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Argentina

  • Thursday, October 3rd 2024 - 10:15 UTC

    Argentine court allows Maradona's heirs to place the body at mausoleum in Buenos Aires

    Maradona would have turned 64 on Oct. 30

    An Argentine court in San Isidro, on the northern outskirts of Buenos Aires, has allowed the body of former footballing virtuoso Diego Maradona to be transferred from the private cemetery where he is buried to a mausoleum in the Puerto Madero district, inside the country's capital.

  • Thursday, October 3rd 2024 - 09:58 UTC

    Evo's refugee status revoked in Argentina

    Morales landed in Argentina once Alberto Fernández was sworn in

    The Argentine Government of Javier Milei announced Wednesday that it was terminating former Bolivian President Evo Morales' refugee status, according to a posting by Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni on X: “Juan Evo Morales Ayma's refugee status has been terminated,” Adorni wrote in his @madorni account.

  • Wednesday, October 2nd 2024 - 09:48 UTC

    Orsi and Cosse reach out to Uruguayan voters living in Argentina

    Orsi and Cosse (L) also pledge to work for the right of Uruguayans living abroad to vote at local consulates

    Uruguay's presidential hopeful Yamandú Orsi of the Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) and his running mate Carolina Cosse were in Buenos Aires this week in a campaign maneuver seeking to lure residents in neighboring Argentina to “cross the pond” and vote for him in the Oct. 27 elections.

  • Wednesday, October 2nd 2024 - 08:31 UTC

    China opens up to 4 Argentine meat plants

    China accounts for nearly 80% of Argentina's beef exports

    A total of four new Argentine meat plants were allowed by China to send beef shipments to the Asian country, it was announced this week by Buenos Aires' Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Secretariat. The new clearance was said to have resulted from negotiations with Beijing's Animal and Plant Quarantine Department of the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC).

  • Wednesday, October 2nd 2024 - 06:28 UTC

    Falklands, “Ring of Fire” solar eclipse begins peaking at 17:30

    Different phases of a solar eclipse

    This Wednesday afternoon a spectacular “ring of fire” annular solar eclipse will be visible for some parts of South America. While southern Chile and Argentina, Patagonia, will see a ring of the Sun as the Moon passes in front of it, those in the Falklands Islands will see a large solar eclipse.

  • Tuesday, October 1st 2024 - 13:37 UTC

    Brazil to airlift nationals out of Lebanon as Israeli forces march on

    The date of the mission is yet to be decided after a throrough assessment of the safety conditions

    President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ordered a Brazilian Air Force (FAB) aircraft sent to rescue nationals of the South American country from war-torn Lebanon as Israeli forces launched Monday a land invasion following days of shelling and air strikes killing high-ranking leaders of the Hezbollah terrorist organization, Agencia Brasil reported citing an announcement from the Itamaraty Palace.

  • Tuesday, October 1st 2024 - 10:06 UTC

    11 new cases of monkeypox reported in Argentina

    All mpox infections nationwide belonged to variant clade II

    Argentine health authorities Monday reported the detection of 11 new cases of monkeypox in patients aged 34 on average with a minimum age of 20 years and a maximum of 56.

  • Tuesday, October 1st 2024 - 09:30 UTC

    Venezuela issues arrest warrant against 16 other Argentines in connection with Emtrasur case

    Milei is an agent of international Zionism in Latin America, Saab claimed

    Venezuela's Public Prosecutor's Office Monday requested the arrest of another 16 Argentines in connection with the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 freighter airplane seized in Buenos Aires and handed over to the United States during the government of Alberto Fernández for its alleged involvement in logistics support to Iran-backed terrorist activities.

  • Tuesday, October 1st 2024 - 09:16 UTC

    Milei welcomes Bukele at Casa Rosada

    Bukele arrived in Buenos Aires last Friday but his activities during the weekend remained under the utmost secrecy

    Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele met Monday in Casa Rosada with his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei to discuss bilateral cooperation on issues such as “energy, trade, and security,” it was reported in Buenos Aires. During his stay in the Argentine capital, Bukele also held an encounter with Foreign Minister Diana Mondino and participated in other protocol engagements.

  • Monday, September 30th 2024 - 21:03 UTC

    Criminal complaint filed against Mondino for Lammy deal

    Carreras argued that the joint communiqué between Lammy and Mondino was instead an Agreement that should have gone through Congress

    Lawyer Valeria Carreras has filed a criminal complaint against Foreign Minister Diana Mondino for alleged “breach of official duties” and “abuse of authority” after the understanding she signed with the United Kingdom to renew the monthly flight between Córdoba and Mount Pleasant, which had been suspended under former President Alberto Fernández when the Foradori-Duncan agreement was denounced.