Argentina

• Tuesday, March 14th 2017 - 12:08 UTC

  Macri administration feels the pressure from trade unions

  

  Argentine labor unions appear to be pressuring the government by holding marches and threatening strikes ahead of the country's key October mid-term elections, Interior Minister Rogelio Frigerio said Monday.

• Tuesday, March 14th 2017 - 12:00 UTC

  Chaotic concert in Argentina leaves two dead, a dozen injured and some teen agers still missing

  

  Two people were killed and over a dozen were injured when spectators rushed the stage at a chaotic outdoor rock concert in Argentina. The deadly crush of fans was blamed on lack of crowd control at Saturday's event featuring popular performer Indio Solari in the town of Olavarria.

• Tuesday, March 14th 2017 - 06:49 UTC

  Argentina protests with Brasilia over Falklands RAF flights calling in Brazil

  

  The Argentine government reiterated on Monday its disappointment with the UK military flights linking with the Falkland Islands and calling in Brazil. “We made a complaint to Brazil regarding flights and we have also instructed our embassy in the UK”, said Malcorra speaking to the media.

• Monday, March 13th 2017 - 12:11 UTC

  A third of Argentina's population live in poverty, according to the Catholic Church

  

  Argentina urban poverty rate rose to 32.9% in the third quarter of 2016, which means 13 million people due to a precarious labor market and lack of long-term development policies, according to a report presented last week by the Social Debt Observatory from the Argentine Catholic University (UCA).

• Saturday, March 11th 2017 - 07:26 UTC

  Argentina tells Malvinas' Families and Veterans that identification process in Darwin cemetery is “strictly humanitarian”

  

  Argentine foreign ministry officials reiterated to representatives from the Malvinas Fallen Relatives Commission and the Confederation of Malvinas Combatants that the initiative to identify Argentine unknown soldiers buried in the Darwin cemetery in the Falklands, is strictly humanitarian.

• Saturday, March 11th 2017 - 07:09 UTC

  Argentine Nobel Peace wants to dialogue with “Malvinas inhabitants”, ruled by a “colonial government”

  

  An Argentine delegation linked to human rights groups is en route to the Falkland Islands with a “message of dialogue, peace and demilitarization”, hoping to meet Islanders, express support for the identification process of unknown combatants buried in Darwin cemetery, collect evidence on abuses committed by Argentine officers during the 1982 conflict, but also claim sovereignty and reject “militarization” of the Islands.

• Friday, March 10th 2017 - 06:23 UTC

  Argentine delegation reminded Falkland Islanders have rights

  

  A remainder of the rights of Falkland Islanders has been included in an open letter from the Falklands Government to a delegation of Argentines due to arrive Saturday. They are part of the Comisión Provincial de la Memoria CPM, an independent non-governmental organization.

• Thursday, March 9th 2017 - 20:11 UTC

  UK Ambassador meets with Malvinas Families commission

  

  British ambassador in Buenos Aires, Mark Kent this week held a meeting with relatives of Argentine combatants who lost their lives during the Falklands conflict in 1982, according to the embassy twitter. The meeting was described as “historic”, and Ambassador Kent said that the “warm and most respectful dialogue”, addressed humanitarian issues and “how to honor the memory and dignity of the fallen in combat”.

• Wednesday, March 8th 2017 - 10:21 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez in court declares she is victim of “judicial and media prosecution”

  

  Argentina's ex-president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner fended off corruption allegations in court on Tuesday, claiming she was the victim of “judicial and media persecution” backed by economic forces, at a politically delicate time for the recession-hit country.

• Wednesday, March 8th 2017 - 09:42 UTC

  Argentina: “The honeymoon with the Macri administration is over” warns analyst Fraga

  

  “The honey moon is over” and the government of President Mauricio Macri must rapidly reconsider its strategy since public opinion is no longer responsive to the expectations of the first fourteen months, according to Argentine political analyst Rosendo Fraga. His analysis was also supported by another political commentator Carlos Pagni, who said all opinion polls indicate a sliding drop in expectations.