Argentina

• Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Argentine VP Cristina Kirchner to undergo surgery

  

  Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will be operated Thursday at the Otamendi Sanatorium in Buenos Aires, it was announced.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  “Le Commandant Charcot” reopens Antarctic cruise season from Punta Arenas

  

  On Sunday Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile saw the departure of the first cruise vessel to Antarctica under strict sanitary and safety conditions. The first Antarctic cruise since the start of the pandemic was implemented by what local authorities denominate the sanitary “green bubble”.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Argentina wants caps on the price of medication: laboratories object

  

  Argentina's Domestic Trade Secretary, Roberto Felettil Tuesday hinted the Government may advance on imposing some sort of cap on the price of medication, which has sparked reactions from laboratories.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2021 - 03:45 UTC

  Energy exports to Brazil to finance Argentina's infrastructure works

  

  Argentina's Energy Ministry has ruled that energy exports to Brazil will finance the Vaca Muerta gas pipeline and electrical transportation works, it was announced Tuesday.

• Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 19:03 UTC

  Glasgow's COP26: Argentine President insists on issues already outlined in Rome

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday appeared before the Glasgow Climate Change COP26 Summit with the same proposal he made days earlier in Rome during the G20 Summit.

• Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 09:43 UTC

  Uruguayan exports on the rise, report shows

  

  Beef, meat by-products and wood have boosted Uruguayan exports, which were reported to have grown 17.2% overall in October, it was announced Monday in Montevideo. Meat sales once again reached record figures.

• Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Australian firm pledges US $ 8 bn to green hydrogen development in Argentina

  

  The Argentine Government has reached an understanding with a leading Australian firm to move forward with local production of clean energy. President Alberto Fernández made the announcement Monday from Glasgow, where he is attending the UN COP26 Climate Summit.

• Monday, November 1st 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  Ushuaia announces four calls from Norwegian Star beginning January

  

  The Ushuaia port authorities have announced that the Norwegian Star will be calling four times in the capital of the extreme south Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego this 2021/22 cruise season.

• Monday, November 1st 2021 - 09:02 UTC

  Argentine President wants debt swaps for climate action before heading for Glasgow

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández, who is already in Glasgow for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26) after two days in Rome for the G20 Summit, is to propose a new goal of reducing emissions.

• Sunday, October 31st 2021 - 08:52 UTC

  French President says he discussed crisis in Venezuela and Nicaragua with Alberto Fernández

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron Saturday admitted on Twitter that he had spoken with his Argentine colleague Alberto Fernández about the crisis in Venezuela and Nicaragua on the sides of the G20 Summit in Rome. The issue had not been mentioned by the Argentine government.