Argentina

Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 05:19 UTC
Malvinas Veteran and Fallen Day remembered in Argentina with two central ceremonies

The 36th anniversary of the Falklands conflict in 1982 will be recalled in Argentina with two main events: Malvinas relatives will be received on Monday afternoon by president Mauricio Macri at his official residence in Olivos while Interior Minister Rogelio Fregerio will head the ceremony in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, next to the Beagle Channel.
Sunday, April 1st 2018 - 09:45 UTC
Argentina welcomes 2018 WTTC Global Summit

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)’s 2018 Global Summit will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 18-19 April.Industry leaders from public and private sector will discuss the theme of ‘Our People, Our World, Our Future’, debating how the sector is placed to create sustainable jobs in a future of transformational technology, increasing environmental pressures, and in a world where security concerns are paramount.
Saturday, March 31st 2018 - 21:23 UTC
Retail sales shift in Chile as revenues from articles attractive to Argentines drop

Traditional items keep the retail business going in Santiago's Metropolitan area as sales of articles such as computers, TVs, clothing and sportswear go down as a consequence of a smaller flow of Argentine tourists this past Summer of 2018.
Friday, March 30th 2018 - 22:16 UTC
A humanitarian triumph in the aftermath of war

By Nicholas Tozer -Buenos Aires.
THE visit by over two hundred of Argentine next-of-kin to the Argentine Military Cemetery in Darwin in East Falkland earlier this week undoubtedly marks a new milestone in the so-often troubled relations between Argentina and Britain over the Falkland Islands dispute.
Friday, March 30th 2018 - 07:04 UTC
The Economist: Uruguay less dependent on Argentina, Brazil

The British publication The Economist praised Uruguay's progress and underlined its decreasing dependency from giant neighbours Brazil and Argentina.
Friday, March 30th 2018 - 04:07 UTC
Falklands: Argentine families visit graves of previously unidentified soldiers

As readers of Penguin News will be aware, the project leading to the identification of 90 of the 121 previously unidentified soldiers whose graves are found in the Argentine military cemetery at Darwin faced many difficulties.
Friday, March 30th 2018 - 03:08 UTC
Odebrecht finds legal loophole to sue Argentine water supplier AySA

The Brazilian firm Odebrecht, under investigation in 12 countries for bribing government officials, has found a loophole in Argentina's legal system to sue state-owned water supplier AySA.
Thursday, March 29th 2018 - 14:19 UTC
Falklands: Argentine professor visits Stanley and offers proposal to “end the dispute”

Argentine Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies of Geneva, Marcelo Kohen, has studied disputes and resolutions in different parts of the world. Last Monday Kohen was in the Falkland Islands and at a public meeting in Stanley, he presented a proposal to put “an end to the dispute”.
Wednesday, March 28th 2018 - 22:08 UTC
Remains of ancient sloth unearthed by landslide in Mar del Plata

Local natural science museum handles yet a new finding of bones from the Chapadmalalense Age in the area.
Saturday, March 24th 2018 - 07:17 UTC
Argentina pays homage to UK military officer for helping identify soldiers fallen in 1982

Families of Argentine soldiers killed in the 1982 South Atlantic conflict with Britain have paid homage to a former British army officer who helped recover and rebury with dignity and precision their loved ones in a Falkland Islands cemetery, which would become the Argentine military cemetery or memorial.