Argentina

Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:37 UTC
CFK and her son praise Memory Day rally demonstrators

Argentine Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Thursday sent a message through social media to the groups who marched onto Buenos Aires' Plaza de Mayo during the Memory Day commemorations of those fallen under the military dictatorship which came to power March 24, 1976.
Thursday, March 24th 2022 - 22:40 UTC
Thousands of Argentines march 46 years after coup d'état

Tens of thousands of Argentines marched again to Buenos Aires’ Plaza de Mayo (Mayo Square) on Thursday, 46 years after the coup d'état that installed a dictatorship responsible for tens of thousands of disappearances, exiles and executions in clandestine centers.
Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 - 09:40 UTC
President Fernández, Georgieva hold talk ahead of IMF's board vote

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday held a virtual meeting with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, during which he ratified his Government's commitment to the new program agreed upon.
Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 - 09:30 UTC
Rio Grande prepares for the Malvinas Vigil and a remake of the Falklands landing 2 April

The municipality of the Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego province, together with the local branch of the Malvinas Veterans have organized an agenda of activities, with an open invitation to all residents from the province and former combatants from the 1982 Falklands war.
Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 - 08:54 UTC
Argentina to recruit additional voluntary soldiers to boost armed forces

Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana has announced 10,000 new volunteer soldiers are o be recruited to boost the manning of military barracks. The country's armed forces currently have some 17,000 troops nationwide, it was reported.
Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Ushuaia creates a Malvinas Islands Secretariat, names a Veteran as head

The municipal government of Ushuaia, extreme south of Argentina and capital of the province of Tierra del Fuego has created a Malvinas Islands Secretariat, as part of the commemorations of the 40th anniversary of the Falklands' war.
Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Argentine President welcomes SK firm's brass ahead of lithium project start

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday welcomed a group of executives from South Korean company POSCO (Pohang Iron and Steel Company) who are in the country to build a commercial lithium plant in the province of Salta. POSCO is the world's sixth-largest steel producer.
Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 09:43 UTC
Brazil planning to become a net exporter of wheat, harvesting a volume similar to that of Argentina

Brazil is working to reduce its dependence on foreign produce and hopes to take advantage of recent record exports to increase crops this year. In effect from December 2021 to March 2022, Brazil exported some 2.5 million tons of wheat, an unprecedented volume that benefited from a historically large harvest and, more recently, from additional demand generated by the war between wheat exporters Ukraine and Russia.
Monday, March 21st 2022 - 22:26 UTC
Argentina reopens soybean exports

The Government of Argentina Monday went back on its steps and reopened exports of soybeans and their by-products after a decision on March 13 to close the registry for sales abroad imposed by Undersecretary of Agricultural Markets Javier Preciado Patiño.
Saturday, March 19th 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Argentine President announces measures to curb inflation

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday announced through a recorded message from the Olivos Residence the creation of a “stabilization fund.” The head of state's words came on the day he had promised the fight against inflation would begin.