina/IMF: minister Massa pledges targets of program remain unchanged

  

  The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, met this week with Sergio Massa, Minister of Economy of Argentina, in Washington D.C. The meeting took place after a fruitful week of face-to-face technical meetings in the context of the second review of the program under the IMF’s Extended Arrangement with Argentina. After the meeting, Ms. Georgieva issued the following statement:

• Thursday, September 15th 2022 - 08:37 UTC

  Fourth suspect arrested in connection with CFK case

  

  Argentine authorities have arrested a fourth suspect in connection with the Sept. 1 assassination attempt against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), it was reported Wednesday in Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2022 - 18:55 UTC

  Argentine boxing legend Horacio Accavallo dies aged 87

  

  Argentine boxing legend Horacio Accavallo, the second world champion in the country's history, died Wednesday in Buenos Aires, it was announced. He was 87.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2022 - 09:47 UTC

  Monkeypox cases in Argentina go up 30%

  

  Argentine health authorities have confirmed the country has recorded a total of 221 cases of monkeypox until Sept. 7, a 30% increase from the previous week. The Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the provinces of Buenos Aires and Córdoba account for 96.4% of infections.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Bariloche court upholds ruling: access to Lago Escondido must be granted

  

  A court of appeals in the Argentine city of Bariloche has upheld a 2013 ruling of a lower court ordering Rio Negro provincial authorities to open a road through the property of English tycoon Joe Lewis so access to Lago Escondido can be granted.