Argentina

Tuesday, July 4th 2017 - 02:34 UTC
Buenos Aires-Mar del Plata train runs again

After two years out of service, Buenos Aires and Mar del Plata, which are 400 kilometres apart, are since Monday again linked by a train service that needs almost seven hours to reach its final destination. Buenos Aires provincial Governor María Eugenia Vidal said “It is no longer a promise - we have delivered.”
Monday, July 3rd 2017 - 08:46 UTC
ICRC work in the Falklands/Malvinas continues as planned

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) forensics team working to identify the remains of Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin cemetery has reported good progress.
Monday, July 3rd 2017 - 02:08 UTC
Travel to Argentina up 10% says United Airlines country manager

Interest in Argentina from the United States pushed for an “unusual growth” of 10% in corporate and leisure travel between the two countries, according to United Airlines' Christoff Poppe. It also means more jobs.
Saturday, July 1st 2017 - 13:11 UTC
Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo tie the knot at last in red carpet event

Barcelona football star and Argentine international Lionel Messi (30) and his life-long partner Antonella Roccuzzo (29), were married Friday evening in their native Rosario, some 200 miles northwest of Buenos Aires amid large-scale international press coverage. The couple already has two sons - Thiago (4) and Mateo (1).
Wednesday, June 28th 2017 - 02:57 UTC
Macri and Bachelet meet in Santiago to discuss trade and also Venezuela

Presidents Mauricio Macri of Argentina and Michelle Bachelet of Chile met Tuesday at the Palacio de la Moneda in Santiago to discuss bilateral ties and a trade agreement between the two countries.
Wednesday, June 28th 2017 - 02:10 UTC
Argentina resumes exports of lemons to Brazil

A shipment of 1,400 boxes (21,000 kilograms) from the province of Tucumán has already crossed the border by land on its way to the Sao Paulo Central Market, the national Agriculture Ministry reported Tuesday. Lemon exports to Brazil had been halted in 2009.
Monday, June 26th 2017 - 03:57 UTC
Argentina: CFK to run for Senate alongside former Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez will top the Citizen Unit's Senate ticket in the province of Buenos Aires for the upcoming primary PASO elections on August 13, alongside her former Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, it was announced.
Saturday, June 24th 2017 - 12:24 UTC
Falklands demining team have recovered over 3,000 anti-personnel mines and over 150 anti-tank mines.

SINCE their deployment in October 2016 through to June 2017, the BACTEC teams have worked on 47 minefield areas from Fox Bay, Port Howard and Goose Green to the Stanley area. The team will now leave for three months before continuing the current phase.
Saturday, June 24th 2017 - 01:53 UTC
UN C24 calls for negotiations over Falkland Islands sovereignty between Argentina, UK yet again

President Mauricio Macri's administration Friday renewed Argentina's case before the United Nations' Decolonization Committee in New York to bring the United Kingdom to discuss sovereignty over the Falkland, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and their surrounding maritime spaces.
Thursday, June 22nd 2017 - 13:43 UTC
Norwegian announces new London to Argentina route as UK growth continues

Buenos Aires becomes airline’s first South American route - New affordable fares break current monopoly on direct London-Argentina flights. Norwegian has announced a new route from London Gatwick to Buenos Aires, marking the airline’s first ever South American route as its UK expansion plans gather pace.