Argentina

• Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  Mar del Plata fears offshore oil wells may end up damaging the city's economy

  

  Argentina's government has issued an environmental impact declaration for offshore oil drilling off the coast of Mar del Plata which has prompted voiceful objections from local residents, particularly Mayor Guillermo Montenegro of the opposition Juntos por el Cambio (JxC), while Federal Energy Secretary Darío Martínez welcomed the decision.

• Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Argentine Health Ministry eyes shortening isolation for those fully vaccinated

  

  The Government of Argentina is monitoring the Uruguayan case closely to determine whether it is still useful to isolate COVID-19 close contacts who are already vaccinated against the disease, Health Minister Carla Vizzotti said the day after she announced a reduction in the number of quarantine days.

• Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  Ships prefer Paraguayan flag to evade Argentine taxes

  

  Argentine sailor unions are warning against the trend whereby Argentine-flagged ships are turning to Paraguayan registration to both circumvent Argentina's blood-thirsty taxation plus benefitting from Paraguay's own scheme, a process which seems likely to go on in the near future.

• Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  Bolsonaro under criticism for turning down Argentine aid

  

  Brazilian opposition leaders Thursday criticized President Jair Bolsonao's decision to reject humanitarian aid offered by Argentina to assist the victims of the floods in the state of Bahia, where 24 people have died and over 91,000 other have been displaced from their homes.

• Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 09:58 UTC

  Argentine peso drops yet again versus informal US dollar

  

  The unofficial exchange rate between the Argentine peso and the US dollar climbed just one more notch Wednesday, thus reaching an unprecedented high of AR $ 205 (buy) and AR $ 209 (sale) / US $ 1.

• Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Ushuaia Logistics Pole to compete with Falklands and Punta Arenas as Gate to Antarctica

  

  Argentina's Antarctica Logistics Pole to be built in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, at the current naval base will be totally financed, managed and autonomous, no strings with any of the leading powers in the ice continent and intended to compete with the Falkland Islands and the Chilean complex of Punta Arenas, as the gate to Antarctica.

• Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Brazil's government turns down humanitarian aid from Argentina to Bahia

  

  Brazil's Federal Government has denied access into the country to humanitarian aid offered from Argentina to help the victims of the lethal rainfall in the northern state of Bahia, it was reported Wednesday.

• Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  Argentina accountable for disappearance of two Uruguayans in the 1970s

  

  The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) has determined Argentina was internationally responsible for the forced disappearances of Uruguayan nationals Mario Roger Julien Cáceres and Victoria Lucía Grisonas Andrijauskaite “perpetrated within the framework of the systematic plan of repression implemented in the 1976-1983 period and in the context of Operation Condor,” it was announced in San José, Costa Rica.

• Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 09:34 UTC

  Isolation made easier in Argentina for those fully vaxxed against COVID-19

  

  Argentine Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Wednesday announced people who have taken a full COVID-19 vaccination treatment will be forced to spend five days in isolation after being in close contact with a positive case of SARS-CoV-2, while the 10-day quarantine will remain in force for the unvaccinated.

• Wednesday, December 29th 2021 - 10:18 UTC

  Argentine gov't and tourism service providers agree to keep prices stable

  

  The Government of Argentina Tuesday announced an agreement had been reached to keep prices frozen for the 2022 of all items related to tourism for the 2022 summer season.