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Montevideo, September 21st 2024 - 09:38 UTC

Argentina

  • Wednesday, July 24th 2024 - 10:11 UTC

    Milei attending Paris Olympics amid rumors of rift with VP

    Milei was jeered and applauded at the Teatro Colón

    Argentine President Javier Milei is off to Paris to attend the inauguration of the 2024 Olympic Games, leaving Vice President Victoria Villarruel at the helm of the Executive Branch amid mounting rumors that things between the two of them are far from good.

  • Monday, July 22nd 2024 - 21:22 UTC

    Argentine province of Misiones ups dengue prevention measures

    So far this year, Argentina has logged 527,517 cases of dengue, a 320% increase from 2023, the Federal Health Ministry found

    The Argentine province of Misiones, one of the most vulnerable to the spread of dengue and other maladies carried by the aedes aegypti mosquito, has upped preventive actions ahead of the warmer seasons when infections among humans tend to multiply.

  • Monday, July 22nd 2024 - 10:41 UTC

    Argentine Air Force mounting training center for pilots and ground crews of the F16s

    Argentine Air Force mounting training center for pilots and ground crews of the F16s

    As part of the process of the combat aircraft F-16A/B incorporation process to the Argentine Air Force, the government has published in the Official Gazette an invitation to tenders for the construction of a new instruction center at the IV Air Brigade in Tandil where the second-hand aircraft from the Danish Air Force, will be stationed.

  • Monday, July 22nd 2024 - 08:12 UTC

    Milei wants retirement age of Argentines raised

    People who live up to the age of 90 retire too soon for the Libertarian government

    The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei is reportedly planning to raise the retirement age of women to equate it with that of men, among other initiatives to be brought before Congress in the coming month by the newly-created May Council, a political committee provided for in a presidential decree last week after the “May Pact” signed earlier this month in Tucumán.

  • Saturday, July 20th 2024 - 12:23 UTC

    Argentine VP's comments said to be a personal view

    Things between Villarruel and Milei have been mercurial since the beginning of the Libertarian administration

    Argentine Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni said Friday that Vice President Victoria Villarruel's posting on X in support of international footballer Enzo Fernández over his controversial video celebrating the Copa America victory with a chant that could be interpreted as homophobic and racist “was an unfortunate comment” that in no way represents the views of Casa Rosada and showed only the Senate Speaker's personal views.

  • Friday, July 19th 2024 - 20:46 UTC

    Caputo confirms Argentina shipped gold abroad

    The Economy Minister exulted in telling savers that they would end up selling their US dollars to pay taxes and make the peso a strong currency

    Argentina's Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo confirmed rumors from opposition lawmakers and union leaders indicating that the Central Bank (BCRA) was transferring gold from the country's coffers to foreign destinations. He explained that the move sought to generate a return on an otherwise unproductive metal.

  • Friday, July 19th 2024 - 10:41 UTC

    Milei's gov't keeps sacking officials as global controversy over football chant mounts

    Garro said and denied saying that Messi should apologize for the controversial chant

    The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei sacked Sports Secretary Julio Garro after the latter said that Lionel Messi should apologize for the controversial chants of the national football team with discriminatory mentions to the ethnicity of France's players and Kylian Mbappé's sexual orientation. He was in fact called “puto” (faggot).

  • Thursday, July 18th 2024 - 12:46 UTC

    Terrorism is not a crime everywhere, Lacalle Pou decried

    “In this globalized world, a terrorist action on one end has an effect on the other,” stressed Lacalle at the Hilton Hotel in Buenos Aires

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou insisted Wednesday in Buenos Aires that there were still countries where terrorism was not a crime as such. He made those remarks during his appearance at a World Jewish Congress gathering in the Hilton Hotel on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) headquarters.

  • Thursday, July 18th 2024 - 09:32 UTC

    Milei underlines 30 years of impunity in AMIA case

    Milei promised a Jewish gathering in Buenos Aires that his government would not be like the others before it

    Argentine President Javier Milei insisted Wednesday that all those who died or were wounded in the July 18, 1994, bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) headquarters were still demanding Justice after “three decades of impunity.” During his appearance at a World Jewish Congress gathering in Buenos Aires, Milei also pledged that, under his administration, a difference would be made compared to previous ones.

  • Wednesday, July 17th 2024 - 14:14 UTC

    Presidents Peña, Lacalle Pou and Milei convening in Buenos Aires

    Peña and Lacalle will be joining Milei on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the AMIA bombing

    Presidents Santiago Peña of Paraguay and Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay are to convene in Buenos Aires Wednesday to participate alongside Javier Milei in a conference on anti-terrorism which will be their first encounter after the July 8 Mercosur Summit in Asunción Milei skipped to avoid rubbing eyes with Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whom he dubbed a “corrupt communist” during the 2023 campaign and never apologized. The following day they will join again for the event marking the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA).