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Montevideo, June 9th 2025 - 06:51 UTC

Argentina

  • Wednesday, April 3rd 2024 - 10:32 UTC

    Milei and Villarruel embrace next at the Cenotaph

    Milei and Villarruel embrace next at the Cenotaph

    Taking advantage of the commemoration to honor the Heroes of Malvinas, Milei stressed the importance of a strong and prosperous economy, based on the concept of freedom to produce and trade and thus respected internationally, as the basis for ensuring that claims over the Malvinas sovereignty will be taken seriously, and with prospects of advancing. He said that a leadership that for decades only produced more poor people and made Argentina a serial defaulter, had no chances of being listened or considered.

  • Wednesday, April 3rd 2024 - 10:08 UTC

    General Laura Richardson arrives in BA for talks with Milei's gov't

    “The ties between our respective Armed Forces are solidly established, reflecting the deep relationship between our countries,” Richardson said

    General Laura Richardson, chief of the US Southern Command (Southcom) arrived Tuesday in Buenos Aires for a 3-day visit to Argentina during which she intends to engage in talks with local military and defense authorities to discuss geopolitical issues of mutual interest. According to local media, an encounter with President Javier Milei was not to be ruled out.

  • Tuesday, April 2nd 2024 - 23:58 UTC

    Argentina: Milei calls for reconciliation with Armed Forces at Malvinas tribute

    The President's remarks also touched upon economic and geopolitical considerations, emphasizing the need for a prosperous economy and a capable defense force to assert Argentina's sovereignty claims

    President Javier Milei, along with Vice President Victoria Villarruel, led a solemn tribute to the fallen of the Falklands/Malvinas War on the 42nd anniversary of the conflict. In an emotional move, Milei called for a new era of reconciliation with Argentina's armed forces, emphasizing their role in the nation's history and sovereignty, despite criticism from various civilian sectors about their role during the last military dictatorship (1976-1983).

  • Tuesday, April 2nd 2024 - 22:40 UTC

    Argentina needs strong economy to be heard regarding Malvinas, Milei says

    “Nobody listens to or respects a country that only produces poverty and whose politicians despise their own forces,” Milei argued

    Argentine President Javier Milei claimed that Argentina's claim over the Malvinas Islands has not been heard internationally given the country's poor management and economic back-to-back failures. He made those remarks Tuesday during the main event marking the 42nd anniversary of the military landing that triggered the 1982 South Atlantic war with the United Kingdom over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.

  • Tuesday, April 2nd 2024 - 22:38 UTC

    Kicillof tells Milei he cannot honor Thatcher and claim to defend Argentina's interests

    “Sovereignty is not only a speech on April 2,” Kicillof insisted

    Axel Kicillof, Governor of the Argentine province of Buenos Aires, criticized President Javier Milei and his speech during the event marking the 42nd anniversary of the landing in the Falkland/Malvinas Islands by claiming that “you cannot pay tribute to Margaret Thatcher and have her as your idol” and at the same time say that you defend Argentina's claims.

  • Tuesday, April 2nd 2024 - 09:56 UTC

    First “celebrity” among dengue deaths in Argentina

    De la Mota Claverie was to turn 34 on April 13

    The latest epidemiological report of the Argentine health authorities on the dengue fever outbreak mentions 129 deaths and a total of 180,529 cases since the beginning of the 2023-2024 season until the 12th week of 2024. Among the dead is the country's first “celebrity” - the 33-year-old wife of a professional golfer, who died over the weekend.

  • Monday, April 1st 2024 - 23:01 UTC

    Ceremonies in Buenos Aires on the Day of the Malvinas Veteran and the Fallen in combat

    The cenotaph at Plaza San Martin which honors the 649 Argentines fallen in combat during the Falklands conflict.

    April 2nd is a very special day in the Argentine calendar, a national holiday, which recalls the Falklands conflict, (when the Argentine military landed and occupied the Islands that day in 1982) and is remembered as the “Day of the Malvinas Veteran and the Fallen in combat”.

  • Monday, April 1st 2024 - 19:05 UTC

    Ties between Argentina and Colombia getting back to normal

    Argentina's Foreign Minister Diana Mondino will be traveling to Bogotá shortly

    Diplomatic authorities of Argentina and Colombia have taken “concrete steps” to overcome their government's “differences” and restore ties between both countries to normal following the engagement in reciprocal diatribes on TV and on social media by Presidents Gustavo Petro and Javier Milei.

  • Monday, April 1st 2024 - 10:57 UTC

    Milei denounces intimidating threats on social media

    Milei also spoke of a campaign of violence against him

    Argentine President Javier Milei wrote Sunday on social media about intimidating messages and death threats he had been receiving. He showed drawings of himself, one of them captioned: “The noise will be the tomb of the regime.” Milei also questioned reporters “who joined the wave of violence.”

  • Monday, April 1st 2024 - 10:54 UTC

    Rosario people switching housing preferences to meet security demands

    Parts of Greater Rosario have seen their population double in recent years

    Realtors in the Argentine city of Rosario -the hometown of Lionel Messi and many other celebrities in the country- reported that local clients are switching to apartments from houses as they felt more secure given the mounting drug gang violence. Those who can afford it also prefer gated communities such as country club residences.