Argentina

Area Total 2,780,400 sq km
Climate mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
Natural Resources fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium, arable land
Imports $63.97 billion (2017 est.) partners: Brazil 26.9%, China 18.5%, US 11.3%, Germany 4.9%
(2017)
Exports $58.45 billion (2017 est.) partners: Brazil 16.1%, US 7.9%, China 7.5%, Chile 4.4% (2017)
Government presidential republic
Capital Buenos Aires
Population 44.7 million (July 2018 est.)
Ethnicity European (mostly Spanish and Italian descent) and mestizo (mixed European and Amerindian ancestry) 97.2%, Amerindian 2.4%, African 0.4% (2010 est.)
Language Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French, indigenous (Mapudungun, Quechua)

News about Argentina

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  • CFK announces her return to the limelight since leaving office
    on April 25, 2024

    Just one day after being labeled a "political corpse," former Argentine President (2008-2015) Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) announced her return into the limelight this coming Saturday when she will attend the opening of a gymnasium in the town of Quilmes on the outskirts of Buenos Aires which will be named after her late husband and also former […]

  • ICAO agrees to review Venezuela's claim against Argentina regarding the Emtrasur freighter
    on April 25, 2024

    The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has agreed to review Venezuela's complaint against Argentina for seizing the Boeing 747-300 freighter belonging to Conviasa's cargo subsidiary Emtrasur and later handing it over to US authorities for scrapping. The aircraft was wanted by Washington because it had belonged to Iran's carrier Mahan Air and […]

  • Before Milei, Uruguayan President Lacalle Pou calls for a “strong State” to defend freedom
    on April 25, 2024

    In a gathering of prominent figures from the political and business spheres, Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou emphasized the importance of a strong state to ensure individual freedom during the “freedom dinner” organized by Fundación Libertad in Buenos Aires. The event, attended by former Argentine President Mauricio Macri, current Argentine […]

  • Argentines satisfied with this year's squid catches, “higher than expected”
    on April 25, 2024

    Landings of squid in Puerto Madryn, Chubut province, Argentine Patagonia are higher than last year's and can be considered a “great success for fisheries and our province,” according to Diego Pérez, manager of the Madryn port.

  • PAHO and Argentine authorities join forces to tackle dengue crisis
    on April 24, 2024

    Argentine health authorities and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have joined forces to devise a strategy to tackle the outbreak of dengue fever after at least 315,000 cases have been confirmed so far this year, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Massive demonstrations across Argentina defend public education amid budget cuts
    on April 24, 2024

    Hundreds of thousands of students, teachers, and workers flooded the streets of Argentina in a historic display of unity against proposed budget cuts to public education. The demonstrations, which took place in over twenty cities across the country, marked one of the largest protests in the last 20 years of Argentine democracy.

  • Milei's impeachment sought by human rights group
    on April 24, 2024

    Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel was among the human rights activists who filed a request before Argentina's Lower House to impeach President Javier Milei "for the poor performance of his duties and possible commission of crimes." The signatories also spoke of "economic genocide." The initiative still has to go through many phases before it […]

  • 60-year-old lawyer qualifies for Miss Argentina contest
    on April 24, 2024

    Sixty-year-old lawyer and journalist Alejandra Marisa Rodríguez was chosen to represent the province of Buenos Aires in the Miss Argentine for Miss Universe contest. The winner outperformed 34 other contenders to qualify for the May 25 showdown with candidates from the other territories, aged between 18 and 40. Buenos Aires' runner-up was aged 73.

  • Milei reacts on social media after students' march
    on April 24, 2024

    Argentine President Javier Milei turned unusually overactive on social media Tuesday afternoon after packed street demonstrations nationwide in defense of of tuition-free college education in what was dubbed the Federal University March.

  • Milei praises his own administration for its financial surplus
    on April 23, 2024

    Argentine President Javier Milei Monday highlighted his administration's performance bringing about a financial surplus worth AR$ 276.638 billion (US$ 276.638 million), which constituted a “historical feat.” He also said this achievement of three consecutive surplus-yielding months -something unheard of since 2008- was possible thanks to his […]

  • Camouflage review – the dark past of Argentina’s dirty war detention centres
    by Phuong Le on April 22, 2024

    Author Félix Bruzzone fronts this haunting film about Campo de Mayo, where his mother was among tens of thousands of people who ‘disappeared’ under the dictatorshipThe dark past of Campo de Mayo, a military camp that once served as a vast detention centre during Argentina’s so-called dirty war, is excavated in Jonathan Perel’s haunting documentary. […]

  • Argentina court blames Iran for deadly 1994 bombing of Jewish center
    by Staff and agencies in Buenos Aires on April 12, 2024

    The attack, blamed on a suicide bomber, killed 85 people, wounded 300 and devastated Latin America’s biggest Jewish communityA new ruling by Argentina’s highest criminal court has blamed Iran for the fatal 1994 attack against a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, declaring it a “crime against humanity” in a decision that paves the way for […]

  • ‘I felt pains all over my body’: Argentina battles dengue outbreak as politicians pass up vaccine opportunity
    by Sylvia Colombo in Buenos Aires on April 12, 2024

    Rising temperatures, dense urban populations and increasing poverty have contributed to more than a quarter of a million cases, and campaigners don’t think the government is doing enough about itOn a particularly warm autumn afternoon in Buenos Aires, Michelly Natalí Barreto Sánchez, 22, began to feel unwell. As she served customers at La Boca, the bar […]

  • Fox bones at ancient burial site suggest animal may have been kept as pet
    by Nicola Davis Science correspondent on April 9, 2024

    Clues at Argentina site raise possibility mammal was buried with human owners about 1,500 years agoThe remains of a fox unearthed at a human burial site in Argentina dating back 1,500 years has raised the possibility the animal may have been kept as a pet, research suggests.Experts say the remains predate the arrival of domestic dogs in Patagonia, which […]

  • Crabs, kelp and mussels: Argentina’s waters teem with life – could a fish farm ban do the same for Chile?
    by Mark Hillsdon in Ushuaia, Argentina on April 9, 2024

    While the ecosystem is thriving off the coast of Argentina, the proliferation of salmon farms in Chile’s waters is threatening marine life, say criticsA rocky path, strewn with thick tree roots, leads from a dirt road down to a small green hut overlooking the choppy waters of the Beagle Channel, a strait between Chile and Argentina. The shack is home to […]

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