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Montevideo, September 21st 2024 - 12:01 UTC

Argentina

  • Monday, July 1st 2024 - 09:35 UTC

    CFK: The Libertarians' zero deficit is a fabrication

    Milei “lives in a world that no longer exists,” CFK argued

    Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (2007-2015 / CFK) said during an interview on the internet streaming channel Gelatina outside mainstream media that the Liberal administration's “fiscal surplus is increasingly trumped up.”

  • Saturday, June 29th 2024 - 10:18 UTC

    Paraguay and Argentina set roadmap for collaborative work

    Foreign Ministers Ramírez (L) of Paraguay and Mondino of Argentina reviewed bilateral issues on the side of the OAS General Assembly

    Paraguay and Argentina reached an understanding regarding the Paraná-Paraguay River Waterway after Foreign Ministers Rubén Ramírez Lezcano and Diana Mondino gathered in Asunción on the sides of the Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly.

  • Friday, June 28th 2024 - 09:39 UTC

    Milei's party gets Bases Law approved

    The bill is now ready to be signed into law

    Argentina's Lower House passed after 1.30 am Friday by 147 votes to 107 and 2 abstentions the so-called Bases Law bill granting President Javier Milei the tools he claims to need to rescue his country from her plight. The initiative had already been greenlighted but came back from the Senate with a series of modifications that needed further approval. Now the bill is ready to be signed into law by the executive, marking the Libertarian administration's first parliamentarian achievement after over six months.

  • Wednesday, June 26th 2024 - 17:33 UTC

    Milei has nothing to apologize to Lula for, says Spokesman Adorni

    Lula and Milei are to attend the July 8 Mercosur Summit in Paraguay unless something happens, Adorni noted

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva insisted that he was not talking to his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei until the latter apologized to him and his country for his derogatory remarks during last year's campaign in which the Libertarian leader spoke of a “corrupt Communist” while remaining close to Lula's adversary and then incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

  • Wednesday, June 26th 2024 - 10:51 UTC

    Milei's alleged success under questioning from studies measuring people's reality

    The “blue” dollar reached a new all-time high

    While Argentine President Javier Milei tours the world boasting his administration's success in curbing inflation, local reports underscore deteriorating living conditions for most people in his country which seems to be heading for hyper-recession.

  • Wednesday, June 26th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

    Three icebergs sighted off Ushuaia

    These icebergs usually melt down as they “enter warmer waters,” a PNA Officer explained

    Argentina's Coast Guard (Prefectura Naval Argentina - PNA) alerted all sailing ships this week of three icebergs near Ushuaia and advised them to avoid all unnecessary approaching these ice floes, of which only 10% is visible on the surface. The first detection was reported last Saturday by the Argentine-flagged fishing vessel Echizen Maru and the latest spotting came through on Monday at the Beagle Channel exit into the open sea.

  • Wednesday, June 26th 2024 - 10:47 UTC

    Argentina's Security Minister warns against reporting on child's disappearance

    Confidentiality is paramount from now on, Bullrich warned

    Argentina's Security Minister Patricia Bullrich announced Tuesday that “strong sanctions” would be applied to anyone releasing any information regarding the disappearance of 5-year-old Loan Danilo Peña, a child in the province of Corrientes who went missing when allegedly searching for oranges in a local field and is now believed to have been abducted for human trafficking. The case splashed the Libertarian administration of President Javier Milei after a person of that political allegiance was arrested.

  • Wednesday, June 26th 2024 - 09:06 UTC

    Argentine farmers still trust Milei and are hopeful of his electoral promises

    The Rosario Board of Trade indicates that the grain harvest could yield 131.1 million tons, a sharp rise from the 82.2 million tons from the previous year.

    Following Argentina's two-year worst drought in a century with agriculture production and exports plummeting, causing a shortfall of at least US$ 20 billion in foreign currency revenue, the country's industry is expecting an excellent harvest in 2024/25.

  • Tuesday, June 25th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Awkwardness surrounds Milei's presence in Prague

    “We are on the right path,” Milei insisted

    Argentine President Javier Milei Monday said from Prague that he would “probably” be awarded the Nobel Prize for “rewriting economic theory” with his administration's alleged achievements rescuing the South American country from hyperinflation and getting it back on track. Besides his political engagements with the Czech authorities, Milei's presence in town sparked another controversy regarding a new accolade he was presented after the organization allegedly behind the distinction said it had nothing to do with it.

  • Monday, June 24th 2024 - 18:02 UTC

    Argentina prepared to end the Illex squid season for conservation reasons

    Scarcity of S and SS Illex squid specimens is believed might threaten prospects for the next season, thus the possible anticipated closure of the current season.

    The squid industry in Argentina is surprised and expectant since the Federal Fisheries Council, CFP, (Act CFP 6/2024) has temporarily ordered all jiggers back to the harbors, given a report from INIDEP, in which the research center in Mar del Plata discovered a notorious lack of small, young squid, SS and S, in the area's biomass.