Argentina

• Friday, August 13th 2021 - 10:19 UTC

  Argentina wants to prove it existed as such 200 years ago

  

  Argentina officially invited the Portuguese president and Prime Minister to visit the country as part of the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the recognition by Lisbon of Argentina's independence.

• Friday, August 13th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Opposition lawmakers to seek impeachment of Argentine President for violating quarantine he had decreed

  

  Argentine opposition lawmakers Thursday announced they would be seeking the impeachment of President Alberto Fernández after the image of him holding a party in violation of his own urgency emergency decree (DNU) capping attendants and mandating distancing protocols became public knowledge.

• Friday, August 13th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  Presidents of Argentina, Uruguay meeting in Buenos Aires to discuss Mercosur issues

  

  President Alberto Fernández of Argentina will host his Uruguayan colleague Luis Lacalle Pou Friday at the Olivos residence, during which both heads of state are expected to discuss Mercosur issues and other matters concerning bilateral relations.

• Friday, August 13th 2021 - 09:37 UTC

  Argentina's inflation for July 2021 measured at 3%

  

  Argentina's Consumer Price Index (CPI-Cost of Living) increased 3% in July, according to a report from the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec) released Thursday.

• Friday, August 13th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  Argentina starts distributiing Sputnik V vaccines produced locally

  

  Distribution of the Russian developed Sputnik V vaccine manufactured in Argentina started Thursday with the first batch of 1.14 million doses, it was reported.

• Thursday, August 12th 2021 - 08:13 UTC

  Borders are closed but illegal crossing between Paraguay and Argentina is easier than ever

  

  While borders between Argentina and Paraguay are technically still closed as a result of emergency sanitary measures due to the coronavirus pandemic. walking across the Parana river bed from one country to another is becoming increasingly common as a result of the historical downspout.

• Thursday, August 12th 2021 - 07:27 UTC

  Iran's pick for Interior Minister job prompts condemnation from Argentina and Israel

  

  Argentina and Israel have expressed their condemnation of Iran's decision Wednesday to appoint Ahmad Vahidi as the country's new Interior Minister.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 19:04 UTC

  Argentina's attempt to have the Magellan Strait defined as a “shared space”

  

  Argentina's attempt, mistaken or in purpose to describe in official policy to its Armed Forces the Magellan Strait and areas of the Drake Passage, as “shared spaces”, have triggered a strong reaction from the Chilean media and nationalist groups.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 09:28 UTC

  Argentine Defense Minister wants Almagro to leave OAS

  

  Argentina's newly-appointed Defense Minister and former Senator Jorge Taiana had sent a message to US President Joseph Biden stating that Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Luis “Almagro must resign.”

• Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 08:13 UTC

  Argentine lawmakers want “Malvinas issue” to become decisive in allowing candidates to run for office

  

  A group of Argentine Senators has entered a bill whereby candidates for any electoral office must acknowledge the 1994 Constitutional reform which made the claim over the Malvinas Islands “a permanent and inalienable” goal.