Politics

Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 09:18 UTC
No more home office for Argentine civil servants

The times of home office for Argentine civil servants come to an end effective Monday following a decision by Secretary of Public Management and Employment, Ana Castellani, after COVID-19's critical stage has been deemed to be over.
Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 09:15 UTC
Chilean Gov't finally agrees to reopen land borders after 2 years

Chilean authorities Sunday reopened 22 land border crossings with Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru, The passages had been reshaped since March 17, 2020, so that only cargo was let through but no travelers, amid restrictive sanitary measures to avoid the spread of COVID-19 into the country.
Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 09:12 UTC
Uruguayan President makes unofficial one-day trip to Buenos Aires

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou last week took an Aerolíneas Argentinas flight and made a day trip to Buenos Aires Wednesday for “strictly family and private reasons,” it was reported.
Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 09:00 UTC
ARA Libertad sets sail on her 50th instruction journey

Argentina’s Defense Minister Jorge Taiana Saturday bid farewell to the ARA Libertad on her 50th instruction journey for newly-graduated officers of two promotions of the Naval Academy (Escuela Naval).
Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 07:56 UTC
Calendar of May events and commemorations of the Falklands War

Sunday May first
Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 07:54 UTC
Pope Francis admits to having a limp

Pope Francis welcomed a group of pilgrims Saturday and told them he would rather stand up but this time around he would have to pay attention to his doctors, who had advised him not to walk. “My leg is not well,” the Argentina-born 85-year-old Pontiff said.
Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 07:48 UTC
Former Cuban FM Ricardo Alarcón dead at age 84

Former Cuban Foreign Minister and Chairman of the Cuban National Assembly, Ricardo Alarcón died Saturday night in Havana, President Miguel Díaz-Canel announced Sunday. Alarcón was 84. He was a widower and is survived by a daughter and a grandson.
Saturday, April 30th 2022 - 09:58 UTC
Foradori/Duncan deal ignores Argentina: only reflects British interests in Malvinas, claims minister Taiana

Argentine Defense minister Jorge Taiana said that leaving aside former Deputy Foreign minister's alleged conduct during negotiations with British diplomats, --if proven true would be “shameful”--, what is really “serious, negative and disturbing” is that the joint communiqué put an end to Argentine sanctions on foreign companies involved in illegal fishing and oil exploration activities in Malvinas Islands with the authorization of British authorities.
Saturday, April 30th 2022 - 09:57 UTC
ARA Libertad to expose UK's 'disproportionate and provocative' military presence in Malvinas

Argentina plans to reaffirm its sovereign rights over the Falkland Islands and expose the 'disproportionate' British military presence in the Islands when the instruction tall ship ARA Libertad calls on different ports of the world.
Saturday, April 30th 2022 - 09:54 UTC
Turkish FM signs bilateral agreements on his Caracas visit

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Friday signed in Caracas a series of agreements between his country and Venezuela in areas such as financial economy, agriculture and fishing, tourism, sports, health and medicine, and education, it was announced.