Argentina
Wed, 14 Apr 2021 08:42:00 GMTArgentine Vice-President and aides acquitted in Central Bank “future dollar” case
Argentina's top penal court of appeals Tuesday acquitted former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (2008-2015) and her aide Axel Kiciloff of all charges in the so-called future dollar case, because there had been no dama...
Wed, 14 Apr 2021 08:42:00 GMTArgentine president tells US envoy there will be no new Chinese base
Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday told US National Security Council advisor Juan Gonzalez that "there will be no foreign bases," it was reported.
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 14:32:00 GMTArgentina finished Antarctica Summer Campaign without Covid-19 cases
Argentina's 2020/2021 Antarctic campaign successfully finished last week after the arrival of the Argentine Navy icebreaker “Almirante Irízar” at the port of Buenos Aires without registering any positive case of Covid-19 a...
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:54:00 GMTArgentina: Experts advise further restrictions necessary to curb coronavirus spread
Argentine Chief of Cabinet, Santiago Cafiero and Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Monday met online with a committee of experts to assess the country's current covid situation. The recommendation was, as expected, harsher restric...
Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:20:00 GMTArgentine Government to discuss further restrictions as coronavirus cases soar
Argentina's Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero and Health Minister Carla Vizzotti are to hold a meeting Monday to discuss additional measures as the spread of the coronavirus pandemic seems increasingly out of control.
Mon, 12 Apr 2021 09:55:00 GMTArgentine Journalist Mauro Viale dies of covid-19 aged 73
Famous Argentine TV-radio host and former sportscaster Mauro Viale has died in Buenos Aires at the age of 73 due to covid-19 complications, it was reported. He had received the first dose of the vaccine against the Covid-19 cor...
Sat, 10 Apr 2021 10:53:00 GMTArgentine inflation forecast at 46% for year 2021, 3.9% for March alone
Argentina's Central Bank Friday announced the yearly inflation for 2021 was expected to reach 46%, while figures for the past month of March were around 3.9%. The official peso/US dollar exchange rate was foreseen at $ 115/ US$...
Sat, 10 Apr 2021 10:03:00 GMTPrince Philip's death in times of virtual life and social media
The death of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic and the growing popularity of social media and online contact, has led to a scenario completely different from the one seen at the last...
Sat, 10 Apr 2021 08:30:00 GMTArgentina strongly opposes UK's firing of missiles in the Falklands
Argentina Friday expressed its government's utmost rejection of the announcement by British authorities that missiles were to be launched at the Falkland Islands. The Foreign Ministry warned that the “alleged defensive condit...
Fri, 09 Apr 2021 10:56:00 GMTArgentine Senate passes Income Tax reform with all votes but one
Argentina's Upper House Thursday passed by 66 votes in favour and one abstention the tax reforms proposed by the government of President Alberto Fernández, which would rid workers with a monthly gross income of 150,000 pesos (...