Argentina

• Monday, October 28th 2024 - 07:45 UTC

  Argentine mayor says hitmen chased him while in Paraguay

  

  Atilio Basualdo, the Mayor of the Argentine city of Las Lomitas in the province of Formosa said Sunday that hitmen had tried to kill him while visiting neighboring Asunción in Paraguay on Saturday afternoon. He also hinted Formosa's Peronist Governor Gildo Insfran could have been involved.

• Sunday, October 27th 2024 - 00:12 UTC

  Argentina’s Copa de la Liga odds for Canadian bettors

  

  Many people consider Brazil to be the greatest football nation, but we personally believe that Argentina adds something even more unique to the global sport. Okay, they are the reigning world champions with one and only GOAT Lionel Messi, but the real magic of Argentinian soccer is best seen from the inside.

• Friday, October 25th 2024 - 19:45 UTC

  Argentina discloses identity of alleged Hezbollah Chief in South America

  

  Argentina's Security Minister Patricia Bullrich Friday released a picture and data of the alleged Hezbollah leader in South America, who she also claimed was involved in the bombings in Buenos Aires of the Israeli Embassy in 1992 and the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) in 1994. The suspect was identified as Hussein Ahmad Karaki and was said to be currently in Lebanon.

• Friday, October 25th 2024 - 10:41 UTC

  IMF to think about what is best for Argentina, says Georgieva

  

  Argentina's Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo met Thursday in Washington DC with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, who then announced that “we have an objective, which is to think together, as a single team, what is best for Argentina”.

• Thursday, October 24th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Argentina to sack whoever used the “Falklands” in an official document

  

  Argentina's Defense Ministry will be sacking the person responsible for using the word “Falklands” on the Argentina.gob.ar website when it should have been “Malvinas.”

• Wednesday, October 23rd 2024 - 10:56 UTC

  World Bank announced US$ 2 bn loans for Argentina

  

  World Bank (WB) Vice President Carlos Felipe Jaramillo announced Tuesday on X that his entity was “ready to accompany Argentina with more than US$ 2 billion in new loans in the areas of social protection and education and in supporting the poorest in their access to transportation and energy.” He made those remarks after a “very good meeting” with Argentina's Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo in Washington DC.

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2024 - 11:16 UTC

  Yacyretá dam crossing between Argentina and Paraguay to fully reopen next month

  

  Argentine and Paraguayan authorities are planning to fully reopen for all type of vehicles the border crossing between Ituzaingó (Corrientes) and Ayolas on the Yacyretá dam, which is expected to boost the local economy, it was announced this week.

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2024 - 09:25 UTC

  Unusually bad weather forecast for River Plate area

  

  Weather forecasters in Uruguay and Argentina foresee unusually bad conditions for the coming days in the River Plate area, it was reported in Buenos Aires and Montevideo, where concerns were higher given next Sunday's presidential Elections coupled with two simultaneous plebiscites that might shape up the South American country's near future.

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2024 - 09:13 UTC

  Milei reshapes Tax Bureau, blends it with Customs

  

  The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei announced Monday that it was dissolving the Federal Administration of Public Revenues (AFIP), which is to be replaced by a simplified agency known as ARCA which will also assume Customs functions.

• Monday, October 21st 2024 - 23:32 UTC

  Milei wants to put last nail in Peronism's coffin with CFK inside

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei said in a TV interview aired Sunday that he would like to be the one “to put the last nail in the coffin of Kirchnerism with Cristina inside.” By “Cristina” he meant two-time former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK).