DIPLOMATIC SPAT US congressman: ‘Argentina has lashed itself to Chinese Communist Party’ 08-02-2022 22:48 US lawmaker Matt Gaetz says “Argentina has lashed itself to the Chinese Communist Party” in the wake of last week's Belt and Road initiative announcement.
PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN TOUR Argentina joins China’s Belt and Road initiative, eyes US$23 billion investment 06-02-2022 08:28 President Alberto Fernández signs Argentina up to China’s sweeping global initiative; Final details discussed at bilateral meeting between Peronist leader and Chinese Premier Xi Jingping.
PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN TOUR Xi's Olympic diplomacy blitz nets Argentina for China's Belt and Road 06-02-2022 07:54 Chinese state broadcaster CCTV confirms Xi and Alberto Fernández have inked an agreement on "jointly promoting the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road," marking Argentina's entry into the initiative.
CRISIS IN ECUADOR Protesting Ecuadoreans block roads as fuel price crisis escalates 27-10-2021 15:55 Thousands of Ecuadoreans take to the streets throughout the country, blocking roads in protests called by indigenous organisations as nation's crisis escalates.
ENVIRONMENT Climate talks in times of crisis: Your roadmap to COP26 25-10-2021 11:15 Glasgow will welcome world leaders and thousands of attendees for the crucial COP26 United Nations summit on climate change in November.
MARIO MEONI (1965-2021) Politicians mourns loss of Transport Minister Mario Meoni 29-04-2021 14:23 Meoni, who died in a car crash last Friday evening, laid to rest at a funeral in Junín. President Alberto Fernández mourns loss of “a great man.”
GOVERNMENT MINISTER Transport Minister Mario Meoni dies in road-traffic accident 23-04-2021 23:39 56-year-old Transport Minister Mario Meoni has died after being involved in a road-traffic accident near San Andrés de Giles, Buenos Aires Province.