Argentina Senate rejects Milei nominees to top court
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Argentina’s Senate rejected two Supreme Court justice nominees proposed by President Javier Milei, in a setback for the libertarian leader, who accused lawmakers of politicising the vote. Police officers stand in front of the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 17th March, 2022. PICTURE: Reuters/Agustin Marcarian/File photo The President’s February decree […]
Argentina floods kill at least 10 in Bahia Blanca port city
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Heavy rains in the Argentine port city of Bahia Blanca, south-west of the capital Buenos Aires, left at least 10 dead and caused substantial flooding on Friday. More than 260 millimetre of rain fell within a few hours, destroying bridges and causing asphalt roads to collapse, the city said, adding that […]
Pope Francis, the Argentine pontiff who has never returned home
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Argentines have long waited for Pope Francis to visit the homeland he left in 2013 to become the head of the Roman Catholic Church. With his health delicate as he battles double pneumonia, the return seems increasingly unlikely now to happen. Pope Francis, 88, has been in a critical condition due […]
Argentina to withdraw from WHO after Trump exit, citing “deep differences”
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Argentina will pull out of the World Health Organization (WHO), a presidential spokesperson said on Wednesday, following President Donald Trump’s executive order last month to pull the United States out of the global health group. A view shows The World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on 28th January, 2025. […]
Columbus holiday in Latin America revives centuries-old historical debate
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters An Argentine claim that European contact brought civilisation to the Americas has provoked rebukes from across Latin America, where heated debates often flare up over the era’s contested historical legacy. Commemorating Christopher Columbus’ landing in the Americas on 12th October, 1492, the office of Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei posted on […]
Food insecurity: In Argentina’s poverty-hit barrios an emergency takes hold
LUCILA SIGAL and JAVIER CORBALAN, of Reuters, report on the food emergency taking hold as poverty rises in poor communities…
Argentina’s Milei vows justice in 1994 bombing of Jewish community centre
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Argentina’s Jewish community on Thursday commemorated the 30th anniversary of the bombing of a community centre that killed 85 people, with President Javier Milei promising to right decades of inaction and inconsistencies in the investigations into the attack. A bomb-filled van hit the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) Jewish community centre […]
Postcards: Meat-loving Argentines eat less beef as inflation bites
CANDELARIA GRIMBERG, of Reuters, reports…
Pope Francis tells G7 that humans must not lose control of AI
Borgo Egnazia, Italy Reuters Pope Francis became the first pontiff to address a G7 summit on Friday, warning world leaders that artificial intelligence must never be allowed to get the upper hand over humanity. An array of global chiefs warmly embraced the 87-year-old Pope as he made his way around their huge oval table, pushed […]
Updated: Argentine Senate passes Milei reform bill as protests rage outside
Updated: 3pm (AEST) Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Argentina’s Senate passed a sprawling bill on Wednesday that is key to libertarian President Javier Milei’s economic reform plans, while protesters set fires and clashed with police in the streets outside Congress. The upper house was divided down the middle over the bill, which was passed in a […]