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Montevideo, July 4th 2025 - 11:00 UTC

Argentina

  • Wednesday, June 18th 2025 - 10:33 UTC

    Latin American countries evacuate diplomatic missions in Tehran

    Some 40 Argentines chose to stay in Iran despite advise from the South American country's diplomatic mission's advise against it

    Most Latin American countries have evacuated their diplomatic missions in Tehran as the conflict between Israel and Iran escalates to unprecedented levels, with some Western analysts even fearing possible use of nuclear weaponry.

  • Wednesday, June 18th 2025 - 08:24 UTC

    Milei creates local version of FBI

    The Federal Police will focus on the root of crime, not “on the symptom,” Milei argued

    Argentine President Javier Milei and Security Minister Patricia Bullrich signed a decree expanding the scope of the Federal Police's (PFA) duties to focus primarily on investigative tasks, it was announced Tuesday in Buenos Aires. Tuesday's reform repeals a 1958 decree-law from military ruling times.

  • Tuesday, June 17th 2025 - 22:45 UTC

    CFK granted house arrest, albeit with tracking anklet

    CFK will have to wear a tracking anklet for the next six years and request a court authorization to leave her residence, except in cases of force majeure, and abstain from waving from the balcony

    Buenos Aires Federal Court #2 Justices Jorge Gorini and Rodrigo Giménez Uriburu, plus Federal Judge Andrés Fabián Basso Tuesday granted former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) the possibility of serving her 6-year prison sentence for her involvement in the so-called Vialidad corruption scandal under a house arrest regime, given that she is over 70 years of age and therefore eligible for the measure.

  • Tuesday, June 17th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Decisive hours for Cristina Kirchner: Argentina awaits judicial decision amid mounting tension

    Cristina Fernández, who is 72, has requested house arrest citing her age, security risks, and past assassination attempts. Photo: REUTERS/Pedro Lazaro Fernandez

    Argentina faces a moment of heightened political tension as the country awaits a final decision from the Federal Oral Tribunal No. 2 (TOF2) on whether former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will be detained following the Supreme Court’s recent confirmation of her corruption conviction and lifetime ban from public office.

  • Monday, June 16th 2025 - 10:57 UTC

    Argentine Supreme Court Justice booed in Mexico for CFK ruling

    Protesters also chanted that the likes of Rosenkrantz would be hunted down wherever they might go

    Argentine Supreme Court (CSJN) Justice Carlos Rosenkrantz was booed in Mexico City for the ruling against former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK). Demonstrators, including Argentines in Mexico and Mexican citizens, gathered outside the Marquis Reforma Hotel, where Rosenkrantz was speaking at a conference.

  • Monday, June 16th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Barrage of chaisaw decrees expected in Buenos Aires

    If these cuts are not enacted by July 8, they will have to wait after the Oct. 26 mid-term elections, Sturzenegger explained

    After President Javier Milei returned Saturday from a ten-day tour including key European cities plus Israel, Buenos Aires is bracing for a barrage of further chainsaw decrees aimed at cutting down State spending as the powers in this regard delegated onto the head of State are to expire on July 8.

  • Friday, June 13th 2025 - 19:30 UTC

    Argentina ups security measures at Jewish community venues

    Security measures have been upped at key Jewish community venues

    Israel has temporarily closed its embassy in Argentina and other countries due to escalating conflict with Iran. In Argentina, home to one of the largest Jewish communities in the world, the confrontation is causing concern. Security Minister Patricia Bullrich upped the alert to intermediate.

  • Friday, June 13th 2025 - 10:50 UTC

    Milei leaves Israel before airspace closure and reaches Spain

    Milei was to depart for Buenos Aires Saturday after a series of engagements in Madrid, having left Israel only hours before its airspace was closed

    Argentine President Javier Milei landed safely in Spain Thursday after leaving Israel before the full-scale attack against Iran's military and nuclear targets, which resulted, among other measures, in the closure of Tel Aviv's airspace.

  • Friday, June 13th 2025 - 09:29 UTC

    Indec says Argentina's inflation in May stood at 1.5%

    Caputo celebrated the news saying his country has the best president in the world

    Argentina's Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded a 1.5% increase last month, the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) announced Thursday. It was the lowest monthly inflation rate since May 2020 and closer to 1.4% from November 2017.

  • Thursday, June 12th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    South America's leftwing leaders support CFK after court ruling

    Lula and Petro called CFK to express their solidarity

    Most of South America's leftwing leaders expressed their solidarity with former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), whose 6-year prison sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court (CSJN) earlier this week.