Argentina

• Tuesday, January 30th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Ship hits bridge affecting river traffic down Paraná waterway

  

  The Liberian-flagged freighter “En May” Sunday crashed onto one of the pillars of the Zárate-Brazo Largo bridge linking the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires and Entre Ríos, which affected barge traffic along the Paraná River waterway, it was reported. Two tugboats were deployed to free up traffic, it was also explained.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2024 - 10:54 UTC

  Uruguay's Ambassador to Buenos Aires cautioned for attending party event in Montevideo

  

  Uruguay's Foreign Minister Omar Paganini cautioned his country's Ambassador to Buenos Aires Carlos Enciso for attending a meeting at the National Party headquarters in Montevideo hosted by former Presidential Secretary Álvaro Delgado as part of his bid to reach Torre Ejecutiva next year.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

  Encouraging start of Illex squid season report Argentine fishing interests

  

  An encouraging start of the 2024 Illex squid season, with good catches and sized specimens have been reported by both jiggers and trawlers, according to Argentine fishing interests operating since 12 January south of parallel 44.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2024 - 10:36 UTC

  Covid 19: Sales of facemasks and alcohol gel on the rise in Argentina

  

  Despite the ongoing economic crisis, a sharp increase in sales of facemasks (15%) and alcohol gel (10%) was reported amid a surge in Covid-19 detections, the Argentine Union of Pharmacists and Biochemists (SAFyB) said. In this scenario, federal health authorities have again recommended people update their vaccination scheme against the malady.

• Monday, January 29th 2024 - 19:39 UTC

  Former Argentine combatants allege “illegal flights” to the Falklands

  

  The Center of Former Malvinas Islands Combatants (CECIM) La Plata raised concerns about alleged “flights of dubious origin” to the Falkland Islands, emphasizing “potential risks to national sovereignty.” The former combatants called attention to the Argentine government's silence on logistical operations allegedly violating UN resolutions, particularly the Zone of Peace and Cooperation in the South Atlantic (ZPCAS), established in 1986.

• Monday, January 29th 2024 - 11:02 UTC

  Falklands' Argentina/UK dispute “fresh start”, according to London media

  

  Britain is preparing to offer Argentina improved diplomatic, political, and trade terms since the new liberal government of President Javier Milei took office. The expected approach of a fresh start, and a relief for the Falkland Islands dispute, was anticipated at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, during a brief meeting and photo between British foreign minister Lord David Cameron and President Milei.

• Monday, January 29th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Argentine Governor: British military exercises in Falklands “violate” international rules

  

  Gustavo Melella, Governor of the province of Tierra del Fuego, which, according to Argentina, technically includes the country's portion of Antarctica and the British Overseas Territories in the South Atlantic (mainly the Falkland Islands) said last week that London “cannot continue to turn its back on international law and we will denounce them as many times as necessary.”

• Monday, January 29th 2024 - 10:54 UTC

  Milei says “There is no Plan B”: What else did the President tell the WSJ?

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei underscored in an interview with The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published on Sunday “the speed” at which his government was “achieving results” and warned that “there is no plan B to do things right.”

• Monday, January 29th 2024 - 10:54 UTC

  Argentina chooses US-built F-16 fighters over Chinese JF-17s

  

  Argentina's Air Force is to move on with the process of purchasing 24 second-hand US-built F-16 fighter jets from Denmark with the White House's nod, it was reported in Buenos Aires. The decision meant dropping the alternative of Chinese-developed JF-17 units in line with President Javier Milei's policy of not joining the BRICS group and not holding Beijing as a key ally.

• Monday, January 29th 2024 - 10:24 UTC

  Mapuche Resistance behind National Park fire, Chubut governor says

  

  Over 1000 hectares of land have burned down in the Los Alerces National Park in the Argentine province of Chubut, where Governor Ignacio Torres blamed the Mapuche Ancestral Resistance (RAM) rebel organization for starting the fire, it was reported Sunday. “There are indications that the fire was intentional,” he stressed.