ENVIRONMENT Argentina considering Paris climate pact exit, reports NYT 15-11-2024 10:07 Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein says Argentina is “re-evaluating our strategy on all matters related to climate change."
MILEI IN AMERICA Elon Musk says his firms are 'actively' looking to invest in Argentina 24-09-2024 14:58 SpaceX and Tesla boss posts on social media that his companies are “actively looking for ways to invest in and support Argentina,” though there’s no sign of an announcement anytime soon.
MILEI IN AMERICA Milei in New York: Ringing the Wall Street bell, Elon Musk meet 23-09-2024 13:20 President Javier Milei delivers a speech to traders and invited guests at Wall Street ahead of eagerly awaited address to the United Nations General Assembly later today.
DEBT WOES La Rioja creditors win US$40 million in NY court over bond spat 12-09-2024 16:29 US judge orders La Rioja Province to pay creditors nearly US$40 million in damages.
MARKETS President Milei proves boon and curse for Argentine bank stocks 02-07-2024 11:30 Argentine banking stocks in New York are tumbling as the government slashes interest rates and crimps new borrowing.
UNITED STATES Donald Trump convicted on all charges in hush money trial 30-05-2024 18:35 New York jury finds Donald Trump guilty of multiple felonies at his hush-money trial, making him the first former US president to be convicted of crimes.
OBITUARY Transgender activist and author Cecilia Gentili dies in New York at age 52 07-02-2024 16:31 Tributes paid to trailblazing trans advocate, originally from Santa Fe Province, who has died at the age of 52.
Film & Culture 'Los Delincuentes' to represent Argentina at the Oscars in 2024 04-10-2023 12:39 Director Rodrigo Moreno's production selected by the Argentine Film Academy to compete in the Best International Feature Film category at the Oscars in 2024.
Foreign Policy & Diplomacy Biden and Lula to launch workers' rights pact in meeting Wednesday 20-09-2023 07:00 The two presidents are taking further steps to tighten relations based on their mutual support for worker's rights and organized labor
ELECTION 2023 Milei to send team for investor talks in New York 25-08-2023 10:58 Advisers for Javier Milei will travel to New York in September to present their economic plans to Wall Street banks for the first time.
Lula's surgery Lula to get hip surgery, admits pain makes him cranky 27-07-2023 12:31 Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, will undergo hip surgery to alleviate pain, potentially affecting his upcoming international engagements.
MUSIC Argentine urban music conquers the world – Duki, Nicki Nicole, Bizarrap lead way 21-07-2023 15:31 Wave of Argentine musicians including Bizarrap, Duki, Emilia Mernes, Nicki Nicole and Wos are selling out shows and shining in the northern hemisphere.
ART & CULTURE Argentine curator unveils NYC exhibit reinterpreting LatAm's colonial history 02-05-2023 16:29 New exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art offers a retelling of the European colonisation of Latin America through the eyes of contemporary artists
POLITICS & ECONOMY – ANALYSIS Griesa’s ghost and the return of the ‘vulture funds’ 08-04-2023 06:25 The YPF court ruling ultimately represents a failure to face and resolve the structural challenges of the beleaguered sovereign and its never-ending attempts to escape a chronic cycle of ineptitude. by Agustino Fontevecchia
US LAWSUIT Argentina found liable in multi-billion-dollar suit over YPF oil takeover 31-03-2023 19:43 US district judge rules in favour of the Spanish firms Petersen Energia Inversora SAU and Petersen Energía SAU, which sued YPF and Argentina in 2015 over its controversial nationalisation three years earlier.
TERROR ATTACK New York truck attacker escapes death penalty 14-03-2023 14:26 Sayfullo Saipov, who killed eight people in a truck attack in New York six years ago, will spend the rest of his life in jail after jurors were unable to agree on the death penalty Monday.
Terror Trial Uzbek man found guilty of New York bike path terror attack 26-01-2023 21:47 An Uzbek man who drove a truck down a New York bike path five years ago killing eight people – five of whom were visiting from Argentina – was found guilty Thursday of a raft of murder and terrorism charges.
FIFAGATE CORRUPTION CONMEBOL officials took millions in bribes, New York court told 19-01-2023 10:58 Argentine businessman Alejandro Burzaco claims he and two former television executives had funnelled kickbacks to CONMEBOL chiefs to secure lucrative broadcasting rights.
FIFAGATE CORRUPTION Football scam jury hears of Fox TV rights bought with bribes 19-01-2023 02:22 Prosecutors said Hernán López and Carlos Martínez teamed up with the sports marketing firm Full Play Group SA to pay millions of dollars a year in bribes to officials of CONMEBOL, the governing body for South American football. Full Play is also a defendant in the case.
UNITED STATES Terror trial over 2017 New York truck attack begins 09-01-2023 22:01 Uzbek attacker Sayfullo Saipov stands trial on terrorism and murder charges for killing of eight people in 2017 truck rampage. Five of those killed were friends from Rosario celebrating 30 years since their high school graduation. At least 12 other people were wounded.