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Montevideo, December 1st 2025 - 04:58 UTC

Argentina

  • Friday, September 27th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Red Cross supports humanitarian plan in Falklands to identify fallen Argentine soldiers

    The Argentine Military Cemetery at Darwin

    The International Committee of the Red Cross has stated that In accordance with its humanitarian mandate and as a neutral and impartial intermediary, the ICRC is ready to carry out further forensic work on the Falkland/Malvinas Islands with the aim of helping to bring some closure to families whose loved ones remain unidentified.

  • Friday, September 27th 2024 - 09:32 UTC

    Argentina's Health Minister Russo resigns for “personal matters”

    Russo will be replaced by Mario Lugones

    Mario Russo turned in his resignation as Health Minister of Argentina Thursday citing ”strictly personal matters, it was announced in Buenos Aires through a statement from the President's Office. He will be replaced by fellow physician Mario Lugones.

  • Thursday, September 26th 2024 - 14:37 UTC

    Eleven people arrested in Argentine province of Córdoba for starting wildfires

    Quinteros stressed that 99% of the fires were man-caused

    At least 11 people have been arrested in the Argentine province of Córdoba for their alleged involvement in starting the current which elicited President Javier Milei's presence late Wednesday. Córdoba Security Minister Juan Pablo Quinteros has already admitted that “fires, in 99% of the cases, are started by human hands.”

  • Thursday, September 26th 2024 - 10:53 UTC

    Argentina's economy keeps falling, Indec report shows

    Despite overall negative results, Agriculture, Livestock, Hunting, and Forestry showed a 23.6% increase

    Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) Wednesday released a report showing that the economic activity in the South American country fell by 1.3% year-on-year in July.

  • Thursday, September 26th 2024 - 10:29 UTC

    Argentina: Legal team to seek acquittal of French rugby players in rape scandal

    Jégou and Araudou spent many days in jail for the feeble statements of a woman, which experts now say showed numerous inconsistencies

    The legal team representing French international rugby players Oscar Jégou and Hugo Araudou after they were charged with rape in the Argentine province of Mendoza announced Wednesday that they would be mooting for their clients' acquittal after a psychological report on the woman who claimed to have been the victim was found to be full of “inconsistencies and contradictions.”

  • Wednesday, September 25th 2024 - 19:47 UTC

    Argentine university says dengue-carrying mosquito more resistant to insecticides

    The Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) will start vaccinating adolescents against dengue next week

    A study by the Argentine University of La Plata's Insect Neurobiology Laboratory released this week detected that certain mutations of the dengue-causing aedes aegypti mosquito is more resistant to insecticides than previously thought. The research was focused on the type of insect dominant in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) ahead of the Summer season, during which an outbreak of the malady is feared.

  • Wednesday, September 25th 2024 - 11:56 UTC

    Argentina to no longer remain neutral, Milei tells UN

    The UN lost “credibility with the citizens of the free world,” Milei said in New York

    Argentine President Javier Milei Tuesday told the United Nations General Assembly in New York that his country would be dropping its traditional neutrality and taking sides in ongoing conflicts. He also said the global organization was seeking to “impose an ideological agenda” instead of “pursuing peace” in the world by allowing “bloody dictatorships” in.

  • Wednesday, September 25th 2024 - 11:24 UTC

    Foreign Office statement, UK/Argentina made progress on different South Atlantic issues regarding

    Foreign Secretary David Lammy, and Argentine FM Diana Mondino, met in New York on 24 September and made progress towards a broad agenda covering different issues relating to the South Atlantic.

    Looking forward to a new era of constructive cooperation within the bilateral relationship, characterized by improved dialogue and confidence-building measures, the UK Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina, Diana Mondino, met in New York on 24 September and made progress towards a broad agenda covering different issues relating to the South Atlantic. It is agreed that the formula on the safeguards of sovereignty in paragraph 2 of the Joint Statement of 19 October 1989 applies to this agenda and its outcomes.

  • Wednesday, September 25th 2024 - 01:40 UTC

    Falklands support of new cooperation agreement between UK and Argentina

    Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Argentine Foreign Affairs minister Diana Mondino

    On Tuesday, 24th September, following a meeting of Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Argentine foreign affairs minister Diana Mondino at the United Nations, Falklands openly supported the new era of constructive cooperation between UK and Argentina and released the following,

  • Tuesday, September 24th 2024 - 10:11 UTC

    Argentina's bonds slump after Milei's NYSE speech

    Milei said Argentina would lift all exchange rate controls once zero percent inflation is achieved, which was not welcome in financial circles

    Argentine bonds on Wall Street fell up to 3.6% on average Monday after President Javier Milei's speech before the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), during which he announced that his government would release the currency exchange rate controls once zero percent inflation is achieved. During his speech on Monday, Milei also rang the traditional bell that starts stock market operations.