Argentina

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  Argentine court rules Florencia Kirchner to return from Cuba; defense will appeal

  

  Ex president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said a court order “forcing” her sick daughter to return to Argentina is “very grave and absurd”. Florencia Kirchner must return to Argentina from Cuba on Thursday April, 4, to stand trial for money-laundering. She is currently in the Cuban capital, Havana, receiving medical treatment for several conditions, including post-traumatic stress, amenorrhea and lymphedema.

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  Argentina dedicates April 2nd to honor Malvinas war fallen combatants and veterans

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri will be receiving this Tuesday relatives of Malvinas fallen and veterans at the official residence in Olivos for a commemoration of the 37th anniversary of the South Atlantic conflict

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2019 - 06:35 UTC

  Argentina authorizes early opening of squid season north of parallel 44

  

  Argentina's Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) decided to authorize the early opening of the northern squid sector, as it has been the case since 2016 on recommendations from the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (INIDEP).

• Monday, April 1st 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  A preview of Argentina's presidential campaign: “Macri, you son of a b...”

  

  Contrasting and controversial political ads for the Argentine presidential election next October have emerged allegedly launched by Mauricio Macri's advisory team, and they have caused quite a surprise when not a stir. The idea is to promote public works and investments undertaken by the Macri administration despite the virulent criticism of current policies.

• Saturday, March 30th 2019 - 08:18 UTC

  A third of Argentines, and one in two children living in poverty conditions, according to official data

  

  The poverty rate in Argentina during the second half of 2018 rose to 32%, or six percentage points from the same period the previous year, while 6.7% of citizens are living in a state of extreme poverty or indigence. The data was released by the INDEC Argentina's official statistics bureau on Thursday.

• Saturday, March 30th 2019 - 08:15 UTC

  Argentina election year: Macri increases spending on energy subsidies

  

  Argentina will increase spending on energy subsidies by more than US$ 100 million this year to compensate gas companies hit by delayed domestic price increases, a source at the nation's energy secretariat said.

• Saturday, March 30th 2019 - 08:13 UTC

  Argentina begins commemoration acts of Malvinas War

  

  In anticipation of the 37th anniversary of the start of the South Atlantic conflict, 2 April 1982, the Argentine football association and Army have organized a raft of events to pay homage to the 649 combatants fallen during the invasion of the British South Atlantic Islands claimed by Argentina.

• Saturday, March 30th 2019 - 07:27 UTC

  UK's The Grand Tour motoring program call Argentina “God's cesspit”

  

  The Grand Tour’s Richard Hammond has reignited the trio’s feud with Argentina by calling the country ‘God’s cesspit’. Jeremy Clarkson famously managed to rile millions of Argentines back in 2014 when he drove through Patagonia for an episode of Top Gear with a license plate number which read H982 FKL, sparking complaints the vehicle was referring to the Falklands War.

• Saturday, March 30th 2019 - 07:24 UTC

  Argentina's greatest basketball player with four NBA titles retires from the San Antonio Spurs

  

  Emmanuel ”Manu” Ginóbili would have been happy to retire quietly without his team retiring his jersey, but San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said the humble Argentine has no choice but to accept with the same passion he gave to the game.

• Saturday, March 30th 2019 - 07:22 UTC

  Messi reacts to critics: “it's my family that suffers; my son asks me why are they killing me in Argentina”

  

  Leonel Messi revealed on Friday how he struggles to deal with criticism of his performances for Argentina's national team in an exclusive interview with a local radio station, saying that even his six-year-old son was questioning why he was judged so harshly in his home nation.