Tag: Argentine Independence Day

• Wednesday, July 9th 2025 - 09:49 UTC

  Milei cancels trip to Tucumán for Independence Day celebrations

  

  President Javier Milei canceled his planned trip to Tucumán due to adverse weather conditions disrupting flights nationwide. This decision also came amidst reports of low confirmed attendance from provincial governors, with only a handful planning to join the Argentine Independence Day ceremony where the declaration was signed on July 9, 1816.

• Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 09:34 UTC

  Argentina: Independence Day military parade called off

  

  The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei has canceled the traditional July 9 Independence Day military parade to save public funds, the Defense Ministry announced Friday. The move came as a surprise, given that the Milei administration had reinstated and heavily promoted the parade last year after it was discontinued during the Alberto Fernández and Kirchner administrations.

• Saturday, July 10th 2021 - 08:31 UTC

  Fernández hosts Argentine Independence Day ceremony at historic Tucumán house amid protests

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday headed the celebrations marking the 205th anniversary of the country's Declaration of Independence. From the historic house in the Argentine province of Tucumán, where dignitaries of the provinces signed the declaration in 1816, Fernández said Argentines were “close to the tomorrow we want,” in a message posted on social media.

• Friday, July 13th 2018 - 11:16 UTC

  Argentine town hoists Falkland Islands flag on Independence Day

  

  Ceres residents were shocked to see the main flag during Independence Day celebrations was that of the Falkland Islands. City Hall asks for forgiveness (perdón) via Facebook.

• Monday, July 9th 2018 - 07:43 UTC

  Argentina's austere Independence Day celebration in Tucuman, with no military parade

  

  President Mauricio Macri and his cabinet will be celebrating Argentina's Independence Day, Monday 9 July at the Historic House in the northern province of Tucuman, where the declaration was first announced 202 years ago. Contrary to other years there will be no military parade in Tucuman or Buenos Aires, allegedly as a consequence of the strict austerity measures imposed by the Macri administration.

• Saturday, July 11th 2015 - 07:14 UTC

  Falklands: Ambassador Castro hopes for UK/Argentina friendly and meaningful dialogue

  

  The Embassy of Argentina in the UK celebrated Independence Day on Thursday, highlighting the importance of national sovereignty and Latin American unity. Before a packed audience of over four hundred people, the Argentine Ambassador Alicia Castro delivered a speech in which she recalled that the aim of the struggle for independence was to unite all the peoples of Latin America.

• Wednesday, July 9th 2014 - 08:00 UTC

  Kerry wishes the Argentine team 'good luck' in the World Cup

  

  US Secretary of State John Kerry congratulated the people of Argentina on the country’s Independence Day on July 9 and wished the national team good luck in Brazil’s World Cup.

• Tuesday, July 8th 2014 - 08:43 UTC

  Indicted Boudou will replace Cristina Fernandez on Argentine Independence Day

  

  Controversial vice-president Amado Boudou will fill in for President Cristina Fernández and head Wednesday's Argentine Independence Day celebration in San Miguel de Tucumán. The deputy was entrusted with leading the ceremony following a meeting Monday afternoon at the presidential residence in Olivos, as Cristina continues her recovery from pharyngeal laryngitis.

• Tuesday, July 10th 2012 - 05:27 UTC

  Defence minister Puricelli: Argentina’s Malvinas sovereignty claim is a regional commitment

  

  Argentine Defence minister Arturo Puricelli said that in the same way “the independence of the Argentines is the independence of the region”, the defence of Argentina is also the defence of the region and in this framework of integration Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Malvinas Islands is a regional commitment.

• Tuesday, July 10th 2012 - 05:24 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez on Independence Day calls for unity and support for the economic model

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández made a strong call to unity and to defend the economic model during the main celebrations of the 196th anniversary of the Argentine Declaration of Independence held at San Miguel de Tucumán.