Argentina

• Saturday, November 17th 2018 - 06:19 UTC

  It's official: ARA San Juan has been found 800 meters deep; next challenge: can she be lifted?

  

  The Argentine Navy confirmed early Saturday morning that the missing ARA San Juan submarine which disappeared in the South Atlantic on 15 November a year ago, with a crew of 44, has been found. The discovery was also announced by the Argentine Defense ministry and the United States company, Ocean Infinity, leading the search for the vessel, and it happens exactly one year and one day after all contact was lost with the vessel sailing from Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego to its base in Mar del Plata.

• Friday, November 16th 2018 - 22:41 UTC

  Pompeo talks with Faurie about Trump's trip to Argentina

  

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Thursday discussed President Donald Trump's upcoming trip to Buenos Aires for the G-20 Summit at the end of the month and other bilateral issues over the telephone with his Argentine counterpart Jorge Faurie, a spokesperson for the State Department confirmed Friday.

• Friday, November 16th 2018 - 19:14 UTC

  Metal object detected could be ARA San Juan - Seabed Constructor rushes to the area

  

  The US company Ocean Infinity has reported new evidence was found in the search for the missing Argentine Navy's ARA San Juan submarine and that their leading ship, the Seabed Constructor, was due in the area Friday before midnight

• Friday, November 16th 2018 - 18:18 UTC

  Macri vows not to give up on ARA San Juan but knows words can't heal pain

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri that nothing he would “say could take away the pain” off relatives and friends of the 44 crewmembers of the ARA San Juan submarine which was last heard of on November 15, 2017.

• Friday, November 16th 2018 - 12:31 UTC

  Argentina's October CPI 5.4% and 45.9% in twelve months

  

  Argentina's Consumer Price Index, CPI, increased 5.4% in October, and 39.5% in the last ten months, and 45.9% in twelve months, according to the latest report from the country's stats office, Indec. The items with the highest were Housing, 8.8%, followed by Transport, 7.6% while Food and Beverage, 5.9%.

• Friday, November 16th 2018 - 12:18 UTC

  Argentine police arrests 12 presumed anarchists in connection with bomb attacks

  

  Argentine officials said on Thursday they have arrested 12 presumed anarchists in connection with two homemade bomb attacks two weeks before world leaders gather in Buenos Aires for the Group of 20 summit.

• Friday, November 16th 2018 - 11:59 UTC

  Two brothers arrested in Buenos Aires likely to be linked to Hezbollah

  

  Federal Police Thursday arrested in Buenos Aires two brothers suspected to belong to a local Hezbollah cell. A sizeable number of guns with focus on sniper capabilities and proper ammunition were found at the home of one of them in the Floresta neighbourhood.

• Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 21:05 UTC

  Double victory for Argentina's Macri ahead of the G20 leaders' summit

  

  Argentina's Senate on Thursday gave final approval to an unpopular austerity budget designed to meet the stiff requirements of a US$ 57.1 billion International Monetary Fund bailout. Approval came as a great relief for battered president Mauricio Macri, but also a double victory, since it opens the way for his reelection aspirations next year.

• Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 16:50 UTC

  Money wirings from British NGO under investigation as G-20 Summit nears

  

  Two money transfers from British NGO “Global Justice Now” to the Buenos Aires branch of the Association for a Fee for Speculative International Financial Transactions to Help Citizens (ATTAC) worth 32,000 sterling pounds combined, have drawn the attention of Argentine anti money laundering authorities who have launched an ex officio investigation.

• Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 12:15 UTC

  No privatization ahead but long term being evaluated, admits Aerolíneas Argentinas boss

  

  Aerolineas Argentinas President Luis Malvido ruled out Wednesday any plans to privatize the national flag carrier and added they had “no intention to close down routes.” However, the company's long term is under evaluation.