Argentina

After heavy criticism from the Argentine government of Javier Milei, Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font sought to calm down the diplomatic waters because heads of State “come and go but the people remain.” Boric also insisted that Argentina was “a brotherly” country.

A report released Friday by Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) showed that the country's economic activity fell by 0.7% in October for an accumulated 2.7% interannual contraction in the first ten months of 2024, driven particularly by fishing (-49.9%) and construction (-14.5%) amid President Javier Milei's austerity plans which […]

During a ceremony at Casa Rosada, Argentine President Javier Milei Friday launched his government's Nuclear Plan, which included the creation of an Argentine Nuclear Council, among other measures. "Nuclear energy will have its triumphant return," insisted Milei, who also linked these projects to Artificial Intelligence's development. "We have the obligation […]

Venezuelan authorities announced Friday that Fernando Martínez Mottola, one of the six asylum-seekers at what used to be Argentina's Embassy in Caracas now guarded by Brazil following the diplomatic breakup, turned up "voluntarily" Thursday before the Public Prosecutor's Office and testified about "a group of members of the extremist organization Vente […]

Argentina's Embassy was among the six diplomatic missions hit Friday when Russia bombed Kyiv. The others were those of Albania, North Macedonia, Palestine, Portugal, and Montenegro. Besides the “relatively light” material damage, all staffers of the South American legation were reported to be unharmed.

Argentina's Coast Guard (PNA) Thursday issued a statement explaining how it is monitoring the displacement of the A23a iceberg, which was reported to be headed for the South Georgia Islands.

The Argentine Patagonian Province of Neuquén impeached Lieutenant Governor Gloria Ruiz from her office for moral disqualification after a series of irregularities during her term in office. Ruiz had been suspended last month pending a final decision from the Legislature which was passed Thursday.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spokeswoman Julie Kozack admitted Thursday that "talks are underway" to grant Argentina a new loan. The South American country is reportedly eligible for such a disbursement given the impressive achievements of President Javier Milei's "chainsaw" adjustment policies. The program currently in force ends this year and […]

One person was killed and at least three others were wounded in a clash between peddlers and Argentina's Border Guard (Gendarmería Nacional - GN) near the town of Orán in the northern province of Salta bordering Bolivia.

The Chilean Government of President Gabriel Boric Font sent a protest note through diplomatic channels to Argentina after Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo dubbed the leftwing leader a “Communist” who was sinking his country. Santiago said Caputo made “inappropriate and inaccurate statements” during a radio interview with a Buenos Aires broadcaster.

Sequel to unaccountably popular Amazon Prime hit finds the same oldsters still out to stop the forbidden young lovers necking in glamorous locationsThis mind-pulverisingly bizarre and woodenly acted romdram from Spain is the second of a projected trilogy (My Fault, Your Fault, Our Fault) and a whopping ratings success for Amazon’s Prime Video despite, or […]

Rightwing president vowed to rescue country from years of ‘impoverishment’ – but for many the situation is desperateLate at night, a young father stands in a dumpster in Buenos Aires, passing scraps and discarded food to his wife and two young children. In a subway station, a homeless couple sleep in an unoccupied corner, their heads sheltered by […]

Some angry that politician with Italian roots easily obtained citizenship while on trip to meet PM Giorgia MeloniItaly’s government has granted citizenship to Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, on account of his Italian family roots, prompting outrage among opposition politicians who contrasted his treatment with that of the children born in Italy of […]

Javier Milei’s push for extraction and cuts to land protections have left people fearing for their way of life – and environmentalists concerned about the futureLike many who follow Mapuche traditions in the Mendoza region of Argentina, Gabriel Jofré, 50, raises goats, moving between the plains in winter and the peaks of the Andes in summer, amid the […]

CPAC jamboree draws big names from Trump world as Milei positions Buenos Aires as international conservative hubAt the entrance to the office of Argentina’s minister of deregulation a biography of “the world’s most fascinating and controversial innovator” sits on a side table, promising an astonishingly intimate portrait of a “rule-breaking […]