Argentina

Monday, June 20th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
UK domestic problems could favor resumption of talks on Falklands with Argentina, says Malvinas secretary

The head of the Argentine Secretariat on Malvinas, Argentine Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands who will be also attending the UN Special Decolonization Committee this week said he was optimistic about a resumption of Falklands/Malvinas discussions with the UK.
Saturday, June 18th 2022 - 11:37 UTC
BoA flight for Conviasa's passengers to be cleared shortly

Argentina's Ambassador to Bolivia Ariel Basteiro Friday said his country would soon authorize the Boliviana de Aviación (BoA) flight from Viru Viru (Santa Cruz de la Sierra) to Buenos Aires carrying the 190 passengers of Venezuela's Conviasa stranded there.
Saturday, June 18th 2022 - 11:18 UTC
1982: Falklands' Task Force removes Argentine base from South Sandwich islands

Having recovered South Georgia at the end of April and defeated the Argentine forces in the Falklands marking Liberation of the Islands on June 14, the Task Force still had another job, this time in the South Sandwich Islands.
Friday, June 17th 2022 - 10:15 UTC
US Embassy in BA watching Emtrasur aircraft case closely

The United States Embassy in Buenos Aires is keeping an eye on the case of the Iranian-Venezuelan cargo airplane seized at the Ministro Pistarini international airport in Ezeiza, which is on the US Treasury's black list.
Friday, June 17th 2022 - 09:44 UTC
Passengers stranded in Buenos Aires as Conviasa's “rescue flight” returns to Caracas

Hundreds of angry passengers were complaining Thursday at Buenos Aires' international Ezeiza airport as the Conviasa flight they were supposed to board to Caracas was not available, after the Airbus 340-600 purchased from Iran's Mahan Air this week landed in Bolivia and flew back to Venezuela.
Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 10:07 UTC
Uruguayan President holds meeting with the Mayor of Buenos Aires

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Wednesday welcomed Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta at the Suárez y Reyes residency, in Montevideo, in a meeting during which they discussed the conditions for “updating and relaunching” Mercosur, to make it a “dynamic, modern, and integrated to the world” bloc.
Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Emtrasur scandal: Venezuelan “rescue” airplane lands in Bolivia

An Airbus 340-600 which used to belong to Iran's Mahan Air and has been handed over to Venezuela's Conviasa just this week was en route to Buenos Aires' Ezeiza international airport Wednesday when it was diverted to Bolivia.
Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 09:42 UTC
Scioli sworn in as Argentina's Minister of Productive Development

Former Vice President Daniel Scioli was sworn in Wednesday as Argentina's new Minister of Productive Development, following the dismissal of Matías Kulfas earlier this month. Before his new appointment, Scioli was Argentina's Ambassador to Brasilia.
Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 10:15 UTC
“People everywhere have a right to decide their own future,” PM Johnson at Falklands' Liberation ceremony

At a ceremony Tuesday morning held at Staffordshire's National Memorial Arboretum, British prime minister Boris Johnson praised the daring bravery of Veterans, recalling that on the very day, exactly forty years ago, British soldiers entered Stanley and liberated the Falkland Islands from foreign occupation. And since Liberation, the Falkland Islands have lived and thrived in peace and freedom looking into the future.
Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 10:07 UTC
Uruguayan Defense Minister to be summoned over 747 case

Uruguayan lawmakers of the opposition Frente Amplio (FA - Broad Front) Tuesday announced they would summon Defense Minister Javier García before Congress' Defense Committee to explain why he had banned from national airspace the Venezuelan-Iranian Boeing 747-300 now held in Buenos Aires.