Argentina

• Wednesday, June 5th 2019 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay: Finances don't grow; Economy Minister estimates an improvement for the second semester, as Macri did

  

  Uruguay is experiencing, in recent months, a marked drop in investment and the generation of employment. Uruguayan Economy Minister Danilo Astori admitted Wednesday the fall of public accounts, with an annualized fiscal deficit in April that was 4.8% of GDP, and opted to provide greater incentives to investors and entrepreneurs. The Uruguayan press accuses the government of betting on the hope that the results will begin to be felt in the second half of the year, as it was heard a while ago in Argentina under the administration of President Mauricio Macri.

• Monday, June 3rd 2019 - 08:27 UTC

  Fifteen injured in aircraft while crossing over the Andes en route to Ezeiza

  

  At least 15 people were injured when an Airbus 330 flying from Lima to Buenos Aires encountered severe turbulence, Argentina's national news agency Telam and other media reported.

• Friday, May 31st 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Falklands remembers freedom of Goose Green residents locked up by Argentine forces

  

  A very emotional ceremony took place last Wednesday at Goose Green in the Falkland Islands in remembrance of those who gave their lives for the freedom of the small community which had been locked up by the invading Argentine forces in 1982.

• Friday, May 31st 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Falklands Association concerned about political events in UK and Argentina

  

  The local sub-committee of the Falkland Islands Association which has in various forms defended Falklands' interests since 1968, has sent out an email to all its members asking them “to give a rough outline of how they view the current political situation together with any ideas or fears they may have for the future and anything they would like to see the FIA doing on their behalf.”

• Thursday, May 30th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Unions and opposition promote 24-hour strike paralyzing Argentina

  

  Opponents of Argentina's President Mauricio Macri launched a 24-hour strike on Wednesday to protest the government's inability to reduce inflation that has reached 55% over the past year. The strike paralyzed public transport while all flights to and from the country's airports were canceled. Banks, schools and universities remained closed.

• Wednesday, May 29th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Argentina: In the midst of presidential election activists re launch efforts to legalize abortion

  

  Activists and lawmakers in Argentina relaunched a bid to legalize abortion on Tuesday with a new bill before Congress and a major demonstration planned, resuming a battle that has divided the homeland of Pope Francis ahead of October's general election.

• Tuesday, May 28th 2019 - 10:00 UTC

  Polls: Fernández-Fernández headed for a first-round win in Argentina's presidential elections

  

  Barely a week after the Alberto Fernández-Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) ticket for the upcoming presidential elections in Argentina was announced, the unexpected Peronist-Kirchnerist pairing is over ten points ahead of incumbent President Mauricio Macri and whomever he picks as his running mate, according to two polls sponsored by the center-left Página 12 newspaper, it was reported.

• Tuesday, May 28th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Macri's junior partner confirms the 2015 successful coalition

  

  The junior partner of the Argentine ruling coalition, the center-left Radical party, UCR, at its national convention, and after much debate finally agreed to remain as a junior member of, “Cambiemos”(Let's Change), headed by president Mauricio Macri.

• Monday, May 27th 2019 - 03:32 UTC

  New setback for Argentina's economy shown in leading report

  

  Argentina's beleaguered industrial activity fell 10.3% in April due to the peso's devaluation coupled with rampant inflation, the Argentine Confederation of the Medium-Size Company (CAME) reported over the weekend.

• Saturday, May 25th 2019 - 08:20 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez releases compilation of her foreign policy speeches

  

  Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Friday released a new book - Una Política Exterior Soberana - (A Sovereign Foreign Policy), a compilation of her most emblematic speeches on the international arena during her eight years at the helm of the Casa Rosada.