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  • Body of Shiri Bibas handed over at last
    on February 22, 2025

    The pro-Palestine terrorist organization Hamas finally handed over the body of dual Israeli-Argentine national Shiri Bibas (née Silberman) who was killed early into the conflict stemming from the Oct. 7, 2023, raids from Gaza in which hundreds of Israelis were slaughtered and many others taken hostage. The L. Greenberg Institute of Forensic Medicine at Abu […]

  • Appointment of Argentine Ambassador to London causes stir among 1982 war veterans
    on February 22, 2025

    The Argentine Government's decision to promote Chargé d'Affaires Mariana Plaza to Ambassador in London has caused a stir among veterans of the 1982 South Atlantic War given the diplomat's stance in favor of dropping the country's sovereignty claims over the Malvinas/Falkland Islands.

  • New Uruguayan meat packing plant joins list of companies hit by uncertainty
    on February 22, 2025

    A new crisis in a meat packing plant in Uruguay left some 160 workers fearing for their livelihoods after the Paso de los Toros company halted operations, thus adding to the growing list of plants in crisis, which already included Scheneck, Casa Blanca, Lorsinal, and Rondatel, all of them in connection with the fraud scandal involving the financial company […]

  • CFK meets with Pepe Mujica and his wife “in farewell tone”
    on February 22, 2025

    Former Presidents of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Uruguay José Pepe Mujica met Friday at the latter's estate outside Montevideo in an encounter that made headlines for two reasons: First, because of what two progressive leaders getting together represents, with Mujica's wife and former Uruguayan Vice President Lucía Topolansky taking […]

  • De Moraes suspends Rumble in Brazil
    on February 22, 2025

    Brazilian Supreme Court Justice (STF) Alexandre De Moraes Friday suspended the social network Rumble from South America's largest country after the company remained without a legal representative past the given deadline following the resignation of the previous legal team and the network's failure to appoint a replacement.

  • Milei tells IDB his government's achievements had to overcome a social justice mentality
    on February 22, 2025

    Argentine President Javier Milei highlighted Friday during his speech at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) headquarters in Washington DC that his administration's economic “achievements” had been attained despite the concept of “social justice” wielded under previous governments, which - in his view - is an “aberration.”

  • An average Argentine worker earns US$ 482/month, Indec says
    on February 21, 2025

    Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) Permanent Household Survey (EPH) released this week showed that the average income per worker in Argentina during the third quarter of 2024 amounted to AR$ 588,011 (nearly US$ 482 at Friday's unofficial exchange rate, also referred to as "blue," which is a euphemism for "black market").

  • Brazil: Busy day for Justice De Moraes
    on February 21, 2025

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes had a busy day Thursday, issuing key rulings concerning social platforms X and Rumble - both involving blogger Allan dos Santos' accounts - and former President Jair Bolsonaro.

  • Milei brings Elon Musk a chainsaw as a present
    on February 21, 2025

    Argentine President Javier Milei Thursday gave US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Chief Elon Musk a chainsaw as a present representing that the South African-born tycoon was undertaking State spending cutoffs like the Libertarian leader did in the South American country.

  • Body handed over not that of Shiri Bibas, post mortem reveals
    on February 21, 2025

    Israeli authorities reported later Thursday that the body believed to be that of dual Argentine citizen Shiri Bibas (née Silberman) was not hers, while the other three caskets handed over by the pro-Palestine terrorist organization Hamas did contain the cadavers it claimed to hold.