News of navy

Crisis in Argentina’s Armed Forces as poor salaries lead to exodus

Today 07:58 Some 2,200 members of the Armed Forces have resigned this year. The Navy has been hardest hit, with some receiving monthly pay-cheques below 600,000 pesos.

DEFENCE SPENDING

Milei, Macron agree outline of deal for French submarines, vessels

28-11-2024 22:05 During French leader’s recent visit to Buenos Aires, Argentina’s President Javier Milei worked out the details of a deal with his counterpart Emmnauel Macron that will see Argentina purchase new vessels for its Navy.

BORDER ROW

Argentina starts removing solar panels from Chilean border

18-06-2024 10:43 Chilean President Gabriel Boric pushes Argentina to act and remove solar panels at a southern military base that were erroneously installed on Chile’s side of border.

PLANE TRAGEDY

Bulgarian Navy hands over remains of lost Argentine plane

26-02-2024 11:17 Bulgarian Navy hands over remains of a Neptune 2-P-103 aircraft belonging to the Argentine Navy which crashed in 1976.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Silvia Labayrú: ‘I was the first, I believe, to give birth at ESMA’

17-02-2024 06:43 Silvia Labayrú is a survivor of one of Argentina’s darkest places during the 1976-1983 era of state terrorism. Held at the ex-ESMA Navy Mechanics School, which served as a clandestine detention centre during the dictatorship’s rein of terror, she was kidnapped, tortured and raped several times during her captivity. In a feature interview, she recalls her experience and reveals the horrors she suffered during those black days.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Environment

Studying the otherworldly sounds in Antarctic waters

16-02-2024 10:48 A Colombian scientific expedition to the Southern Ocean is researching underwater hums, pitches and echoes to better understand life in the deep.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Court confirms life sentences for Jorge ‘Tigre’ Acosta and 39 others

19-09-2023 16:34 Federal Criminal Cassation Chamber dismissed appeals by 40 individuals convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life in jail.