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Sat, 18 Dec 2021 09:57:00 GMT
Uruguay does not sign joint declaration at Mercosur Summit
Uruguay stood out for its dissenting stance at the 59th Summit of the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) Friday after President Luis Lacalle Pou refused to sign a joint declaration.

Sat, 18 Dec 2021 09:44:00 GMT
President wants Buenos Aires to no longer be capital of Argentina
Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday said he was entertaining the idea that the country's capital should not be Buenos Aires, thus resurfacing a controversy from 1853-1860 which then-President Raúl Alfonsín also soug...

Sat, 18 Dec 2021 09:22:00 GMT
Argentina creates Joint Maritime Command to patrol national waters
Argentine Defense Minister Jorge Taiana announced the creation of the Joint Maritime Command, which will be in charge of the permanent patrolling and monitoring of the Argentine sea.

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 21:20:00 GMT
Picture of canvas swimming pool to contain oil spill in Argentina goes viral
The picture of a canvas swimming pool designed for the backyard of a modest income family has been used by oil pipeline operators Oldelval to contain a crude spill of over 3 million liters in Argentine Patagonia has gone viral.

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 19:56:00 GMT
Chubut's capital virtually on fire after demonstrations against mining law
Demonstrators in the Argentine province of Chubut set the Government House and other public buildings in the capital city of Rawson on fire to express their opposition to a mega-mining bill passed by the local legislature.

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 09:57:00 GMT
Argentina to donate 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Bolivia
Argentina has announced one million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will be sent to Bolivia next Monday, making it “the largest donation of doses between countries in South America since the global pandemic was decl...

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Real estate booms in Uruguay with Argentine buyers
As soon as Uruguay reopened its borders to Argentines owning property in the country, real estate purchases have tripled only in the months of October and November, it was reported.

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 08:59:00 GMT
Air Canada returns to Argentina after pandemic restrictions
Air Canada has resumed regular operations to / from Argentina with four weekly frequencies serving Buenos Aires' Ezeiza international airport Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from Montreal, via São Paulo (Brazil), us...

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 09:56:00 GMT
Nothing to fear at Mercosur Summit Friday, Argentine ambassador says
Argentina's Ambassador to Brazil Daniel Scioli Wednesday said Friday's Mercosur Summit posed no risk of tensions between Presidents Alberto Fernández and Jair Bolsonaro, despite former Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silv...

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 09:06:00 GMT
Statue of Diego Maradona unveiled at Ezeiza airport
A real-life statue of former Argentine football legend Diego Maradona was unveiled Wednesday at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza International Airport.



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