Argentina

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 20:40 UTC

  Argentina: “Not penguins, dogs” covered in oil on Comodoro Rivadavia beach go viral

  

  Dogs covered in oil have appeared on the Comodoro Rivadavia beach in the Argentine province of Chubut, it was reported. Local residents insist poorly sealed oil wells are the reason for the environmental tragedy but say the problem is not new.

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 19:06 UTC

  All Argentines will get a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine, health minister says

  

  Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Wednesday announced the country's “entire population will receive the booster dose” of the COVID-19 vaccine.

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Argentine sixth-graders supplied educational material reading “East and West Falkland” in English

  

  Education authorities in the Argentine Province of Santa Fe were placed under investigation Tuesday after it was found that a booklet distributed among sixth-grade schoolchildren featured a map where the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands were depicted as British territory despite the country's claim otherwise.

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  Aeroflot to serve Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro

  

  Russia's flag carrier Aeroflot has announced a series of new routes as COVID-19 travel restrictions are being lifted internationally.

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 07:32 UTC

  Brazil and Argentina leading the combat against African Swine Fever in the continent

  

  Brazil and Argentina are leading the combat against African Swine Fever, ASF, in the continent. Last week Tereza Cristina, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply, announced the allocation of US$ 500,000 to fight the disease in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, countries where a repeat of outbreaks have been reported.

• Tuesday, November 16th 2021 - 22:50 UTC

  Argentine surrealism: turning a major defeat into a victory celebration

  

  “On Wednesday, I'm inviting you to celebrate this great triumph by filling the Plaza de Mayo with militants,” Argentine president Alberto Fernandez announced calling the trade unions and the organizations of picketers in support of Sunday's midterm election “great win”. Likewise one of his most loquacious candidates Victoria Tolosa Paz argued, actually “losing we are winning, and those winning are losing”.

• Tuesday, November 16th 2021 - 09:48 UTC

  Chinese top scholar suggests resolving the Falklands dispute “by force”

  

  In recent years Beijing has incorporated itself into the Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute debate between UK and Argentina siding with its South American increasingly political, financial and trade partner.

• Tuesday, November 16th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  US dollar does not soar as expected following Argentina's elections results

  

  Contrary to expectations, the unofficial exchange rate between the Argentine peso and the US dollar remained somewhat stable Monday following the ruling party's overall loss at Sunday's mid-term elections.

• Tuesday, November 16th 2021 - 09:22 UTC

  Maquila vote in Tierra del Fuego helps the ruling coalition of president Fernandez

  

  The two seats at stake in the Argentine Lower House representing the extreme south province of Tierra del Fuego, had their holders reelected comfortably last Sunday in the midterm election.

• Monday, November 15th 2021 - 19:28 UTC

  Argentina: Both major political parties poised to share Lower House power

  

  Argentina's opposition party Together for a Change (Juntos por el Cambio – JxC – or simply “Juntos”) has won six out of eight Senatorial elections Sunday, which means the ruling Everybody's Front (Frente de Todos – FdT) will lose President Alberto Fernández's coalition a majority of its own at the Upper House as of Dec. 10.