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Montevideo, October 24th 2025 - 13:41 UTC

Argentina

  • Saturday, February 22nd 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Appointment of Argentine Ambassador to London causes stir among 1982 war veterans

    Mariana Plaza, Veterans of the 1982 War warned they would be on alert given the diplomat's appointment

    The Argentine Government's decision to promote Chargé d'Affaires Mariana Plaza to Ambassador in London has caused a stir among veterans of the 1982 South Atlantic War given the diplomat's stance in favor of dropping the country's sovereignty claims over the Malvinas/Falkland Islands.

  • Saturday, February 22nd 2025 - 10:18 UTC

    CFK meets with Pepe Mujica and his wife “in farewell tone”

    CFK, Mujica, and Topolansky recognized themselves as “militants until the last day”

    Former Presidents of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Uruguay José Pepe Mujica met Friday at the latter's estate outside Montevideo in an encounter that made headlines for two reasons: First, because of what two progressive leaders getting together represents, with Mujica's wife and former Uruguayan Vice President Lucía Topolansky taking part. It was CFK's first visit to Mujica's farm.

  • Saturday, February 22nd 2025 - 09:51 UTC

    Milei tells IDB his government's achievements had to overcome a social justice mentality

    “There's always some mean-spirited jerk because whoever is doing this knows he's interrupting the talk,” said Milei about a ringing phone during his speech

    Argentine President Javier Milei highlighted Friday during his speech at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) headquarters in Washington DC that his administration's economic “achievements” had been attained despite the concept of “social justice” wielded under previous governments, which - in his view - is an “aberration.”

  • Friday, February 21st 2025 - 19:37 UTC

    An average Argentine worker earns US$ 482/month, Indec says

    Overall, there are about 4.7 million people actively looking for a job in Argentina's complex labor market, the Indec survey found

    Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) Permanent Household Survey (EPH) released this week showed that the average income per worker in Argentina during the third quarter of 2024 amounted to AR$ 588,011 (nearly US$ 482 at Friday's unofficial exchange rate, also referred to as “blue,” which is a euphemism for “black market”).

  • Friday, February 21st 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Milei brings Elon Musk a chainsaw as a present

    Elon was elated with Milei's gift

    Argentine President Javier Milei Thursday gave US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Chief Elon Musk a chainsaw as a present representing that the South African-born tycoon was undertaking State spending cutoffs like the Libertarian leader did in the South American country.

  • Friday, February 21st 2025 - 10:30 UTC

    Body handed over not that of Shiri Bibas, post mortem reveals

    After the forensics results, the question lingers: Where is Shiri Bibas?

    Israeli authorities reported later Thursday that the body believed to be that of dual Argentine citizen Shiri Bibas (née Silberman) was not hers, while the other three caskets handed over by the pro-Palestine terrorist organization Hamas did contain the cadavers it claimed to hold.

  • Friday, February 21st 2025 - 09:43 UTC

    No signs of imminent IMF disbursement after Milei meets with Georgieva

    The IMF told Milei it was concerned about certain policies undertaken by the Argentine government

    Argentine President Javier Milei met Thursday with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in Washington, D.C., to discuss the South American country's stabilization and growth plan and advance negotiations for a new loan.

  • Friday, February 21st 2025 - 09:38 UTC

    Argentine Senate okays no PASO elections and in absentia trials

    Both bills are now up to the Executive to be signed into law

    Argentina's Senate Thursday passed a bill suspending the Primary, Open, Simultaneous, and Mandatory (PASO) elections for 2025 with 43 affirmative votes, 20 against, and six abstentions. The initiative simplifies the electoral process and leaves it up to each political force to appoint its candidates in the manner they see fit. In addition, the Upper House approved the Trial in Absentia bill, which among other things would allow the Iranians accused of the 1994 AMIA bombing to be tried. Thursday's session also highlighted internal parliamentary divisions among the various legislative blocs.

  • Thursday, February 20th 2025 - 19:58 UTC

    Spanish Labor Minister announces tour of Argentina and Uruguay

    Díaz will seek to spread a progressive international agenda during her trip

    Spain's Labor Minister and Second Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz will be touring Argentina and Uruguay later this month to attend Yamandú Orsi's inauguration in Montevideo on March 1, among other engagements, her office in Madrid announced Thursday.

  • Thursday, February 20th 2025 - 17:31 UTC

    Hamas hands over bodies of Argentine national and her two children

    The Bibas family became a symbol of what Hamas terrorists are capable of

    Israeli authorities confirmed Thursday that the four bodies handed over by the pro-Palestine terrorist organization Hamas to the Red Cross belonged to Argentine national Shiri Bibas (née Silberman) and her two children, Ariel and Kafir, who were 9 months and 4 years old at the time of their abduction on Oct. 7, 2023. Yarden Bibas, Shiri’s husband and the children’s father, was released on February 1, 2025, as part of the ceasefire. The fourth victim was Oded Lifshitz, an 84-year-old Israeli who had long fought for an understanding between the two peoples but was eventually “betrayed” by the Palestinians, according to his wife, who was released by Hamas 16 days after the incursion. All five had been kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz.