Argentina

• Monday, September 9th 2024 - 08:52 UTC

  Croatian vessel halts traffic for 12 hours through Paraná Waterwa

  

  Trade sailing through the Paraná Waterway collapsed for 12 hours Saturday between San Nicolás and Ramallo when the Croatian-flagged bulk carrier AP Revelin ran aground, thus hindering traffic both ways as low water levels keep affecting business. In this scenario, several barges were advised not to set sail.

• Monday, September 9th 2024 - 08:12 UTC

  Chavista groups withdraw from Argentine Embassy adjacencies

  

  Venezuelan pro-government militias were reported to have stopped stalking the premises of what used to be Argentina's Embassy in Caracas after former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia arrived in Spain as an asylum seeker.

• Monday, September 9th 2024 - 06:58 UTC

  Argentina's Cabinet Chief hospitalized but “stable”

  

  Argentina's 74-year-old Cabinet Chief Guillermo Francos was hospitalized this weekend at a Buenos Aires sanatorium but reported to be stable. He will not be discharged until further studies are conducted.

• Saturday, September 7th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Paraguay and Argentina reach understanding on Waterway tolls

  

  The governments of Paraguay and Argentina have reached an understanding regarding the collection of tolls on the latter's part for the use of the Paraguay-Paraná Waterway, it was announced.

• Friday, September 6th 2024 - 10:47 UTC

  Explosive device goes off at Argentine Rural Society President's office

  

  An explosive device went off Thursday at the headquarters of the Argentine Rural Society (SRA) in Buenos Aires. There were no fatalities but SRA President Santiago Pino's secretary and other people were reported to have been wounded.

• Thursday, September 5th 2024 - 14:35 UTC

  Uruguay welcomes Argentina's support to Mercosur countries negotiating solo if necessary

  

  The Uruguayan Government of President Luis Lacalle Pou has found in Javier Milei's Argentina the partner it longed for within the Southern Common Market to clear the way for individual members of the bloc to seek unilateral trade alliances with other countries or regional alliances. In this scenario, Foreign Minister Omar Paganini Wednesday welcomed Buenos Aires' endorsement to make Mercosur more flexible.

• Thursday, September 5th 2024 - 13:48 UTC

  French rugby players involved in rape case in Mendoza fly back home

  

  French international rugbiers Hugo Araudou and Oscar Jégou boarded an Air France regular flight to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport Wednesday after facing the consequences of a criminal complaint against both of them filed by a 39-year-old woman in the Argentine city of Mendoza, who claimed she had been sexually abused during an encounter at their hotel following a match between La Bleu and The Pumas.

• Thursday, September 5th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

  Argentina, only country in the region with a contracting economy

  

  Less than a year into the government of Libertarian President Javier Milei, Argentina will be the only country in the region with negative growth in 2024, according to projections by the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), ECLAC, and BBVA, which forecast a 3.2% contraction of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in South America's second-largest economy.

• Thursday, September 5th 2024 - 07:48 UTC

  Antarctica project financed by UKRI to unlock life's secrets in extreme cold

  

  Cambridge researchers are set to explore the uncharted depths of life in the extreme cold, with findings that could reshape our understanding of biology and pave the way for future scientific breakthroughs.

• Wednesday, September 4th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Uruguay inaugurates fishing port terminal

  

  Uruguayan authorities inaugurated a new fishing port in Capurro on Tuesday after a US$ 110 million investment, an “important milestone” that will house the activity in Montevideo, President Luis Lacalle Pou explained. The head of state also pointed out that “it has been many years since a public port was built here.”