Argentina

Tue, 12 May 2026 02:27:00 GMT
Labs across three continents confirm passenger-to-passenger spread on hantavirus cruise
A comparative genomic analysis of five people infected aboard the polar cruise ship MV Hondius has confirmed that the hantavirus spread from passenger to passenger during the voyage, according to a study published on the open s...

Mon, 11 May 2026 20:32:00 GMT
Milei government cuts nearly 1.79 billion dollar from budget with sharp education adjustment
The government of Javier Milei amended Argentina's 2026 budget on Monday with a cut of nearly 2.5 trillion pesos (around 1.79 billion dollars at the parallel exchange rate) —equivalent to approximately 1.6% of the total— in...

Mon, 11 May 2026 03:40:00 GMT
Paraná waterway: Milei's largest privatization advances amid tailored-bid suspicions
The tender to concession Argentina's Paraná-Paraguay waterway for 25 years —the country's main fluvial artery, through which roughly 85% of foreign trade is shipped— has entered its final stretch with two Belgian finalists...

Sat, 09 May 2026 22:32:00 GMT
Nahuel Gallo describes torture and a sardonic "you're off to Disney" during Venezuela detention
Argentine gendarme Nahuel Gallo, who spent 448 days detained in Venezuela under the regime of Nicolás Maduro, described in a televised interview the torture inflicted on him at the El Rodeo I prison and revealed the phrase his...

Sat, 09 May 2026 05:49:00 GMT
Argentine court reinstates full force of Milei's labor reform
An Argentine court on Friday lifted the precautionary injunction that had suspended 82 of the 218 articles of the labor reform pushed by President Javier Milei, restoring the full force of one of the most contested laws in the ...

Fri, 08 May 2026 15:40:00 GMT
Ushuaia landfill scrutinized in cruise ship hantavirus outbreak probe
Seven kilometers from downtown Ushuaia, the municipal landfill serving Argentina's southernmost city has become one of the focal points of the epidemiological investigation into the hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cru...

Tue, 05 May 2026 18:28:00 GMT
Bullrich vows that Argentina's government will capture former guerrilla Apablaza for extradition to Chile
Argentine senator and former Security Minister Patricia Bullrich said in Santiago on Tuesday that Javier Milei's government maintains "the firm determination" to locate Chilean former guerrilla Galvarino Sergio Apablaza, on the...

Tue, 05 May 2026 02:07:00 GMT
Lawmaker requests Adorni's arrest over alleged witness tampering in illicit enrichment case
Argentine Congresswoman Marcela Pagano on Monday requested the arrest of Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni, accusing him of having pressured contractor Matías Tabar prior to his judicial testimony regarding the renovation works carr...

Tue, 05 May 2026 02:02:00 GMT
Contractor testifies Adorni paid $245,000 in cash to remodel his country home; government rejects the figure
Contractor Matías Tabar testified on Monday before Argentine federal courts that Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni paid him $245,000 in cash for renovation works carried out at the residence in the Indio Cua gated community, in Exal...

Tue, 05 May 2026 01:34:00 GMT
Why the Falkland Islands are British
By Graham Pascoe - On April 24 it was reported in the Guardian and the Telegraph in London that President Trump has asked the Pentagon to “review Britain’s claim to the Falkland Islands”, as a possible “punishment” fo...

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