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Montevideo, June 4th 2025 - 17:51 UTC

Argentina

  • Friday, December 27th 2024 - 09:38 UTC

    Argentina's YPF sells lubricants subsidiary in Brazil

    YPF's brands in Brazil will remain under the new owner

    Argentina's State-owned oil company YPF agreed this week to sell its stake in its Brazilian lubricants subsidiary to the local Usiquimica to achieve “greater focus and profitability” in its operations, it was reported in Buenos Aires. The buyer has been producing and trading chemical products for 80 years.

  • Friday, December 27th 2024 - 08:14 UTC

    Topolansky under investigation for false testimony in crimes against humanity cases

    Topolansky linked her comments to cases in Argentina and offered more information to the collective if they deemed it necessary

    The former vice-president of Uruguay, Lucía Topolansky, will be investigated by prosecutor Eliana Travers after her statements about alleged false testimonies in cases of crimes against humanity during the civil-military dictatorship in Uruguay. Topolansky's comments, made in the book “Los indomables” by journalist Pablo Cohen, generated widespread controversy, as she suggested that some statements in these cases would have been fabricated.

  • Friday, December 27th 2024 - 06:24 UTC

    Russia’s influence on the world wheat market, a problem for Argentina’s exporters

    Wheat exports from Russia are expected to reach some 29.4 million tons in the first half of 2025

    Despite declining international wheat prices, Russia has been exporting wheat at record levels this season, ahead of a quota set to take effect on February 15. The quota is part of the government’s strategy to bolster domestic supply and curb inflation, which currently stands at 9.5%.

  • Thursday, December 26th 2024 - 22:21 UTC

    Former Argentine Ambassador to Venezuela accused of treason

    The Security Ministry said Laborde was a collaborator of Maduro's Chavista regime

    Argentia's Security Minister Thursday filed criminal charges for treason against former Ambassador to Venezuela Oscar Laborde for meddling before the Bolivarian regime in the case of Border Guard (Gendarmería Nacional) non-commissioned officer Nahuel Gallo who was apprehended by Caracas and accused of espionage. Signing the documents was Security Ministry's Chief Legal Counselor Fernando Soto.

  • Thursday, December 26th 2024 - 10:05 UTC

    Russian diplomats in Buenos Aires invoke immunity to skip breathalyzer tests

    Unaware of the concept of “diplomatic immunity,” the Buenos Aires City Traffic Police threatened to embargo the vehicles if the drivers did not acquiesce to testing

    The Russian Embassy in Buenos Aires filed a protest Wednesday before the Argentine Government of President Javier Milei after traffic police tried the test three members of the diplomatic mission for alcohol.

  • Thursday, December 26th 2024 - 08:35 UTC

    Argentine meat exports to Philippines approved

    The two countries also agreed on a reciprocal control and certification scheme

    Argentina has been cleared to start poultry, pork, beef cuts on the bone, and gibblets to the Philippines through an agreement also contemplating reciprocity between the two countries' control and certification systems, which will speed future approvals, it was announced in Buenos Aires.

  • Tuesday, December 24th 2024 - 10:23 UTC

    Chile apologizes for military helicopter flying into Argentine airspace

    “There was indeed an unauthorized overflight over Argentine airspace,” van Klaveren owned up

    Chilean authorities admitted Monday that a military helicopter had flown into Argentine airspace last Friday in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz. Foreign Minister Alberto van Klaveren described the incident as “a mistake” and insisted that the case had been handled through the proper diplomatic channels. Argentina sent a consultation note on this matter, to which “a response has been given,” he explained.

  • Monday, December 23rd 2024 - 11:11 UTC

    Patagonian Train to run again next year

    The service had been interrupted in 2023 amid a severe economic crisis

    Argentine authorities announced the return of the railway service linking the city of Viedma on the Atlantic Ocean shore and the Andean resort Bariloche in the Province of Rio Negro starting Jan. 3 with two weekly frequencies.

  • Monday, December 23rd 2024 - 10:36 UTC

    Planes, buses, trucks, and automobiles crash during the weekend

    Galeazzi's aircraft fell in a densely populated area

    At least ten people died and 17 others were injured when a private plane owned and flown by businessman Luiz Cláudio Galeazzi, 61, fell in a densely populated area on Sunday minutes after taking off from the Canela Aeroclube bound for Florianópolis, carrying ten passengers onboard, none of whom survived, Rio Grande do Sul Governor Eduardo Leite confirmed. At least 17 people were taken to the Gramado Hospital for smoke inhalation.

  • Saturday, December 21st 2024 - 10:56 UTC

    Boric chooses brotherly approach after derogatory remarks from Argentine gov't

    “I prefer to speak positively,” Boric insisted

    After heavy criticism from the Argentine government of Javier Milei, Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font sought to calm down the diplomatic waters because heads of State “come and go but the people remain.” Boric also insisted that Argentina was “a brotherly” country.