Argentina

• Tuesday, October 27th 2020 - 08:25 UTC

  Falklands and privateer/pirate captain David Jewett 1820 adventure

  

  In response to Argentina’s planned commemorations of the 200th anniversary of the visit to the Falklands by the privateer captain David Jewett in 1820 and his purported “taking of possession” of the Islands for Argentina, historian Graham Pascoe has released the paper ‘David Jewett’s visit to the Falklands, 1820-21: no valid “possession-taking.” Dr. Pascoe notes in his abstract that before David Jewett arrived he had captured a neutral Portuguese ship, and he captured another neutral US ship in the Islands.

• Monday, October 26th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Drought and wildfires devastating South America's wetlands and forests

  

  Experts say the wildfires in a region that spans Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay – especially the region between the Paraguay, Parana, and Uruguay rivers – have become critical in 2020.

• Sunday, October 25th 2020 - 08:54 UTC

  Argentina resumes domestic flights with strict health protocols

  

  Argentina resumed regular domestic flights this week after an interruption of seven months due to the Covid-19 pandemic, although within a format of restrictions and health protocols limiting operations.

• Sunday, October 25th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Evo Morales leave Argentina for Venezuela

  

  Bolivia's former president Evo Morales has traveled to Venezuela from Argentina, where he was living in exile, according to media reports.

• Saturday, October 24th 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  Argentina loves the dollar and has total aversion for its own currency

  

  Argentina’s battle to control its currency is upending South America’s second-largest economy, wreaking havoc on everything from household finances to the production and sale of common goods.

• Saturday, October 24th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Argentine bondholders claim government economic policies undermine investor confidence

  

  Argentine bondholder groups slammed the government over economic policies they said were undermining investor confidence in the country, which emerged from a sovereign default in September after a US$ 65 billion restructuring.

• Saturday, October 24th 2020 - 08:52 UTC

  Argentine Congress discussing fiscal incentives to prop the construction industry

  

  Argentina´s economy ministry said it had sent the country´s Congress a bill to spur construction activity through tax and fiscal incentives, an effort to create jobs and boost investment in an economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic.

• Friday, October 23rd 2020 - 10:50 UTC

  OAS reiterates support for Falklands' sovereignty talks between Argentina and UK

  

  The General Assembly of the Organization of American States, OAS, supported a declaration on the Falklands/Malvinas question, reaffirming once again the need for the governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom to resume negotiations on the disputed sovereignty with the purpose of finding a peaceful solution to the prolonged controversy.

• Friday, October 23rd 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Falklands government replies to Argentina's sovereignty claims at the OAS General Assembly

  

  Minister Wendy Morton, acting as observer delegate spoke on Wednesday at the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) in response to the speech made by the Argentine Foreign Minister Felipe Solá, in which he again claimed sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, October 23rd 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Scientists found plastic debris in the digestive track of southern right whale stranded in Argentina

  

  Scientists found plastic debris in the digestive tract of a southern right whale stranded in Argentina, according to a study from the Southern Right Whale Health Monitoring Program, co-led by the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine; and Instituto de Conservación de Ballenas in Argentina.