Argentina

Saturday, June 27th 2020 - 10:00 UTC
Argentina to announce quarantine extension to 17 July in metropolitan Buenos Aires

Argentine president Alberto Fernández together with Buenos Aires province governor Axel Kicillof and the head of the Buenos Aires City government, Horacio Rodriguez Larreta, agreed on Thursday to further implement mobility restrictions, including “a strong decline in vehicle circulation” in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA).
Saturday, June 27th 2020 - 06:45 UTC
Brazil recorded longest lightning bolt, 700km and Argentina a lighting megaflash of 16,7 seconds

The UN's weather agency announced this week the longest lightning bolt on record -- a single flash in Brazil on October 31, 2018 that cut the sky across more than 700 kilometres.
Saturday, June 27th 2020 - 06:37 UTC
“Che” Guevara's birthplace in Rosario, Argentina, is up for sale

The birthplace of the 20th Century leftist revolutionary icon Ernesto “Che” Guevara has been put up for sale in the Argentine city of Rosario. Current owner Francisco Farruggia said he had bought the 240 sq m apartment in a neo-classical style building in the city centre in 2002.
Friday, June 26th 2020 - 10:52 UTC
Huge 15 sq km locust swarm threatens Mercosur agriculture

Argentina and Brazil are monitoring the movement of a 15-square-kilometer locust swarm in Argentina’s northeast, though authorities and specialists said so far it had not caused significant damage to crops in the South American countries.
Friday, June 26th 2020 - 10:20 UTC
Argentina admits “biggest differences” in debt negotiations remain with two main creditor groups

Argentina is still working with its creditors to reach a debt restructuring deal after talks stalled, though there is still a distance to cover in economic and legal terms, Economy Minister Martin Guzman said on Thursday.
Thursday, June 25th 2020 - 12:00 UTC
Expropriation project of Argentine giant soymeal exporter is watered down

Argentina is examining alternatives to the planned expropriation of financially ailing soymeal exporter Vicentin, including a possible private-public partnership, Production Minister Matias Kulfas and other sources revealed on Wednesday.
Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 11:57 UTC
MSCI warns that the Argentina Index could be removed from the MSCI Emerging Markets Index

MSCI Inc, the world’s largest index provider, warned on Tuesday that the MSCI Argentina Index could be removed from the MSCI Emerging Markets Index should it become harder for foreign investors to access its stock market.
Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 10:52 UTC
Argentina's economy contracted 5,4% and unemployment reaches 10,4% in first quarter

Argentina's economy contracted 5.4% in the first three months of 2020, the government statistics agency said on Tuesday, the worst quarter in a year as the major grains and oilseeds producer was sideswiped by the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic.
Tuesday, June 23rd 2020 - 05:40 UTC
“We will continue to pursue Malvinas sovereignty in all world forums” pledges president Fernandez

Argentine president Alberto Fernandez has repeatedly said that the “Malvinas question” is a matter of State and his government “will continue to pursue sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands until we recover the territory, which is currently usurped by the United Kingdom”.
Monday, June 22nd 2020 - 10:15 UTC
Florencia Kirchner's “nanny” in Cuba rewarded with Argentine embassy in UK

Javier Figueroa, currently head of the Argentine embassy in Cuba has been appointed as the next ambassador in the United Kingdom, and according to Clarin is an expert on Malvinas affairs. His time in Havana coincided with Cristina Fernandez daughter Florencia Kirchner medical internment, which impeded her from travelling back to Argentina.