Argentina

• Friday, October 26th 2018 - 08:48 UTC

  Falklands: Brexit and Argentina's plan for closer links with the Islands

  

  Brexit brings a chance to strengthen ties between Argentina and the Falkland Islands, the country's foreign minister Jorge Faurie said in London. Faurie met with Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and the pair discussed increasing trade and travel links between the Falkland Islands and South America.

• Friday, October 26th 2018 - 07:38 UTC

  Argentina expects final approval of 2019 budget by mid November

  

  Lawmakers in Argentina’s lower house of Congress approved on early morning Thursday an unpopular austerity budget designed to meet the stiff requirements of a US$57.1 billion International Monetary Fund bailout.

• Friday, October 26th 2018 - 00:48 UTC

  Dujovne foresees Argentina's October inflation “will be bad”

  

  Argentina's Finance Minister Nicolás Dujovne Tuesday admitted October's inflation “will be bad” due to the September carryover. But he expected “a clear drop” for November.

• Thursday, October 25th 2018 - 21:31 UTC

  Faurie in London: “Argentina is building institutions”

  

  Argentina’s Foreign Minister spoke at a conference in Chatham House about the political and economic changes happening in Latin America.

• Thursday, October 25th 2018 - 07:17 UTC

  Argentine government disappointed with Pope Francis involvement in local politics

  

  Argentina's Security Minister Patricia Bullrich has criticized Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic Church, saying he has not “taken the necessary distance from Argentine politics.”

• Thursday, October 25th 2018 - 07:08 UTC

  Falklands' family will host an Argentine student of International Relations

  

  Nicolás Aguiar, a 24-year International Relations student at the University of Rosario in central Argentina will be spending a week next February in the Falkland Islands, with a local family, following his successful video presentation replying to the competition question, “Why I would like to meet my neighbors in the Falkland Islands?”

• Thursday, October 25th 2018 - 06:59 UTC

  Puerto Madryn is expecting 39 cruise calls this 2018/19 season

  

  Puerto Madryn in the Patagonia province of Chubut, and one of three Argentine ports operating with cruise vessels is expecting to receive 39 calls this 2018/19 season, totaling some 59.000 visitors and 28.000 crew members.

• Thursday, October 25th 2018 - 06:10 UTC

  Riots outside, and insults inside as Argentine Congress discusses austerity budget

  

  Protesters opposed to proposed austerity measures clashed with police outside Argentina's Congress on Wednesday as lawmakers discussed next year's budget. Dozens of people threw rocks while police in riot gear responded with rubber bullets and water cannons. Local television said that at least twenty-seven people have been detained but there were no confirmed reports on injuries.

• Wednesday, October 24th 2018 - 21:55 UTC

  Argentina eyes reopening Norpatagónico railroad to boost Vaca Muerta

  

  Argentina will seek 780 million US dollars to recover the Norpatagónico freight railroad to link the Vaca Muerta hydrocarbon facilities to the port of Bahía Blanca, in the province of Buenos Aires, through Neuquén, La Pampa and RioNegro, President Mauricio Macri's administration announced Wednesday.

• Wednesday, October 24th 2018 - 20:05 UTC

  Argentina - UK: Foreign ministers meet in London

  

  On Minister Faurie’s first official visit to the UK he held talks with his counterpart, Jeremy Hunt, on the most salient issues of the broad bilateral agenda.