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Sat, 20 Nov 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Argentina's National Sovereignty Day: “We won't trade the islands for vaccines,” President says
Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday insisted the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands belonged to his country, which would never trade them “neither for vaccines nor for debts.”

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 09:20:00 GMT
Millions of Argentines do not show up for their second doses of Covid-19 vaccines
Argentine Health authorities Friday expressed a growing concern after over 8 million people who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine failed to show up at their scheduled appointments to complete the immunization cycle, i...

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 09:12:00 GMT
Tierra del Fuego soul searching: 25 November, "Day of Selk-nam indigenous people genocide"
The Tierra del Fuego provincial legislative has done some soul searching and has voted unanimously to declare next November 25, "Day of the Selk'nam people genocide." It will be a day of provincial mourning with flags at half-m...

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:44:00 GMT
Argentina's ruling party retains Lower House majority
Argentina's ruling coalition Everybody's Front (Frente de Todos - FdT) finally retained a majority within the Lower House after vote-counting in the province of La Rioja granted it the two seats still in doubt.

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 21:21:00 GMT
Ponant cruises operating Antarctic expeditions from Ushuaia
French cruise company Ponant, specializing in Antarctic expeditions has two of its vessels in the port of Ushuaia, extreme south of Argentina. L'Austral and Le Boreal twin vessels are 142 meters long with a capacity of 246 pass...

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 15:46:00 GMT
Argentine art collector pays US$ 35 million for an emblematic feminist icon painting
Argentine businessman and art collector Eduardo Constantini paid 35 million dollars for an iconic painting of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo at Sotheby's in United States. The record-breaking sum for a Kahlo masterpiece is a self-p...

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 09:04:00 GMT
Argentine President diagnosed with brain disorder by Deputy-elect
Neurologist Facundo Manes, who has just been voted into Argentina's Lower House on behalf of the opposition Together for a Change (JxC - Juntos por el Cambio) coalition, has said President Alberto Fernández had a cognitive def...

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 20:40:00 GMT
Argentina: “Not penguins, dogs” covered in oil on Comodoro Rivadavia beach go viral
Dogs covered in oil have appeared on the Comodoro Rivadavia beach in the Argentine province of Chubut, it was reported. Local residents insist poorly sealed oil wells are the reason for the environmental tragedy but say the pro...

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 19:06:00 GMT
All Argentines will get a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine, health minister says
Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Wednesday announced the country's "entire population will receive the booster dose" of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 09:40:00 GMT
Argentine sixth-graders supplied educational material reading “East and West Falkland” in English
Education authorities in the Argentine Province of Santa Fe were placed under investigation Tuesday after it was found that a booklet distributed among sixth-grade schoolchildren featured a map where the Malvinas (Falkland) Isl...



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