Argentina

• Wednesday, May 11th 2022 - 20:36 UTC

  US Ambassador compliments Argentine gov't

  

  The United States Ambassador to Buenos Aires was full of praise for Economy Minister Martín Guzmán's handling of the recent deal between Argentina and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), saying “the work he did was impressive.”

• Wednesday, May 11th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Malvinas Veterans appeal to UN Human Rights Rapporteur, the case on abuses committed by Argentine officers

  

  A grouping of Malvinas Veterans have requested the United Nations to inquire about the delays in Argentina's Judicial branch on the case of torture and human rights abuses by Argentine officers against private soldiers during the 1982 Falklands war.

• Wednesday, May 11th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Argentina takes active steps to boost exports to Brazil

  

  Argentina's Ambassador to Brazil Daniel Scioli has embarked on a trade mission seeking to expand the number of products to be exported to that country. For that purpose, over 600 business meetings are to take place, according to Buenos Aires' daily Ámbito.

• Tuesday, May 10th 2022 - 19:55 UTC

  Ukrainian crisis tops agenda in Fernández-Sánchez meeting in Madrid

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday met in Madrid with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on the first day of his European tour which will also include encounters with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron.

• Tuesday, May 10th 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  More inflation in the pipeline for Argentina: estimates of 65,1% for 2022

  

  The weekly survey of market expectations, REM, from the Central Bank anticipates a worsening of the inflation situation in Argentina, which once the April index is officially made public this week could represent 65% for the twelve months of 2022.

• Tuesday, May 10th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Gender Identity Law in Argentina already 10 years old

  

  Argentina authorities have confirmed over 12,000 people changed their ID cards after the Gender Identity Law was passed ten years ago, which allows for people to have their documents in accordance with their self-perceived gender

• Tuesday, May 10th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Slight increase in COVID-19 cases in Argentina

  

  Health authorities in Argentina have reported that the number of fatalities due to COVID-19 has tripled in Buenos Aires, while total infections have almost doubled in a week as temperatures take a downward turn.

• Tuesday, May 10th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Naples to build large-scale 3-D statue of Maradona's left foot

  

  The Italian city of Naples took the worship of the late Argentine football legend Diego Armando Maradona to an unprecedented level Monday when it decided to launch plans for a statue of the late player's left foot in the local district of Scampia.

• Monday, May 9th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Argentine President off to Europe, leaves country in hands of internal rivals

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández is leaving Monday on a European tour that regardless of what it may achieve (or not) in economic and political terms, will at least remove him from the spotlight of controversies within the ruling Frente de Todos (FdT) while at the same time leaving Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) at the helm of the Executive.

• Monday, May 9th 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  Air-link Falklands/Sao Paulo “discontinued” or exchanged for a direct flight from Buenos Aires

  

  Argentine media is reporting that Buenos Aires informed the UK is not willing to renew the 2019 political agreement which enabled the establishment of a second air link between the Falkland Islands and the continent (Brazil), but is prepared to discuss a new air link under different conditions.