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Montevideo, May 31st 2025 - 00:41 UTC

Argentina

  • Wednesday, May 21st 2025 - 21:00 UTC

    Argentina downsizes Human Rights Secretariat

    “The Human Rights portfolio, now, will be in charge of guaranteeing all Human Rights and not of defending a partisan ideological sector,” Adorni pointed out

    The Argentine government has downgraded the Secretariat of Human Rights to an under-secretariat, implementing a 40% reduction in its structure and a 30% cut in staff, resulting in substantial annual savings. Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni stated that the move aims to ensure the Human Rights portfolio serves all rights impartially, not just partisan interests.

  • Wednesday, May 21st 2025 - 10:28 UTC

    Milei highlights Argentina's prosperous future

    “Argentina is very cheap and it will go up like a diver's fart,” assured Milei

    During his speech at the AmCham Summit 2025 in Buenos Aires, organized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, President Javier Milei celebrated his party's recent electoral victory in the Autonomous City and promised that inflation would be eliminated by mid-2026.

  • Wednesday, May 21st 2025 - 08:05 UTC

    Brazil’s command of soy markets tested by record crops and Argentina  

    Conab believes a record soybean harvest and strong Chinese demand are expected to drive growth of the country’s soybean and by-product exports in the 2024/25 season

    Despite a record grains and oil seeds harvest, Brazil’s soybean trading has slowed significantly, because of the mismatch between buyers’ prices and suppliers’ expectations, points out Globo Rural, an agribusiness site.

  • Tuesday, May 20th 2025 - 22:21 UTC

    Maradona Case: Trial adjourned amid bias allegations against one judge

    The prosecution argues that Maradona's death was not inevitable

    The proceedings trying former Argentine football legend Diego Maradona's medical team was adjourned Tuesday for seven days after it became known that one of the judges making up the court had allowed a documentary team to film the sessions without the consent of any of the parties involved, such as the defendants, the prosecution, or the witnesses.

  • Tuesday, May 20th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    Argentine FM holds meeting with Pope Leo XIV

    Pope Leo XIV “said he wanted to come” to Argentina, Werthein explained

    Argentine Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein met Monday with Pope Leo XIV on his first official day as pontiff, discussing President Javier Milei's upcoming visit to the Vatican in the coming weeks.

  • Monday, May 19th 2025 - 18:47 UTC

    US Embassy in Asunción offers sizeable reward for info regarding Hezbollah's activities in the area

    Masliyah thanked Paraguay for designating Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Hezbollah, and Hamas as terrorist organizations

    The United States' Embassy in Asunción announced Monday that a reward of up to US$ 10 million was available to anyone supplying information on Hezbollah's financial networks in the Tri-Border (Paraguay-Brazil-Argentina) area.

  • Monday, May 19th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Buenos Aires City ruling party dealt major blow by Milei's LLA

    Spokesman Adorni (C) got over 30% of the vote

    Argentine Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni prevailed in Sunday's elections at the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, as President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza (LLA) swept former President Mauricio Macri's Propuesta Republicana (PRO) to third place in the country's capital, where Federal Congresswoman Silvia Lospennato got only 15.93% of the vote.

  • Friday, May 16th 2025 - 22:11 UTC

    Universidad Austral study finds Argentina's population to be ageing

    Argentina's fertility rate is below replacement values

    A study by the Universidad Austral’s Human Development Observatory, based on data from Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec), showed significant demographic shifts in the South American country, with the number of births dropping by 40% since 2014.

  • Friday, May 16th 2025 - 21:43 UTC

    Argentina: former Ministry of Women's “ideological” programs terminated

    “Eliminating these absurd wastes will save” millions, Cúneo Libarona argued

    Argentina's Libertarian Government has closed 13 ideologically-oriented programs from the former Ministry of Women, Genders, and Diversities, to reduce public spending, Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona explained. These mechanisms were in force between 2020 and 2023 during the administration of Alberto Fernández's administration. The new decision will result in substantial savings to the country's coffers.

  • Thursday, May 15th 2025 - 20:32 UTC

    China lifts visa requirements for nationals of various South American countries

    The measure will be implemented starting June 1 for one year on a trial basis

    China will implement a visa-free policy for citizens of Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay from June 1, 2025, to May 31, 2026, on a trial basis, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lin Jian confirmed Thursday.