Argentina

Monday, March 11th 2024 - 10:58 UTC
Argentine Coast Guard charges for air rescue of South Korean fisherman

A crew member from a South Korean vessel operating in the South Atlantic was air-evacuated by the Argentine Coast Guard and hospitalized in Trelew following an emergency case of appendicitis.
Monday, March 11th 2024 - 10:56 UTC
US to help Argentina handle the Paraná Waterway

Argentine authorities signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United States whereby the latter's Army Corps of Engineers would get involved in maintenance duties along the Paraná-Paraguay River Waterway, it was reported. US Ambassador to Buenos Aires Marc Stanley was present at the ceremony involving the Argentine agency managing the waterway and the General Ports Administration (AGP).
Monday, March 11th 2024 - 10:26 UTC
Drug-trafficking gang violence reigns supreme in Argentine city of Rosario

Gang violence in the Argentine city of Rosario has taken the lives of four people in one week as local and federal authorities remain baffled about how to tackle the increasingly worrying situation.
Saturday, March 9th 2024 - 09:24 UTC
Argentina picks Raimondi for embassy in Brasilia

Following former Vice President Daniel Scioli's departure from Argentina's embassy in Brasilia, Guillermo Daniel Raimondi will be his successor, it was reported after the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva greenlighted his appointment.
Saturday, March 9th 2024 - 08:12 UTC
Argentina allows Chinese fishing fleet into its EEZ to take refuge from a massive storm

The Argentine navy allowed a fleet of 259 Chinese fishing vessels to enter the country's EEZ (Economic Exclusive Zone) to take refuge from a massive storm with seven meters high waves and winds of more than a hundred kilometers per hour. The Ministry of Defense also announced that once the storm was over the Chinese vessels returned to international waters.
Friday, March 8th 2024 - 11:05 UTC
Milei threatens to pee on all of Argentina's governors and shut down Congress

Argentine President Javier Milei was quoted as saying during a private event at the ExpoAgro rural fair in San Nicolás de los Arroyos late Wednesday that he would “piss on all” of Argentina's provincial governors who were reluctant to endorse the reforms the Libertarian government seeks to impose.
Friday, March 8th 2024 - 10:54 UTC
Argentina: Libertarian gov't wants wage hike for lawmakers reversed

Argentina's Lower House Speaker Martin Menem admitted Thursday that a bill was to be submitted to backtrack on the resolution granting wage increases of nearly 30% to lawmakers amid strict austerity measures affecting most of the country's population, particularly the more vulnerable.
Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 10:48 UTC
Ambassador says linking Rosario to Uruguay should be a state policy

Uruguay's Ambassador to Buenos Aires Carlos Enciso Christiansen insisted it was necessary to promote a state policy to improve connectivity between his country and the Argentine city of Rosario. He made those remarks en route to the ExpoAgro event in nearby San Nicolás.
Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 10:32 UTC
Two schoolchildren faint as Milei gives a speech

Two students fainted Wednesday in Buenos Aires as Argentine President Javier Milei inaugurated the school year at the Cardenal Copello Catholic school in Buenos Aires, which he attended with his sister and current presidential secretary, Karina.
Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 10:17 UTC
Argentine lawmakers from the “political caste” get wage increase

Argentine Vice President Victoria Villarruel as head of the Senate and Lower House Speaker Martín Menem agreed to increase the wages of lawmakers by nearly 30% effective from January 1, it was reported Wednesday in Buenos Aires.