Argentina

• Friday, December 11th 2020 - 19:58 UTC

  Argentine grain inspectors and oilseed workers extend the wage strike

  

  Argentine grains inspectors and oilseeds workers extended on Friday a wage strike as stalling contract negotiations threaten to interrupt exports from one of the world's main grain producers.

• Friday, December 11th 2020 - 08:43 UTC

  Brazilian and Argentine beef exports to China suspended after Covid-19 in packaging

  

  Two beef producers from Brazil and one from Argentina have had their exports to China suspended for one week after packaging of their products tested positive for traces of COVID-19, customs said. China's General Administration of Customs (GAC) made the announcement.

• Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 10:39 UTC

  Quito officially complains statements by Cristina Fernandez questioning democracy in Ecuador

  

  The Government of Ecuador announced that it has presented a protest note before a statement by Argentina’s Vice-President Cristina Fernández on the alleged obstacles to the candidacy of Andrés Aráuz, the Ecuadorian progressive candidate.

• Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 09:09 UTC

  Argentine oilseed and grains exports stalled with new wage strike

  

  Argentine grains inspectors and oilseeds workers started a new wage strike on Wednesday, organizers said in a joint statement, as stalling contract negotiations threatened to interrupt exports from one of the world's main bread baskets.

• Wednesday, December 9th 2020 - 09:09 UTC

  Argentina Covid-19 cases topped 40,000 deaths on Tuesday

  

  The death toll from the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, in Argentina has topped 40,000, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement on Monday.

• Wednesday, December 9th 2020 - 08:52 UTC

  International Contact Group reject Venezuelan election, but Argentina did not sign the statement

  

  The International Contact Group issued a statement on Tuesday to reject the parliamentary elections organized by the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro last Sunday in Venezuela. The block indicated that the electoral process did not comply “with the conditions accepted internationally, nor with the Venezuelan laws.”

• Tuesday, December 8th 2020 - 08:54 UTC

  Argentina passes new tax on the rich; opposition claims it will further deter foreign investment

  

  Argentina has passed a new wealth tax to help the government pay for health supplies and economic relief measures amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Lawmakers in the Senate passed the bill, dubbed the “millionaire’s tax,” by 42 votes to 26 late on Friday.

• Tuesday, December 8th 2020 - 08:44 UTC

  Proposal to have Maradona and his “Hand of God” goal on the 1,000 Peso bill

  

  An Argentine senator wants to put Diego Maradona on the country’s banknotes and presented a project to Congress on Monday to get the late soccer star and possibly even his ‘Hand of God’ image on a 1,000-peso note.

• Monday, December 7th 2020 - 09:06 UTC

  Argentina launches the 2020/21 limited Antarctica campaign, with special care o no possible coronavirus contagion

  

  The official Argentine 2020/21 Antarctic season was launched last Friday with a ceremony at the Buenos Aires Navy pier where the icebreaker “ARA Almirante Irizar” was docked, but with no authorities boarding the vessel to avoid any possible coronavirus contagion.

• Sunday, December 6th 2020 - 08:47 UTC

  Argentine squid season south of parallel 44 takes off on January 16

  

  The 2021 Argentine squid season. south of parallel 44, takes off next 16 January, according to the country's Fisheries Federal Council, following on the scientific report from Inidep, the national fisheries research and development institute.