International

• Friday, February 24th 2023 - 11:05 UTC

  Two Brazilians arrested in Guyana for illegal mining

  

  Guyanan authorities announced Thursday that they had arrested two Brazilian nationals after a helicopter and an illegal mining site were detected.

• Friday, February 24th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  Massa has busy agenda in India

  

  Argentina's Superminister of Economy Sergio Massa met Thursday with colleagues from hosts India and also of China during his stay in the Indian city of Bengaluru, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, where arrangements are being made by finance ministers and central bank presidents for the G20 Summit of heads of state and government later this year.

• Friday, February 24th 2023 - 10:29 UTC

  G7 Ambassadors issue joint statement on anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

  

  To mark the first anniversary of Russia's military deployment in Ukraine, all G7 ambassadors to Buenos Aires issued a joint statement condemning President Vladimir Putin's move and reiterating their countries' full support to Kyiv.

• Friday, February 24th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

  Colombia to endorse Bolivia's bid to remove coca from list of banned substances

  

  The Colombian government of leftwing President Gustavo Petro announced it will endorse Bolivia's request before the United Nations (UN) for the declassification of the coca leaf as a narcotic drug, it was reported.

• Friday, February 24th 2023 - 10:14 UTC

  Biden picks Indian-American candidate to chair World Bank

  

  Former Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga has been picked by US President Joseph Biden to vie for chairman of the World Bank (WB), it was announced Thursday in Washington DC. Banga, 63, who was born and raised in India, has the indispensable experience to mobilize public and private resources to address the most urgent challenges of our time, including global warming, the White House explained through a statement.

• Thursday, February 23rd 2023 - 10:11 UTC

  Penguin fossil trails shed light on continent's separation from Antarctica

  

  Researchers from Argentina's National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) came up with penguin fossil indicators of a historical separation between Antarctica and South America, it was reported Wednesday.

• Thursday, February 23rd 2023 - 10:02 UTC

  Putin no longer recognizes Moldova's independence - new invasion ahead?

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin has repealed a 2012 decree recognizing Moldova as an independent country, thus sparking concern among western powers that a new invasion could be in the making, as Russia's Defense Ministry denounced that Kyiv was preparing an armed provocation in the Moldovan separatist region of Transnistria

• Thursday, February 23rd 2023 - 09:46 UTC

  British Ambassador to BA reaffirms her Scottish heritage

  

  British Ambassador to Buenos Aires Kirsty Hayes took Argentina's Energy Secretary Flavia Royon on a tour of her native Aberdeen in Scotland to show her how the city was spearheading the green revolution, which might shed some light on how other countries may shift to net zero.

• Thursday, February 23rd 2023 - 09:20 UTC

  Brazilian beef sales to China suspended due to case of mad cow

  

  Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture announced Wednesday that even though it poses no threat to human consumers, beef exports to China are to be halted effective Thursday after a case of the mad-cow disease has been confirmed in the State of Pará, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Wednesday, February 22nd 2023 - 11:00 UTC

  British maker of autoparts closes Argentine business

  

  A British maker of auto parts is closing its plant in Victoria in the province of Buenos Aires on the northern outskirts of the country's capital due to the “serious economic situation” the South American nation is going through, it was reported. The sector is particularly affected by foreign exchange restrictions which render inputs unattainable.