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Montevideo, April 23rd 2026 - 03:33 UTC

Argentina

  • Saturday, August 8th 2015 - 08:54 UTC

    Argentine embassy in US launches website on the struggle with 'vulture funds'

    The website is called “All about the Argentine Debt Case”, and is divided in several sections.

    The Argentine Embassy in the United States has launched a website to explain the conflict between Argentina and holdout investors commonly referred to as “vulture funds”. The website explains the origins of the conflict, its history, and provides documents and expert opinions on the subject. Its virtual library has until now over 200 documents and 100 independent sources.

  • Saturday, August 8th 2015 - 08:30 UTC

    Argentine mandatory primaries on Sunday: 32 million entitled to vote

    Ban on political campaigning 48 hours prior to the elections lasts until polls close on Sunday; the release of electoral surveys is banned until 18:00 hours.

    Electoral silence has started ahead of the PASO primary elections (Open Simultaneous, Mandatory Primaries) that will take place on Sunday when Argentines will cast their ballots to choose their candidates to compete in October’s general run, including the successor of president Cristina Fernandez.

  • Friday, August 7th 2015 - 07:54 UTC

    Falklands-born candidate says he has sufficient credentials to be a Mercosur parliament member

    “At foreign affairs level I have been called since the eighties onwards as Argentine petitioner before the UN; I know firsthand international law”

    Falkland Islands born and pre-candidate for the Mercosur Parliament in representation of a Tierra del Fuego political party, Alejandro Betts, underlined his diplomatic experience in international forums and meetings with 30 presentations, including those at the annual UN Decolonization Committee or C24 in New York.

  • Friday, August 7th 2015 - 07:38 UTC

    Argentina's worst terrorist (AMIA, 1994) attack trial takes off

    “For once and for all, we need this to be cleared; it is a matter that has taken a long time. If not, it seems it was been left to be forgotten” said Fernandez

    Argentina's Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernández hoped the AMIA cover-up trial that began on Thursday in Buenos Aires enables to find a “hint on the local connection” that paved the way for Argentina’s worst terrorist attack to take place 21 years ago.

  • Friday, August 7th 2015 - 06:53 UTC

    YPF profits up, but no new joint-ventures in sight to develop Patagonia shale

    YPF earnings have been cushioned from the collapse of international oil prices by a government-controlled price for domestic production: $78 dollars a barrel

    Argentina's state-managed energy firm YPF posted a second quarter net income of 2.297 billion pesos ($252.8 million) on Wednesday, a 50.5% increase on the same period last year. YPF earnings have been cushioned from the collapse of international oil prices by a government-controlled price for oil produced in the country, which sits at about $78 dollars per barrel.

  • Friday, August 7th 2015 - 06:37 UTC

    “Malvinas March” compulsory singing after the Argentine anthem in Salta province

    The bill approved by the provincial Senate was signed and put into effect last 30 June by governor Juan Manuel Uturbey.

    As of this week it is official in the Argentine province of Salta: after playing the Argentine national anthem, the “Malvinas March” is compulsory in all school, civilian and military events in that provincial territory. The bill approved by the provincial Senate was signed and put into effect last 30 June by governor Juan Manuel Uturbey.

  • Friday, August 7th 2015 - 06:19 UTC

    Falklands' claim and sea access for Bolivia in the same package for Evo Morales

    Bolivia's Evo Morales with a close friend, Argentine president Cristina Fernandez , during his recent visit to Buenos Aires

    The Argentine government should support with 'determination' Bolivia's sea outlet claim to Chile, because if successful it will be so much easier for Argentina to recover the Falklands/Malvinas Islands, said Bolivian president Evo Morales in an interview.

  • Thursday, August 6th 2015 - 08:59 UTC

    Sunday's vote, Argentina's first step to October's presidential election

    Macri is the undisputed leader of PRO and he proved it with eight years running as head of the Argentine capital

    Argentines will be going to the polls this Sunday to vote in the open, simultaneous, mandatory primaries (PASO) when the different parties will be choosing their one-candidate for the big prize on 25 October when the successor of Cristina Fernandez will be elected together with half of the Lower House (129 seats), a third of the Senate (24 seats) and 43 members for the Mercosur parliament.

  • Thursday, August 6th 2015 - 04:47 UTC

    Argentine swimmers planning to cross Falkland Sound next March

    The four swimmers will remain a week in the Falkland Islands waiting for the right moment for the crossing

    Four professional swimmers from Mar del Plata, Argentina have announced they are preparing for a great challenge: next March they plan to cross the Falkland Sound joining West and East Falklands. Diego Piccardo, Martín Sánchez, Adrián Echeverría and Guido Ganín are training with professor Andrés Rosso under the supervision of the several times open sea champion Claudio Plitt.

  • Wednesday, August 5th 2015 - 06:52 UTC

    Lost humpback whale which ended in Buenos Aires lured back to sea

    The mammal, apparently a humpback, measuring some seven meters appeared near a posh Buenos Aires Yacht Club on Monday morning

    A lost whale which made a surprise visit to a marina in the Buenos Aires port area, periodically surfacing among the yachts while hundreds of onlookers tried to capture the moment with smartphones, finally on Tuesday was lured back to the open sea in a combined operation.