Argentina

• Tuesday, May 10th 2022 - 19:55 UTC

  Ukrainian crisis tops agenda in Fernández-Sánchez meeting in Madrid

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday met in Madrid with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on the first day of his European tour which will also include encounters with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron.

• Tuesday, May 10th 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  More inflation in the pipeline for Argentina: estimates of 65,1% for 2022

  

  The weekly survey of market expectations, REM, from the Central Bank anticipates a worsening of the inflation situation in Argentina, which once the April index is officially made public this week could represent 65% for the twelve months of 2022.

• Tuesday, May 10th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Gender Identity Law in Argentina already 10 years old

  

  Argentina authorities have confirmed over 12,000 people changed their ID cards after the Gender Identity Law was passed ten years ago, which allows for people to have their documents in accordance with their self-perceived gender

• Tuesday, May 10th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Slight increase in COVID-19 cases in Argentina

  

  Health authorities in Argentina have reported that the number of fatalities due to COVID-19 has tripled in Buenos Aires, while total infections have almost doubled in a week as temperatures take a downward turn.

• Tuesday, May 10th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Naples to build large-scale 3-D statue of Maradona's left foot

  

  The Italian city of Naples took the worship of the late Argentine football legend Diego Armando Maradona to an unprecedented level Monday when it decided to launch plans for a statue of the late player's left foot in the local district of Scampia.

• Monday, May 9th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Argentine President off to Europe, leaves country in hands of internal rivals

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández is leaving Monday on a European tour that regardless of what it may achieve (or not) in economic and political terms, will at least remove him from the spotlight of controversies within the ruling Frente de Todos (FdT) while at the same time leaving Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) at the helm of the Executive.

• Monday, May 9th 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  Air-link Falklands/Sao Paulo “discontinued” or exchanged for a direct flight from Buenos Aires

  

  Argentine media is reporting that Buenos Aires informed the UK is not willing to renew the 2019 political agreement which enabled the establishment of a second air link between the Falkland Islands and the continent (Brazil), but is prepared to discuss a new air link under different conditions.

• Monday, May 9th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Cases of Covid-19 on the rise in Argentine – “monitoring” required

  

  Argentine health authorities mentioned during the weekend that the number of COVID-19 cases nationwide has been on the rise in recent weeks.

• Saturday, May 7th 2022 - 10:06 UTC

  Eight cases of new hepatitis detected in Argentina, one in critical condition

  

  Argentina's health authorities are investigating 8 cases of acute hepatitis which are suspected of belonging to the new variant of unknown origin, Health Minister Carla Vizzotti confirmed Friday.

• Friday, May 6th 2022 - 10:57 UTC

  Cafiero outlines Argentine foreign policy priorities, trade, Malvinas and Mercosur

  

  The main challenge of Argentine foreign policy is to reinstall the necessary tools to recover the trade dynamics that enable the country to recover from the pandemic's economic downfall, plus making it attractive to foreign investors, said Foreign minister Santiago Cafiero summoned by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.