Argentina

• Thursday, December 20th 2018 - 12:21 UTC

  Argentina, Nicaragua pull out ambassadors as diplomatic tension grows

  

  In a local replica of the #MeToo movement, actress/model Thelma Fardin last week announced with the backing of radical feminist groups that she had been abused by actor Juan Darthes while on tour in Nicaragua. At the time of the alleged abuse in 2009, Fardin was 16 and therefore a minor. Darthes has already been “buried alive” and any show or commercial ad with his face has been removed from national TV.

• Thursday, December 20th 2018 - 09:20 UTC

  IMF Executive Board approves US$7.6 billion disbursement for Argentina

  

  The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed on Wednesday the second review of Argentina’s economic performance under the 36-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) that was approved on June 20, 2018.

• Thursday, December 20th 2018 - 06:50 UTC

  Malvinas veteran reminds Congress that “war was useless, let us not spoil peace”

  

  An Argentine former naval pilot and Malvinas veteran who recently visited the Falkland Islands came out in support of Argentine ambassador in London Carlos Sersale di Cerisiano, who has been strongly criticized and summoned by his country's congress for having referred to Falklands/Malvinas government as the Islands' “top authorities”.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2018 - 14:30 UTC

  Macri urges Mercosur to take action against “Venezuelan dictatorship”

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri Tuesday launched an appeal in Montevideo to find solutions to the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and called for the “return of democracy” in that country. He delivered that speech during the Mercosur summit where he is to take up the bloc's rotating presidency from host Tabaré Vázquez.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2018 - 09:20 UTC

  Argentina officially in recession: economy sinks 3.5% in third quarter

  

  Argentina is in recession after its economy shrank by 3.5% during the third trimester of 2018, the state statistics bureau said on Tuesday. It was the second such shrinkage in a row after the economy shrank 4.0% in the second quarter, with respect to the same period a year ago.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2018 - 09:12 UTC

  Latin American markets and currencies cautious ahead of Fed's two-day meeting

  

  Latin American currencies failed to gain against a weak dollar on Tuesday, as cautious investors pared exposure ahead of the end of the U.S. Federal Reserve's two-day meeting on Wednesday, while Latin American stocks ticked up in line with their U.S. peers.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2018 - 08:53 UTC

  Patagonia indigenous peoples suing oil majors for “environmental contamination”

  

  A major group of indigenous people living in Argentine Patagonia are taking some of the world's biggest oil and gas multinationals to court for “environmental contamination,” Greenpeace said this week. The Mapuche are suing American giant Exxon, French company Total and the Argentina-based Pan American Energy, which is part-owned by BP.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2018 - 08:49 UTC

  Bolivia offers to join Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay 2030 World Cup bid

  

  Bolivia’s football-mad President Evo Morales has offered his Argentine, Uruguayan and Paraguayan counterparts help in their joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup.
  Morales made the offer to the equally passionate presidents, Mauricio Macri of Argentina, Uruguay’s Tabare Vazquez and Paraguayan Mario Abdo Benitez during regional Mercosur heads of state meeting in Montevideo.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2018 - 08:43 UTC

  Abundant rains in Argentina's soy belt help expectations of a good harvest

  

  Rainstorms are sweeping Argentina’s soy belt, building soil moisture needed to guarantee good yields when crops blossom in February and providing some cushion for China to buy should its trade war with the United States continue to limit U.S. supplies.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2018 - 19:50 UTC

  Former President Julio Argentino Roca not good enough for a Neuquén school's name

  

  School No. 103 in the Argentine city of Neuquén Tuesday changed its name from that of two-time President “Julio Argentino Roca” to “Rosa Alaniz,” who was one of the first teachers of the institution.