Argentina

• Monday, May 13th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

  Falklands war: “The secret pact between Chile and the United Kingdom”, ex-head of Argentine Army

  

  A former commander in chief of the Argentine Army, 2003 to 2011, and Malvinas Veteran, Martín Balza in a recent column in the Buenos Aires daily Perfil, wrote a column exposing what he described as 'a secret pact between Chile and UK', to help avoid the defeat of the British Task Force in 1982 during the Falkland Islands conflict with Argentina.

• Monday, May 13th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Milei and Lacalle Pou will meet eventually despite not sharing identical views, says Adorni

  

  Argentina's Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni said in an interview with Montevideo's El País that Presidents Luis Lacalle Pou and Javier Milei had different points of view regarding the State's role in each country's economy. The official also addressed the delay in materializing an encounter between both heads of state despite the short geographical distance separating them.

• Monday, May 13th 2024 - 10:48 UTC

  Brazil to buy rice from Mercosur countries to feed storm-hit Rio Grande do Sul

  

  Brazil's National Supply Company (Conab) has been entrusted with purchasing one million tons of rice to feed the people of Rio Grande do Sul and avoid the intervention of middle people seeking a black market profit from the victims of the unprecedented storms. Under normal circumstances, Rio Grande do Sul accounts for 70% of Brazil's rice production.

• Monday, May 13th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

  Argentina goes rogue even for Mother's Day celebration

  

  Argentine mothers are unique. They are the addressees of many famous tango pieces and celebrate Mother's Day way apart from all the others worldwide.

• Saturday, May 11th 2024 - 10:47 UTC

  No fatalities reported after train clash in Buenos Aires

  

  A train collision at 10.30 am Friday in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Palermo left many people injured but no casualties were reported. While authorities are yet to determine the cause of the accident, railway union leaders blamed the Libertarian administration of President Javier Milei for the faulty signaling which has worsened over the past few months given the increase in copper wiring thefts.

• Saturday, May 11th 2024 - 10:43 UTC

  Wages trail inflation in Argentina under Milei

  

  Inflation outpaced salaries in March by 11% to 10.3%, according to a report by Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec) released Friday in Buenos Aires. In yoy terms, the Wage Index increased by 200.8% on average (231.7% in the registered private sector, 183.7% in the public sector, and 129.2% in the informal private sector) and inflation was 287.9%, the survey showed. Hence, President Javier Milei's perception that salaries were recovering turned out inaccurate.

• Friday, May 10th 2024 - 20:27 UTC

  New incident between Argentine forces and illegal Paraguayan fishermen

  

  The Governor of the Argentine province of Corrientes Gustavo Valdés insisted that the Foreign Ministry and the Senate should get involved after another clash was reported between unauthorized Paraguayan fishermen and the Coast Guard (Prefectura Naval Argentina - PNA). “I hope they take care and do not continue denying the conflict as they have been,” Valdés underlined.

• Friday, May 10th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

  Thursday's strike, a wake-up call to the Argentine authorities, CGT claims

  

  After Thursday's general strike, Argentina's General Labor Confederation (CGT) said the measure should be as a “wake-up call to the authorities” who “must take note” of the scenario ahead. CGT co-leader Héctor Daer also mentioned that “we take note of the support” of the workers who have suffered a hefty wage reduction since President Javier Milei took office on Dec. 10, 2023.

• Thursday, May 9th 2024 - 21:42 UTC

  Ushuaia had an excellent cruise season and expects better in 2024/25

  

  With the cruise 2023/24 season technically over in Tierra del Fuego, the head of provincial ports, Roberto Murcia said it had been a very positive year and anticipated an even more promising season 2024/25 for Ushuaia with more vessels interested in the Antarctica tours.

• Thursday, May 9th 2024 - 19:10 UTC

  Argentine Security Minister tells CGT to “go to work”

  

  Argentine authorities said 40% of the buses were running as the General Labor Confederation (CGT) staged its second strike against the administration of President Javier Milei to protest against his “chainsaw” economic measures that have dwindled people's incomes.