Emir drops by

Only three weeks after hosting Argentina’s World Cup triumph and draping a traditional Arabic cloak around Lionel Messi, the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, yachted from Punta …

New year with Lula

President Alberto Fernández began 2023 by flying to Brasilia for the inauguration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s third term, joining 17 other heads of state in hailing a new …

Last week of december in coronavirus

With Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner placing Covid-19 back on the map, the Health Ministry last weekend reported 27,119 new cases of contagion on the third week of December, more than …

Argentina, 1985 Film gets Golden Globe Nod

The film Argentina, 1985 was nominated as the best foreign film for a Golden Globe prize last Monday and will thus compete in next year’s Oscars against Indian, German, Belgian and South Korean …

Lula here next month

Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who will take office on New Year’s Day, will make his first official visit abroad here on January 24, holding a bilateral meeting …

CORONAVIRUS

At the beginning of December, the health authorities reported a fourfold increase in cases of Covid-19 contagion with the new total of 12,609 cases entering into five digits for the …

INTO MORE FUNDS

By last weekend the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had completed its third review of its agreement with Argentina earlier on December, thus permitting the release of US$6 billion in the …

MR MAYOR GOES TO WASHINGTON

Seeking to give an international angle to his presidential bid, City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta headed out in midweek for an official tour to Washington where he will be meeting …

MERCOSUR SUMMIT

In a day dominated by the verdict in the Santa Cruz corruption trial, Tuesday also saw President Alberto Fernández heading to Montevideo for a tense Mercosur summit featuring clashes with …

CRISTINA CONVICTED

The TOF(Tribunal Oral Federal)2 court last Tuesday sentenced Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to a six-year prison term for corruption, half the sentence requested by prosecutor Diego Luciani, and a …