Tag: Argentina

• Thursday, April 5th 2018 - 08:33 UTC

  Russia has ended its help in search for the missing Argentine sub ARA San Juan

  

  The Argentine Navy has confirmed that Russia has ended its help in the search for the missing ARA San Juan submarine that disappeared in the South Atlantic with 44 crew-members aboard in November.

• Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 08:04 UTC

  Falkland Islanders react to Argentine Next of Kin Visit

  

  As Mercopress have covered, families of 90 unidentified soldiers visited the Falkland Islands from Argentina last week. They spent the day at the Argentine military cemetery at Darwin and paid respects to their sons, brothers and partners whose remains were recently identified after a lengthy DNA process administered by the International Committee of the Red Cross.

• Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 09:15 UTC

  American Airlines launches nonstop flight between Los Angeles and Buenos Aires

  

  American Airlines will launch its first-ever nonstop flights between Los Angeles International Airport and Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires, as part of a broader expansion in service to Mexico and South American destinations.

• Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 08:12 UTC

  The central ceremony of the Malvinas war 36th anniversary is held in Ushuaia

  

  On the 36th anniversary of the beginning of the 1982 South Atlantic conflict Argentine Interior minister Rogelio Frigerio called “for intelligent ways to advance in our legitimate claim of the Malvinas Islands' sovereignty”. Frigerio was the main speaker at the central event of the 36th anniversary held this Monday in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego province, next to the Beagle channel.

• Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 08:08 UTC

  Moscow and Falklands' war: “ironically the Soviet Union came on the side of anti communist Argentina”

  

  Sputnik, the official Russian news agency has recalled the 1982 South Atlantic conflict on the 36th anniversary, and offers an interesting interpretation of events previous to the war, the fighting itself and prospects for the future, making emphasis on the overall world scenario at the time.

• Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 07:15 UTC

  Macri pledges to Malvinas relatives that Argentina will continue to struggle for the Islands' sovereignty

  

  President Mauricio Macri received at the Olivos residence the relatives of the 90 soldiers buried at the Argentine military cemetery in the Falkland Islands and pledged that Argentina will continue to struggle for the sovereignty and recovery of the Islands.

• Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 05:28 UTC

  The Economist: Mauricio Macri fights Argentina’s tradition of handouts for votes

  

  Just off Leonardo da Vinci Avenue, a long street of modest shops and foul-smelling gutters in the district of La Matanza outside Buenos Aires, stands La Juanita, a co-operative. Founded by unemployed workers in 2001, it occupies a former school.

• Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 05:19 UTC

  Malvinas Veteran and Fallen Day remembered in Argentina with two central ceremonies

  

  The 36th anniversary of the Falklands conflict in 1982 will be recalled in Argentina with two main events: Malvinas relatives will be received on Monday afternoon by president Mauricio Macri at his official residence in Olivos while Interior Minister Rogelio Fregerio will head the ceremony in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, next to the Beagle Channel.

• Sunday, April 1st 2018 - 09:45 UTC

  Argentina welcomes 2018 WTTC Global Summit

  

  The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)’s 2018 Global Summit will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 18-19 April.Industry leaders from public and private sector will discuss the theme of ‘Our People, Our World, Our Future’, debating how the sector is placed to create sustainable jobs in a future of transformational technology, increasing environmental pressures, and in a world where security concerns are paramount.

• Friday, March 30th 2018 - 22:16 UTC

  A humanitarian triumph in the aftermath of war

  

  By Nicholas Tozer -Buenos Aires.
  THE visit by over two hundred of Argentine next-of-kin to the Argentine Military Cemetery in Darwin in East Falkland earlier this week undoubtedly marks a new milestone in the so-often troubled relations between Argentina and Britain over the Falkland Islands dispute.