Argentina

Tuesday, January 23rd 2024 - 11:10 UTC
Mercosur region students visit the Falklands and share life with residents for a week

Last week the Falkland Islands welcomed the regional student competition 2024 winners, who are visiting the Falklands from Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Tuesday, January 23rd 2024 - 11:04 UTC
Argentina: Daughter of minister's bodyguard killed during robbery

Nine-year-old Umma, the daughter of an Argentine Federal Police (PFA) officer who serves on Security Minister Patricia Bullrich's bodyguard team, died Monday from a bullet wound to her head when the family was robbed at gunpoint, it was reported in Buenos Aires.
Monday, January 22nd 2024 - 14:02 UTC
José “Pepe” Mujica criticizes Milei's fanaticism, fears an authoritarian shift in Argentina

In a press conference on Sunday, former Uruguayan President José Mujica shared his thoughts on the policies of Argentine President Javier Milei since taking office on December 10.
Monday, January 22nd 2024 - 11:23 UTC
Argentina's Health Ministry issues Covid-19 vax recommendation

Argentina's Health Ministry issued Sunday a recommendation to patients people over 50 years of age and those at risk to get a booster dose of a Covid-19 vaccine given the increase in cases reported during the last few weeks. The drug “is essential to maintain adequate protection to prevent complications, hospitalizations, and deaths due to this disease,” the Ministry said in a statement.
Monday, January 22nd 2024 - 10:59 UTC
SME industries plummet in Argentina

The Argentine Confederation of Medium-Sized Companies (CAME) released a report in Buenos Aires during the weekend saying industries from those companies had shrunk by 26.9% in December last year from the same month in 2022, amid a presidential changeover and growing uncertainties. The activity closed last year with an accumulated drop of 2.6%.
Monday, January 22nd 2024 - 10:56 UTC
Buenos Aires: Two young men stole a police car, drove 30 blocks and filmed the sequence

Over the weekend, a video went viral depicting two young individuals at the wheel of a police car belonging to the Municipal Security Secretariat in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of Vicente López. The incident occurred in the early morning, with the individuals seen holding alcoholic beverages.
Monday, January 22nd 2024 - 10:40 UTC
Argentina: Kirchnerite leader foresees end of Milei's rule by around Easter

A high-profile former Kirchnerite official Sunday posted a video on social media calling on his comrades to be patient and to make sure they did not run out of popcorn to watch it fall by Easter Week. Although former Media Secretary Enrique Pepe Albistur never mentioned President Javier Milei's government, it seemed obvious to local media that the current is believed that Albistur had in mind the current Libertarian administration when he said that “we don't know if it falls in March or in April.”
Saturday, January 20th 2024 - 11:20 UTC
Milei extends Congress' extraordinary sessions for a fortnight

Argentine President Javier Milei Friday signed a decree extending the extraordinary sessions of Congress until Feb. 15 to further discuss the so-called Omnibus Law bill sent by the Executive late last year providing for a series of major reforms to the country's administration in a move to curb government spending.
Saturday, January 20th 2024 - 10:44 UTC
Endangered Andean cat sighted in Argentine province of Neuquén

The environmental organization WCS Argentina Friday reported having sighted a rare cat near the city of Loncopué in the Argentine province of Neuquén.
Saturday, January 20th 2024 - 10:39 UTC
Ecuadorean druglord family found in Argentina and deported back to Ecuador

Law enforcement officers in the Argentine province of Córdoba raided a residence in an exclusive country club and arrested the wife and children of Ecuadorean druglord Alfonso Macías, alias “Fito,” whose escape from jail earlier this month triggered a wave of unprecedented violence nationwide.