Argentina
Tue, 05 May 2026 02:07:00 GMTLawmaker 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 GMTContractor 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 GMTWhy 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...
Mon, 04 May 2026 01:45:00 GMTThree dead in hantavirus outbreak aboard polar cruise ship from Ushuaia bound for Cape Verde
The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed three deaths on Sunday aboard the polar cruise ship MV Hondius from a hantavirus outbreak, a disease typically transmitted through rodents. The vessel, operated by the Dutch company...
Fri, 01 May 2026 17:12:00 GMTRAF chief calls Falklands defence 'non-negotiable' as Rubio plays down Pentagon memo
The head of Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF), Air Chief Marshal Sir Harv Smyth, said on Friday that the United Kingdom remains “on high alert and ready” to defend the Falklands “at a moment's notice,” in remarks publishe...
Fri, 01 May 2026 06:40:00 GMTAfter 25 years of negotiation, the Mercosur-EU agreement takes effect this Friday
The association agreement between Mercosur and the European Union (EU) enters provisionally into force on Friday May 1, after more than a quarter-century of negotiations, in what constitutes one of the world's most ambitious tr...
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:39:00 GMTUS troops train in Argentina with USS Nimitz in Atlantic Dagger exercise
US troops began joint maneuvers on Tuesday with their Argentine counterparts as part of the “Atlantic Dagger” exercise, one of the broadest joint military operations between the two countries in decades, alongside the deplo...
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:47:00 GMT'I committed no crime': Adorni weathers opposition pressure in Congress with full Milei's backing
Argentine Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni refused to resign on Wednesday during his first management report before the Chamber of Deputies, in a seven-hour session marked by allegations of alleged illicit enrichment against him and...
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 02:02:00 GMTArgentina expects to raise $2 billion from privatizations this year, says Minister Caputo
Argentina's Economy Minister Luis Caputo announced on Tuesday that the state expects to raise around $2 billion before year-end through a package of privatizations and concessions of public companies, in what constitutes one of...
Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:10:00 GMTArgentine VP tells islanders to 'go back to England' as US presses UK over F-16 jets
The Falklands sovereignty dispute returned to the centre of the diplomatic agenda this week with two developments of immediate impact: comments by Argentine Vice President Victoria Villarruel demanding that islanders “go back...