Qatar delegation advances cultural diplomacy in Santiago, Buenos Aires

A high-level delegation from Years of Culture, Qatar’s flagship cultural diplomacy initiative, has wrapped up a series of landmark engagements in Buenos Aires and is continuing its mission in Santiago. The visit comes at a defining moment for...

Argentina Approves Los Azules

By Oscar Martinez The Argentinian Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, recently reported that the government has approved Los Azules, a copper mining project that is part of the new Regime of Incentives to Large Investments (RIGI), which was launched...

Tariff fight, Argentina aid package leave ND soybean farmers reeling at harvest

WING, N.D. (KFYR) - As harvest ramps up, many soybean farmers say the timing couldn’t be worse— they’re facing what they call their toughest season yet, squeezed by low prices and Argentina’s sale of soybeans to China after getting U.S. Aid. On a...

Get Out! Buenos Aires weekend plans from digital art and electronica to maximalist architecture

Buenos Aires welcomes October with a cultural marathon — MUTEK.AR’s digital spectacle, the FLU used book festival, UBA’s international film showcase, and Casa FOA’s design celebration. Wednesday 1 through Sunday 5 October Locations across the city...

Wella Professionals Hosts 2025 RED Forum in Buenos Aires

The Wella Professionals 2025 RED Forum took place in Buenos Aires on the Argentinian coastline over September 21 to 24, celebrating its annual event for the brand’s RED loyalty program salon partners and treating some of Australia and New...

Why Argentines are flocking to Aruba this season

Tiny Aruba is a Caribbean island off the coast of Venezuela. Known for its long stretches of sugary-white sand and crystalline waters, it’s no surprise that tourists from the United States and Canada have long viewed it as an idyllic beach...

Woke American Pope Leo blesses a block of ice in bizarre climate change stunt after swiping at Trump's global warming policies

Pope Leo XIV went after Donald Trump and the GOP with a bizarre blessing of a block of ice to protest against climate change deniers. 'We will raise hope by demanding that leaders act with courage, not delay,' Leo said as he gave the frozen water...

Milei’s budget cuts fuel deforestation fears in Argentina’s Chaco

Since she was a child, Argentine park ranger Natay Collet can remember seeing trucks rolling through her hometown, throwing up dust clouds and piled high with the reddish-brown trunks of the Chaco’s famed quebracho tree. “You used to know people...

Islazul and Ecotur with a wide range of offers to FIT Buenos Aires

“We showcased a wide range of options that we operate, from sun and beach, which we know many Argentines are looking for, to cultural, city, and nature tourism,” Milagros Riquenes, vice president of the Cuban hotel company, told Prensa Latina. The...

Pope Leo chides climate skeptics, embraces Francis’s environmental legacy

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV took aim Wednesday at climate skeptics who “ridicule those who speak of global warming,” as he strongly embraced Pope Francis’ environmental legacy and made it his own in some of his strongest and most extensive comments...

Jane Goodall obituary: The wildlife expert who tackled climate change

Jane Goodall, the primatologist and campaigner best known for her 1960s research in Africa that revealed the true nature of chimpanzees, has died. She was 91. Ms Goodall died of natural causes, the Jane Goodall Institute said on social media. She...

Argentine Tango Festival sizzles in Cape Town this December

Tango Africano festival delights with a dance and music spectacle. If you can walk, you can Tango. ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - This festive season Capetonians can experience the passion and romance of the Argentine Tango at an immersive music and dance...

Climate change shrinks Swiss glaciers by a quarter in past decade: Report

Switzerland's glaciers, which are disproportionately impacted by climate change, have lost a quarter of their volume in the past decade alone, a study warned Wednesday, heightening concerns over accelerating melting. Switzerland's glaciers, which...

Feds ducked protections for Great Salt Lake bird, environmental groups allege

Environmental advocates and artists continue to hope a pint-sized bird will force bold and swift action to save the Great Salt Lake. Community organizers, along with famed writer Terry Tempest Williams and poet Nan Seymour, called on the U.S....

Antigua and Barbuda Promotes Tourism at Major Argentina Travel Fair

Antigua & Barbuda proudly takes center stage at FIT (Feria Internacional de Turismo) in Argentina — Latin America’s largest international tourism fair! This prestigious event brings together thousands of industry professionals, decision makers,...

Bail Out Argentina

Sometimes even the Trump administration acts like a normal American government. The bailout of Argentina is one of those times. The Trump administration is proposing to lend Argentina up to $20 billion to support its currency on financial markets....

Lower production in Brazil and the USA boosted Argentine orange exports

The Argentine citrus season began positively with early oranges, supported by a lower global supply. However, weather and logistical issues hampered further progress. Initial prices benefited producers, but the July frost significantly reduced the...

‘Listen to the cry of the Earth’: Pope Leo takes aim at climate change sceptics

Pope Leo XIV has taken aim at people who “ridicule those who speak of global warming” as he strongly embraced Pope Francis’s environmental legacy and made it his own in some of his strongest and most extensive comments on the subject to date. Leo...

Trump’s Argentina bailout: it’s a political play, not an economic plan

Last month, the US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, vowed to do “whatever it takes” to support Argentina’s rightwing president, Javier Milei, a key ally of Donald Trump. Markets aren’t convinced. On Tuesday, the peso plunged by more than 6%...

Pope Leo XIV takes aim at climate skeptics as he embraces predecessor's environmental legacy

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