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Montevideo, December 9th 2025 - 00:26 UTC

Argentina

  • Monday, December 2nd 2024 - 09:49 UTC

    Argentina celebrates 65th Anniversary of Antarctic Treaty

    Argentina has been a Consultative Party to the Antarctic Treaty since it entered into force in 1961

    The Government of Argentina celebrated Sunday the 65th Anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty which, Buenos Aires insisted in a statement, “established the exclusively peaceful use of Antarctica and promoted scientific cooperation on the sixth continent.”

  • Monday, December 2nd 2024 - 09:01 UTC

    Argentine carmakers lower price of brand-new models

    Buyers might still wait for deeper cuts and 2025 models to get back on the market

    Argentine carmakers announced during the weekend that they would be lowering the retail prices of some of their brand-new models after the suppression of the so-called PAIS tax on transactions abroad, which applied to the import of vehicles and autoparts, it was explained. The measure is also a response to a significant plunge in sales.

  • Sunday, December 1st 2024 - 23:40 UTC

    China absorbs most of Argentina’s beef exports but at lower prices

    Argentine beef exports in ten months to October reached 642,000 tons of which 78% went to China

    China figures as the main market for Argentine beef, having absorbed in nine months to October 78% of exports, based on data from the ABC Consortium, which represents the country’s largest beef exporters.

  • Sunday, December 1st 2024 - 23:21 UTC

    Argentina authorize RRS James Cook research missions in the Southwestern Atlantic

    The RRS James Cook is a British Royal Research Ship operated by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).

    The Argentine Federal Fisheries Council has agreed to grant authorization to Britain’s RRS James Cook belonging to the Natural Environment Research Council, NERC, to advance scientific research operations in Argentina’s EEZ, involving two main projects.

  • Saturday, November 30th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Chilean Governor announces ambitious Tierra del Fuego tunnel project

    The initiative seeks to replace the current crossing of the Strait of Magellan by barge

    Governor Jorge Flies of the Chilean Magallanes and Antarctica Region announced a project to build an underwater tunnel linking the mainland with Tierra del Fuego, an initiative from which Argentina would also benefit. The proposal submitted during a National Conference on Policies for Extreme Zones in Chile seeks to replace the current barge 3.7 kilometers crossing through the Strait of Magellan. The 4-kilometer submarine tunnel would entail a US$1.5 billion investment.

  • Saturday, November 30th 2024 - 10:46 UTC

    Posters of VP Villarruel rekindle feud with Milei

    It is yet unknown who was behind the stunt that did shake Buenos Aires' political waters

    Buenos Aires dawned Friday with posters of Vice President Victoria Villarruel apparently launching a political movement of her own, which further stirred the political momentum amid tensions between her and President Javier Milei. The phenomenon sparked a series of accusations as to who was behind the initiative, of which the Senate Speaker's Office denied any knowledge.

  • Friday, November 29th 2024 - 23:06 UTC

    Falklands, upcoming visit to the Islands by next of kin of Argentine fallen soldiers

    The Argentine military cemetery which next of kin will be visiting

    The Falkland Islands Government has announced that on Wednesday 04 December, a private charter is scheduled to arrive at Mount Pleasant Airport, carrying the next of kin of fallen Argentine soldiers during the 1982 conflict..

  • Friday, November 29th 2024 - 15:51 UTC

    Pepe Mujica criticizes Cristina Kirchner: “The old lady is at the head of Peronism screwing around”

    Mujica expressed broader concern about democratic regression in Latin America, citing examples like Nicaragua. “What pisses me off the most is when they play at democracy and then cheat,” he lamented

    Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica has taken aim at prominent Latin American leaders, criticizing a lack of generational renewal in politics and authoritarian trends in the region. Speaking from his home in Montevideo, Mujica called out Argentina’s Cristina Kirchner, accusing her of clinging to power rather than transitioning into an advisory role. “There’s the old Cristina at the head of Peronism, instead of leaving room for new generations. How hard it is for her to let go of the cake!” Mujica quipped.

  • Thursday, November 28th 2024 - 21:47 UTC

    Argentine Embassy in Caracas with no electricity and water

    One of the pictures posted by Urruchurtu on social media showing Venezuelan Police outside the Embassy

    Venezuelan Police kept harassing the building of what used to be Argentina's Embassy in Caracas now guarded by Brazil since the diplomatic breakup. President Nicolás Maduro's regime targets six aides of opposition leader María Corina Machado who sought asylum there but were never granted safe passage to the airport after Buenos Aires agreed to welcome them. The premises have been without electricity for the past five days and with no water supply for two, the refugees said on social media.

  • Thursday, November 28th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    Bolivia highlights gas pumping deal as a source of hard currency

    “We are estimating more than 10 million dollars per month,” Montenegro said

    Bolivia will be collecting some US$ 120 million yearly for allowing Argentine gas from Vaca Muerta through to Brazil, Economy Minister Marcelo Montenegro explained Wednesday during a press conference in which he highlighted the importance of Tuesday's agreement to bringing fresh foreign currency into the country's coffers in addition to its strategic nature in a regional context riddled with energy challenges.