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Montevideo, May 9th 2026 - 23:07 UTC

Argentina

  • Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

    Latin America’s New Pink Tide? Or three brands of “Left” regimes

    After AMLO's victory in 2018, came Alberto Fernández in 2019, Bolivian President Luis Arce in 2020, and Peruvian President Pedro Castillo and Chilean President Gabriel Boric in 2021.

    By Jorge G. Castañeda (*) – Like the wave of leftist victories in the early 2000s following Hugo Chávez’s rise to power in Venezuela (1999-2013), the success of left-wing leaders across Latin America in recent years has been interpreted as a broader political paradigm shift. But these leaders’ substantive differences are more significant than their similarities.

  • Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 09:28 UTC

    Argentina's Antarctic office looking for 2023 campaign scientists

    The call for applications is renewed every year, Ortúzar explained

    Argentina's National Antarctic Directorate (DNA) is looking for engineers and students of computer and electronic engineering to fill a dozen technical positions during the winter at the permanent bases Orcadas, Belgrano II, San Martín, Marambio, and Carlini in 2023.

  • Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 09:13 UTC

    The majestic Norwegian tall ship marked the end of Ushuaia's cruise season

    With the departure on Monday of the Norwegian flagged three-mast tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl, Ushuaia, extreme south of Argentina, considered the “successful” 2021/22 cruise season over. According to local port authorities from the province of Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia received more than 200 calls and some 60,000 visitors, since the arrival last 7 November of NatGeo Endurance, and was the only Latin American port that did not interrupt its summer activities.

  • Tuesday, April 12th 2022 - 23:32 UTC

    Argentine scientists plant sapling of Newton's tree to celebrate Researcher's Day

    April 10 was Doctor Bernardo Houssay's birthdate

    A sapling of Sir Isaac Newton's apple tree has been planted in Argentina's Science Park as part of the festivities marking the April 10 Researcher's Day held by the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), The National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA), the Ministry of Science, and the Science Cultural Center.

  • Tuesday, April 12th 2022 - 10:50 UTC

    763 Uruguayans volunteered to fight for Argentina during Falklands conflict, reveals Senate bill

    “Leaving aside that the conflict was an attempt by the Argentine civic-military dictatorship to overshadow the terrible situation (…), we wish to express our total support”, said lawmakers.

    Senators from the Uruguayan opposition coalition Frente Amplio are sponsoring a declaration in support of Argentina and its Falkland Islands' claim, recalling at the same time that 763 Uruguayans, from a very miscellaneous background, had volunteered to join the Argentine Army during the South Atlantic conflict to combat Britain.

  • Tuesday, April 12th 2022 - 09:56 UTC

    Argentine Post Office issues “Malvinas Unites US” stamp

    Vanesa Piesciorovski, president of the Argentine Post Office, Deputy minister Pablo Tettamanti and Guillermo Carmona head of the Malvinas, Antarctica and South Atlantic Special Desk

    The Argentine Post Office has launched a “Malvinas Unites US” stamp as part of the ongoing events of “Malvinas 40 Years Agenda” commemorating the South Atlantic conflict. The ceremony took place at the Palacio San Martín, the seat of the Argentine foreign ministry with the attendance of Pablo Tettamanti, Deputy minister; Guillermo Carmona head of the Malvinas, Antarctica and South Atlantic Special Desk and Vanesa Piesciorovski, president of the Argentine Post Office.

  • Tuesday, April 12th 2022 - 09:11 UTC

    Aerolíneas Argentinas returns to Cuba as ties between countries improve

    Frequencies are also being increased between Buenos Aires and other cities in the region, particularly Montevideo

    Aerolineas Argentinas has announced the resumption of flights to Cuba in July. The route had been lifted in 2016 due to political differences between Havana's regime and the administration of then-President Mauricio Macri.

  • Monday, April 11th 2022 - 23:39 UTC

    Argentina foresees foreign trade surplus for 2022, study shows

    The BCR study assumes a GDP growth in 2022 of 0.8%, an exchange rate that remains stable at AR$ 102 / US$ 1, and an unchanged set of rules for other variables

    Due to the international increase in the price of agricultural products, Argentine traders foresee a trade surplus of US$ 14.1 billion for this year, because while imports would total US$ 70.6 billion, exports would reach US$ 84.4, according to a report by the Department of Information and Economic Studies of the Rosario Stock Exchange (BCR).

  • Monday, April 11th 2022 - 22:55 UTC

    Argentine President becomes a father for the second time

    Francisco Fernández Yáñez was delivered through Caesarian surgery and is said to be in good health.

    Argentine First Lady Fabiola Yáñez Monday gave birth to her son Francisco Fernández Yáñez, the first of the presidential couple. The baby was reported to be okay after a C-section was performed during the delivery at Buenos Aires' Otamendi Sanatorium.

  • Monday, April 11th 2022 - 22:54 UTC

    Argentina's oil and gas output rise in February

    The Neuquina Basin topped output in both items

    According to a report released in Buenos Aires Monday, the country's interannual production of crude oil went up 13.2% in February of 2022 and that of gas rose 11.1%