Argentina

• Saturday, March 30th 2019 - 07:09 UTC

  Argentina lawmakers want closer oversight of Chinese space tracking station in Patagonia

  

  Argentine lawmakers have proposed legislation to boost oversight of a Chinese space tracking station that has stirred unease among local residents, fueled conspiracy theories and sparked concerns amongst critics about its true intent.

• Friday, March 29th 2019 - 08:20 UTC

  Falklands Police correct Argentine flag incident coverage

  

  The Royal Falkland Island Police have corrected reports in the Argentine press this week. Eight men filmed holding banners and singing at the Argentine military cemetery had been reported in their national press as having been detained for two days in “a tense situation.”

• Thursday, March 28th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  Argentine Peso slides to an all time low and country risk climbs to almost 800 points

  

  The Argentine Peso slid to all-time lows against the dollar as concerns about inflation, weak growth and October's presidential election weighed. The currency has lost 14% so far this year and the weakness raises fears of a repeat of the currency crisis of 2018 when the Peso lost half its value against the dollar.

• Thursday, March 28th 2019 - 07:15 UTC

  Argentine court demands Florencia Kirchner's medical report; she is in Cuba allegedly suffering PTSD

  

  Former president Cristina Fernandez daughter, Florencia Kirchner will return to Argentina once she has received her medical release and is capable of taking a plane, said the family's lawyer Carlos Beraldi.

• Wednesday, March 27th 2019 - 20:54 UTC

  Dollar rises in Uruguay while tension increases in Argentine markets

  

  In Uruguay, the dollar traded at noon on the state bank Banco Republica (Brou) board at $ 33.20 for the purchase and $ 34.60 for the sale, 45 cents above the close price on Tuesday. On the board of private exchanges, the currency to the public came to sell at $ 34.80 and $ 34.90.

• Wednesday, March 27th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  Argentine financial markets jittery over October elections uncertainty

  

  Investors in Argentina are starting to get the jitters. The gap in yield between local and U.S.-issued bonds has roughly doubled in the last month in the face of stubborn inflation and mounting peso outflows, heaping pressure on President Mauricio Macri ahead of elections later in the year.

• Tuesday, March 26th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  A third of Argentines living below the poverty line; in Greater Buenos Aires, 41.1%

  

  Almost a third of Argentines were living below the poverty line at the end of 2018, according to a new report from the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA).

• Monday, March 25th 2019 - 09:09 UTC

  Thousands of Argentines recall the March 1976 coup and demand punishment for human rights abuses

  

  Thousands of Argentines took to the streets on Sunday to recall “Memory Day”, March 24th, on the forty-third anniversary of the military coup that led to the country's last military dictatorship that extended from 1976 to 1983.

• Saturday, March 23rd 2019 - 07:31 UTC

  Seven countries have launched the Forum for Progress of South America

  

  South American countries on Friday launched the Forum for the Progress of South America (Prosur), a new regional bloc which seeks the “integration and strengthening of the region.”

• Friday, March 22nd 2019 - 10:00 UTC

  Argentina plans stricter coordination to tackle illegal fishing in the South Atlantic

  

  Argentina is getting tough on illegal unregulated fishing in the South Atlantic and is planning a joint effort by the Fisheries Under Secretariat, the Armed Forces and security forces. It is estimated according to government sources that Argentina loses some US$ 2.5 billion annually to illegal fishing which so far it has been unable to control. The report was published by Infobae.