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Argentina

  • Friday, November 8th 2024 - 09:50 UTC

    Three people indicted in Buenos Aires in connection with Liam Payne's death

    At the time of these detentions, Payne's body had already landed in England for funeral services

    Three people have been arrested in Argentina in connection with the death of British pop musician Liam Payne. Prosecutors are charging them with various crimes, including the abandonment of a person followed by death, in addition to the supply and facilitation of narcotics.

  • Thursday, November 7th 2024 - 21:34 UTC

    Punta Tombo Massacre perpetrator found guilty

    La Regina was always “aware of the damage he was causing” and for that, he will spend between four and 12 years in jail

    A Chubut provincial criminal court in the city of Rawson in Argentine Patagonia Thursday found agribusinessman Ricardo La Regina guilty of aggravated damage and animal cruelty in the so-called Punta Tombo Penguin Massacre. Sentencing is scheduled for Monday.

  • Thursday, November 7th 2024 - 10:13 UTC

    Argentina's beef exports hit new records

    Only 30% of Argentina's production was for domestic consumption

    Beef exports from Argentina between January and September 2024 totaled US$ 2.122 billion, thus reaching its highest performance in the last 57 years, according to a report from the Economy Ministry's Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries Secretariat released Wednesday in Buenos Aires. Sales abroad amounted to 699,987 tons, it was also explained.

  • Thursday, November 7th 2024 - 09:12 UTC

    Argentina's aviation industry nearing decisive hours

    The Libertarian Administration would not hesitate to scrap the flag carrier if passengers are repeatedly put through recurrent hardships

    The Libertarian Administration of President Javier Milei gave aviation unions until Friday to work out their discrepancies or otherwise Aerolíneas Argentinas was to be shut down given the number of hardships passengers at various airports, particularly Ezeiza and Jorge Newbery in Buenos Aires, are going through.

  • Wednesday, November 6th 2024 - 21:25 UTC

    World leaders congratulate Trump on his win - still not Harris

    Trump declared victory early Wednesday and announced that America's golden age lay ahead

    While leaders from the world over have congratulated Republican candidate Donald J. Trump on his electoral win on Tuesday which has earned him a second 4-year term at The Oval Office, Vice President Kamala Harris is yet to acknowledge defeat, as is customary in these cases. Perhaps Trump himself was the only one to break that tradition four years ago when rumors of vote count-rigging still gave him hope against Joseph Biden.

  • Wednesday, November 6th 2024 - 09:28 UTC

    CFK chosen Peronist Party Chairwoman

    Quintela will not challenge the outcome so that the Peronist Party is a united force for the times to come

    The Justicialist (Peronist) Party's (PJ) Electoral Board Tuesday confirmed former two-time President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) as the new party chairwoman after no other contender challenged her “Primero La Patria” list following the dismissal of La Rioja Governor Ricardo Quintela's bid for allegedly lacking the necessary endorsements. CFK won by 13 votes to 1.

  • Wednesday, November 6th 2024 - 09:17 UTC

    Autochtonous dengue cases reported in Argentina

    In addition, 3 cases were confirmed in transplant patients and 1 with a recent history of vaccination

    Argentine health authorities admitted that the first case of autochthonous dengue fever has been detected in the country, specifically in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) and more precisely in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) Balvanera district, according to the latest issue of the Health Ministry's Epidemiological Bulletin.

  • Tuesday, November 5th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Argentina's new FM sworn in under “the forces of heaven”

    Werthein will try to cut down the number of Ambassadors abroad as well as their wages

    Argentina's new Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein took his oath of office on the Torah on Monday. The choice of Jewish religious scripture was capitalized on by President Javier Milei, who made a few comments on the matter and told his new official that “the forces of heaven send you signs.”

  • Monday, November 4th 2024 - 09:36 UTC

    Evo's legal front reaches Argentina

    Del Castillo said Bolivia would be attentive to any requirement that might arrive from Buenos Aires

    Argentine authorities have filed a criminal complaint against former Bolivian President Evo Morales for the alleged rape and human trafficking of four teenage girls while he was under asylum in the country, Security Minister Patricia Bullrich announced during the weekend. Morales will be prosecuted for allegedly “committing crimes of human trafficking and sexual abuse,” Bullrich explained.

  • Friday, November 1st 2024 - 21:14 UTC

    Argentina's Central Bank lowers basic interest rate

    The benchmark interest rate was standing at 133% when Milei took office

    Given the significant fall in Argentina's inflation rate, the Central Bank (BCRA) announced Friday that it was lowering the basic interest rate from 40% to 35% in a move to “boost private credit.”