Argentina

• Friday, April 29th 2022 - 09:21 UTC

  Ushuaia expects 250,000 visitors in 2022/23 cruise season

  

  Next cruise season, 2022/23, the port of Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego province is expecting 535 calls and the arrival of some 250,000 visitors, according to estimates by Argentine officials attending the Seatrade Global Cruise, the largest fair of its kind which takes place annually in Miami.

• Thursday, April 28th 2022 - 20:51 UTC

  Paraná-Paraguay Waterway Agency finally has a board of directors

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández has appointed the members of the Ente Nacional de Vía Navegable Paraguay-Paraná (Paraguay-Paraná Waterway National Agency), the body which oversees operations of the Paraguay-Paraná waterway.

• Thursday, April 28th 2022 - 10:58 UTC

  Argentina: Milei would never run alongside lukewarm doves who rejected him

  

  Argentine Libertarian Deputy Javier Milei replied that Kirchnerism is back “because of the failure of the model of the lukewarm doves” of Juntos por el Cambio.

• Thursday, April 28th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Argentina: Alberto Fernández and CFK to run separately in 2023?

  

  Rumors are mounting in Buenos Aires that President Alberto Fernández will seek reelection on a ticket of his own while Vice President (and former President) Cristina Fernández de Kirchner would attempt to return to Casa Rosada in a separate bid.

• Thursday, April 28th 2022 - 10:41 UTC

  Lacalle Pou played rugby with Uruguayan and Argentinean prisoners and accidentally hit a police chief

  

  This week, the president of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, participated in a sporting event involving people deprived of liberty, more specifically a rugby match between prisoners from Argentina and Uruguay.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2022 - 21:20 UTC

  Argentina's fiscal reserves in doubt as inflationary recalculations needed

  

  International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director for the Western Hemisphere Ilan Goldfajn admitted inflation guidelines outlined in Argentina's recent agreement with the financial agency needed to be modified to reflect a steep variation in prices.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2022 - 10:35 UTC

  Argentina's VP and Defense Minister meet with US General Richardson

  

  Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Tuesday announced with pride that she had welcomed US General Laura Richardson at her Senate office.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2022 - 10:05 UTC

  Argentina targeting the Foradori/Duncan statement on the Falklands

  

  Argentine foreign minister Santiago Cafiero has ordered an internal investigation to determine whether former deputy foreign minister Carlos Foradori back in 2016, became drunk during a meeting with British diplomats in which UK and Argentina agreed to an improved relationship through closer cooperation on areas of mutual interest, including a chapter on the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2022 - 08:15 UTC

  Uruguayan Navy averts attempt to smuggle large meteorite from Argentina

  

  Uruguayan authorities at the port of Paysandú have seized a meteorite worth around US$ 1 million when it was being smuggled into the country from Argentina, it was reported earlier this week.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Argentina remains a witness of corruption even when culprits confess

  

  Argentina's judiciary system continues to be a mere witness to corruption practices even after those bribing local officials have admitted to their doings in foreign jurisdictions, it was reported Monday by a Buenos Aires newspaper.