Argentina

• Tuesday, July 26th 2022 - 10:04 UTC

  Argentine judge releases Emtrasur 747's cargo

  

  Argentine Federal Judge Federico Villena Monday ordered the release of the cargo brought into the country aboard the Venezuelan-Iranian Boeing 747-300 seized at the Ezeiza International airport after the nature of the flight and the size of the crew rose suspicion.

• Tuesday, July 26th 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  Argentine gov't open to compensating those damaged by COVID-19 vaccines

  

  People who have suffered an “adverse event” from COVID-19 vaccines may seek compensation from the Argentine Government as per the “Covid-19 Reparation Fund,” according to Health Ministry Resolution 7/2022 published Monday in the Official Gazette.

• Tuesday, July 26th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  World Bank US$ 200 million loan to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in Argentina

  

  The World Bank Board of Directors approved a US$200 million loan to promote sustainable growth in Argentina, driven by innovation and focused on the creation of technology-based companies, support for entrepreneurs, and access to private capital.

• Monday, July 25th 2022 - 23:22 UTC

  Argentine younger generations naturalizing emigration is almost inevitable

  

  About 47% of Argentines believe that a family member or an acquaintance will leave the country shortly, according to a report by Córdoba's daily La Voz del Interior published Sunday.

• Monday, July 25th 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Kirchnerite Senator wants more repression on parallel dollar traders

  

  Hardline Kirchnerite Senator Juliana Di Tullio has demanded Argentine police play a deeper role in chasing currency exchange parlors where US dollars are traded at the unofficial “blue” rate of around AR$ 337.

• Saturday, July 23rd 2022 - 10:49 UTC

  Biden-Fernández meeting put off due to US President's COVID-19

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández was told to wait for his one-on-one meeting with his US colleague Joseph Biden, who, despite announcements from the White House that he was doing well after testing positive for COVID-19, has been forced to rearrange his engagements involving personal appearances.

• Saturday, July 23rd 2022 - 10:40 UTC

  Alberto Fernández warns rural producers they “will not twist” his arm

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday insisted that many of the country's problems stemmed from the reluctance of agriculture exporters to liquidate the over US$ 20 billion they have collected from sales abroad over the past few months, out of speculation regarding the exchange rate between US currency and local pesos.

• Friday, July 22nd 2022 - 23:04 UTC

  Argentine presidential spokeswoman enters Instagram contest to win a dildo

  

  Argentina's Presidential Spokeswoman Gabriela Cerruti made the headlines Friday after she was spotted on Instagram entering a Friend's Day contest to win a dildo, which was promoted under the slogan “Your clitoris is your best friend. Give it a gift.”

• Friday, July 22nd 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Argentine Navy to auction decommissioned ships

  

  The Argentine Navy has announced it will auction seven vessels that have already been decommissioned, many of which had been unoperational since 2013, it was reported.

• Friday, July 22nd 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Argentina's foreign trade balance yields deficit in June

  

  Argentina's foreign trade balance came out in the red in June of 2022 for the first time since 2018, it was reported in Buenos Aires by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC).