Argentina

• Monday, December 11th 2017 - 01:31 UTC

  WTO summit in Buenos Aires: Argentina revokes WTO credentials of European activists

  

  Argentina blocked two European activists from entering the country on the eve of the World Trade Organization's ministerial meeting in Buenos Aires, the two told a local radio program Saturday.

• Friday, December 8th 2017 - 08:35 UTC

  Judge indicts Cristina Fernandez for treason and puts Timerman under house arrest

  

  A federal judge in Argentina indicted former President Cristina Fernandez for treason and asked for her arrest for allegedly covering up Iran’s possible role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center that killed 85 people and injured hundreds, a court ruling said.

• Friday, December 8th 2017 - 08:20 UTC

  Falklands/Buenos Aires Ezeiza airport direct flight by a RAF Voyager transport

  

  A RAF Voyager transport, in a direct link from MPA in the Falkland Islands landed on Thursday morning at Ezeiza airport in Buenos Aires with 25 members of the HMS Protector crew, on time to catch a midday British Airways flight to London. It has been decades since an RAF unit lands in the Argentine capital international airport.

• Friday, December 8th 2017 - 00:38 UTC

  British Embassy in Buenos Aires celebrated centenary of ambassador's residence

  

  The British Embassy in Buenos Aires celebrated the first 100 years of the Ambassador’s Residence, a building that is on Argentina’s national heritage list and regarded as one of the most beautiful British diplomatic residences in the world.

• Thursday, December 7th 2017 - 08:04 UTC

  Russia offering Argentina MIG-29 aircraft, reveals Moscow top official

  

  Russia has sent Argentina all the necessary materials for taking part in a tender for fighter jets with its Mikoyan MiG-29 aircraft, Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation Anatoly Punchuk told TASS news agency.

• Tuesday, December 5th 2017 - 07:26 UTC

  Malvinas relatives of soldiers buried at Falklands Darwin cemetery are informed on the Red Cross report

  

  Two groups of four families of Malvinas fallen combatants will be informed on Tuesday of the results of the identification of Argentine soldiers buried in the Falklands Darwin cemetery, contained in the report delivered last Friday by the International Committee of the Red Cross.

• Monday, December 4th 2017 - 07:55 UTC

  Argentine navy reports three objects registered on sonar search for ARA San Juan

  

  The Argentine navy is trying to make a visual inspection of another three objects that registered on a sonar search for remains of the ARA San Juan submarine that vanished 18 days ago with 44 crew members aboard in the South Atlantic.

• Saturday, December 2nd 2017 - 09:45 UTC

  Argentina climbs one level in Moody's rating, but still below investment grade

  

  Argentina’s credit rating was raised one level by Moody’s Investors Service as President Mauricio Macri’s macroeconomic reform policies seem to have started to take hold, bolstering optimism about the nation’s long-term prospects.

• Friday, December 1st 2017 - 20:51 UTC

  Falklands response to results of the ICRC humanitarian forensic identification project

  

  The Falkland Islands government has released a response to the results of the International Committee of the Red Cross humanitarian project to identify the remains of the Argentine combatants buried at the Darwin cemetery. The project was the result of a December 2016 agreement between United Kingdom and the Argentine governments, facilitated by the Falklands government.

• Friday, December 1st 2017 - 20:36 UTC

  Falkland/Malvinas: ICRC presents results of humanitarian forensic identification project

  

  The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Friday handed out its forensic reports resulting from the work it carried out to identify the mortal remains of Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin cemetery.