Argentina

• Wednesday, November 21st 2018 - 09:30 UTC

  “Fake security threats” in Buenos Aires ahead of the G20 leaders' summit

  

  Bomb threats, false alarms and the discovery of grenades have put security forces in Buenos Aires City on high alert, just days before the world's most powerful leaders converge on Argentina for the G20 Leaders Summit at the turn of the month.

• Wednesday, November 21st 2018 - 08:40 UTC

  Government fails to strip Cristina Fernandez of her parliamentary immunity

  

  Argentina ex-president and Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will retain her parliamentary immunity for the rest of the year following the ruling coalition's Senate block failed attempt on Tuesday afternoon to address the issue.

• Tuesday, November 20th 2018 - 12:46 UTC

  South Korean President confirms attending BA G-20 Summit, will meet Macri and hopefully Trump

  

  South Korean President Moon Jae-in has confirmed he will be attending the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires next week, during which he will meet President Mauricio Macri in the first encounter of heads of state from both countries in 14 years, a spokesperson for his office announced.

• Tuesday, November 20th 2018 - 07:38 UTC

  CFK: Macri merely a manager of policies imposed from abroad

  

  Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández Kirchner (CFK) Monday criticized the administration of her successor Mauricio Macri in a speech that lasted over an hour at the anti-G20 summit in Buenos Aires, saying - among other things - that by taking a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) the current president merely manages what is dictated to him.

• Tuesday, November 20th 2018 - 07:06 UTC

  Israel intelligence helps Argentina arrest suspected members of Hezbollah

  

  A terror plot against Jewish targets was thwarted when the Mossad intelligence service passed information to Argentine security officials which led to the arrest of suspected members of the Hezbollah terrorist group, Hadashot TV reported Monday.

• Tuesday, November 20th 2018 - 06:13 UTC

  Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman will attend G20 summit in Buenos Aires

  

  Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will attend the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires later this month, Saudi media reported Monday, potentially bringing him face-to-face with world leaders from the United States, Turkey, Canada and European countries for the first time since the slaying of Jamal Khashoggi.

• Tuesday, November 20th 2018 - 06:06 UTC

  G20 summit in Buenos Aires City: Security minister suggests residents leave the city over the long weekend

  

  Argentine Security Minister Patricia Bullrich has warned Buenos Aires City residents that the staging of the G20 Leaders Summit at the turn of the month will make things very “complicated” in the City, telling residents they should use the long weekend to leave Buenos Aires for a few days.

• Monday, November 19th 2018 - 09:08 UTC

  Expectations Buenos Aires G 20 leaders' summit could soften US/China trade war, after APEC's failure

  

  An acrimonious meeting of world leaders in Papua New Guinea failed to agree Sunday on a final communiqué, highlighting widening divisions between global powers China and the U.S. It now seems that the next occasion will be in Buenos Aires in the framework of the G20 leaders summit when presidents Trump and Xi are expected to hold a bilateral meeting.

• Monday, November 19th 2018 - 08:20 UTC

  ARA San Juan: Judge of the case will have some 67.000 images of where the sub rests

  

  The Argentine federal judge from Caleta Oliva in Patagonia, under whose jurisdiction the loss of the ARA San Juan occurred is expected in Buenos Aires to analyze a raft of some 67.000 images taken by the Seabed Constructor of the collapsed submersible. These include photos videos, taken by the US rescue company before leaving for South Africa.

• Monday, November 19th 2018 - 07:20 UTC

  Argentina/UK/Falklands' South Atlantic fisheries joint scientific cruises closer

  

  London hosted the biannual meeting of the South Atlantic Fisheries Scientific Sub Committee which took place November 14/15 with the participation of officials and scientists from Argentina and the UK, and from the Falkland Islands.