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Montevideo, October 20th 2025 - 06:17 UTC

Argentina

  • Tuesday, December 17th 2024 - 10:28 UTC

    Number of Argentines migrating to Uruguay on the rise

    Despite Milei's achievements against inflation, recession in Argentina remains critical

    According to data released Monday in Montevideo, the number of Argentines seeking to start anew in Uruguay in the first year under President Javier Milei has more than doubled. After Argentine migration to Uruguay increased by 64% reaching 3,639 applications in less than one year, local authorities are beginning to ponder its possible impact on the country's demographics and social structure.

  • Monday, December 16th 2024 - 10:30 UTC

    Milei: “Taxes are theft”

    Milei insisted Meloni was a very courageous woman

    Argentine President Javier Milei said this weekend in an interview with the Italian TV Quarta Repubblica to be aired Monday that taxes “are theft.” The South American leader also insisted that “public spending cuts are not an unpopular measure.” Milei spent the weekend in Rome where he had a meeting with Prime Minister Georgia Meloni and participated in other business and political engagements.

  • Monday, December 16th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    Argentine Gendarmería NCO feared to be at El Helicoide prison

    In addition to Gallo, Venezuela's regime has arrested a worker at what used to be Argentina's Embassy in Caracas, now under Brazil's protection

    Argentine authorities Sunday admitted they feared that Border Guard (Gendarmería Nacional) First Corporal Agustín Nahuel Gallo might have been transferred to Caracas' infamous El Helicoide prison after being arrested upon entering the country by land for strictly personal reasons.

  • Monday, December 16th 2024 - 09:19 UTC

    Argentina: Lt. Gen, Pasqualini resigns from Defense Ministry key post

    Pasqualini had been Army Chief of Staff during Mauricio Macri's presidency (2015-2019)

    Argentine Army Lieutenant General (R) Claudio Pasqualini Sunday turned in his resignation as Deputy Defense Minister citing personal and family reasons. His successor is yet to be chosen. According to Buenos Aires media, things are not exactly rosy between Defense Minister Luis Petri and the military top brass.

  • Saturday, December 14th 2024 - 11:02 UTC

    Argentine Gendarmería NCO goes missing in Venezuela

    First Corporal Nahuel Agustín Gallo's partner lives in Venezuela - they have a child in common

    An Argentine Border Guard (Gendarmería Nacional) non-commissioned officer has vanished one week after entering Venezuela from Colombia to visit his romantic partner and their child, it was reported by his family Friday in Buenos Aires.

  • Saturday, December 14th 2024 - 09:44 UTC

    Milei granted Italian citizenship in meeting with Meloni

    It was the sixth encounter between Milei and Meloni in barely over a year

    Argentine President Javier Milei Friday met with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome's Palazzo Chigi. It was their sixth encounter since the Libertarian's inauguration barely over a year ago. In a radio interview Friday, Milei said he and Meloni were friends before coming to power.

  • Friday, December 13th 2024 - 22:02 UTC

    Senator Kueider's expulsion sparks new controversy in Argentina

    “Until they do not transfer power to me, I am vice president,” Villarruel wrote on X

    Argentine President Javier Milei insisted from Italy that Thursday's session during which Senator Edgardo Kueider was expelled from the Upper House after being arrested in Paraguay with US$ 200,000 of undeclared cash was not valid because it was chaired by Vice President Victoria Villarruel, who, at that time, was in charge of the Executive. Other analysts shared that view.

  • Friday, December 13th 2024 - 10:31 UTC

    Argentina: Senator Kueider under arrest in Paraguay expelled from Parliament

    Kueider said that his expulsion violated basic “constitutional principles such as the constitutional right to legitimate defense”

    Argentina's Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to expel the Peronist Edgardo Kueider from Entre Ríos, who was arrested in Paraguay with US$ 200,000 of undeclared money in addition to pesos and guaranis. Giving Kueider the thumbs down were the opposition Unión por la Patria (Peronism), the Radical Civic Union (UCR), the ruling La Libertad Avanza (LLA) of President Javier Milei, and part of former President Mauricio Macri's Propuesta Republicana (PRO).

  • Friday, December 13th 2024 - 10:17 UTC

    Milei off to Italy once again this year

    It will be Milei's sixth official encounter with Meloni

    Argentine President Javier Milei Thursday resumed his mileage accruing spree after departing for Rome to meet with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, among other engagements.

  • Friday, December 13th 2024 - 10:06 UTC

    Improved weather and soil moisture could mean an extraordinary crop year for Argentina

    “Cool weather and significant rainfall in November have proven pivotal, especially in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina’s largest wheat-producing region,” BCR said

    The Rosario Board of Trade (BCR) announced that the Argentine 2024/25 wheat crop is estimated to reach 19.3 million tons, up from the previous 18.8 million tons, and this is attributed to higher-than-expected yields, bolstered by favorable weather conditions in November, as highlighted in its monthly grain report released this week.