Argentina

Saturday, December 15th 2018 - 09:27 UTC
Falklands-Buenos Aires link: Argentina awards license and route to low-cost airline

The Argentine government awarded low-cost airline Flybondi a 15-year license to exploit 284 domestic and international routes, including one that potentially can link Buenos Aires directly with the Falkland Islands.
Friday, December 14th 2018 - 09:29 UTC
British ambassador praises Buenos Aires urban transport on an emergency day

British ambassador in Argentina Mark Kent attended a conference and lunch in downtown Buenos Aires, and forced by rain, no embassy vehicle or taxi, simply took a local bus back to the office.
Friday, December 14th 2018 - 08:54 UTC
A third of the Argentine population is considered poor

Poverty in Argentina has risen to its highest in eight years, a new report has revealed, with more than a third of the population now considered to be poor. The new survey, from the Catholic University of Argentina's Social Debt Observatory, found that 33.6% of Argentines were living below the poverty line in the third quarter of the year.
Thursday, December 13th 2018 - 06:22 UTC
Falklands goes ahead with negotiations and contract for second commercial flight

The Executive Council has today Wednesday authorised the Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands Government to complete the necessary negotiations with LATAM Airlines Brazil and to finalise a contract, subject to agreement with MLAs, to establish and operate a new weekly route between Sao Paulo and the Falkland Islands.
Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 18:55 UTC
Environmentalists seek legal injunction to stop pollution of Lake Nahuel Huapi in Bariloche

Lake Nahuel Huapi has been receiving around 75 million litres of untreated sewage for the past three days due to the maintenance and removal of materials in the Elevator Station of the Wastewater Treatment Plant in Bariloche and environmentalist organisations have already filed for an amparo remedy to stop the spill.
Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 14:10 UTC
The feminist wave of 'Look how we get': Actresses create an Argentine #MeeToo

In Argentina, a movement in support of the accusation of rape that the actress Thelma Fardín presented against the actor and singer Juan Darthes caused a stir and support with the hashtag #MiraComoNosPonemos (Look how we get) on Tuesday through social networks. Darthes carries several complaints about the sexual abuse of several actresses with whom he worked.
Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 08:42 UTC
Former Argentine VP Boudou released from prison on bail, must wear anklet

The release of former Argentine Vicepresident Amado Boudou was ordered Tuesday by a three-member court on condition that he posts bail in the amount of one million pesos (around US$ 26,500) and wears a GPS tracking device around his ankle.
Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 07:14 UTC
Jail sentences for ex Ford executives for collaborating with Argentine military regime

Two former Ford executives in Argentina have been given long jail sentences for collaborating with the country's brutal military regime in 1976-83. Factory manager Pedro Muller was sentenced to 10 years and ex-security chief Hector Sibilla given 12 years.
Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 09:12 UTC
Macri's father and brother to testify in court over alleged corruption practices

The brother and father of Argentina's President Mauricio Macri are to testify in court this week over their alleged involvement in a huge kickbacks scandal known as the “corruption notebooks” case, reports said on Monday.
Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 09:08 UTC
Argentina creates a 395.000 acres marshlands park; land donated by the Tompkins Conservation

A new national park in Argentina that will help protect the country’s incredible wetlands, forests and grasslands well into the future, as well as putting a new part of the country on travelers’ maps has been given the green light by the Argentine government.