MILITARY & DEFENCE Crisis in Armed Forces as poor salaries lead to exodus 30-08-2025 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.