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Monday, May 4th 2026 - 01:45 UTC
Three dead in hantavirus outbreak aboard polar cruise ship from Ushuaia bound for Cape Verde

The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed three deaths on Sunday aboard the polar cruise ship MV Hondius from a hantavirus outbreak, a disease typically transmitted through rodents. The vessel, operated by the Dutch company Oceanwide Expeditions, had set sail from the port of Ushuaia, in Argentina's Tierra del Fuego province, on March 20, bound for the port of Praia in Cape Verde, where its journey was scheduled to conclude on May 4.
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Friday, May 1st 2026 - 17:12 UTC
RAF chief calls Falklands defence 'non-negotiable' as Rubio plays down Pentagon memo

The head of Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF), Air Chief Marshal Sir Harv Smyth, said on Friday that the United Kingdom remains “on high alert and ready” to defend the Falklands “at a moment's notice,” in remarks published by The Times that reaffirm London's military stance on the archipelago following the leak of an internal Pentagon memorandum that considered reviewing US historic support for British sovereignty over the islands. Smyth stressed that the RAF's role in defending the territory was “non-negotiable,” a formulation that reflects the hardening of British military rhetoric in the latest phase of the diplomatic crisis.
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Friday, May 1st 2026 - 06:40 UTC
After 25 years of negotiation, the Mercosur-EU agreement takes effect this Friday

The association agreement between Mercosur and the European Union (EU) enters provisionally into force on Friday May 1, after more than a quarter-century of negotiations, in what constitutes one of the world's most ambitious trade deals and the largest reciprocal opening ever finalised by the South American bloc. The final signing took place on January 17 in Asunción and, although final ratification by the European Court of Justice and subsequent approval by the European Parliament remain pending, provisional entry into force allows the immediate start of tariff reductions covering 95% of Mercosur products and 91% of EU products.
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Thursday, April 30th 2026 - 03:39 UTC
US troops train in Argentina with USS Nimitz in Atlantic Dagger exercise

US troops began joint maneuvers on Tuesday with their Argentine counterparts as part of the “Atlantic Dagger” exercise, one of the broadest joint military operations between the two countries in decades, alongside the deployment of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in South Atlantic waters. The simultaneous presence of special forces on Argentine soil and a US naval strike group off the Atlantic coast forms part of a single package authorized by President Javier Milei through Necessity and Urgency Decree 264/2026, after Congress failed to take up a 2025 bill to enable the entry of foreign troops.
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Thursday, April 30th 2026 - 01:47 UTC
'I committed no crime': Adorni weathers opposition pressure in Congress with full Milei's backing

Argentine Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni refused to resign on Wednesday during his first management report before the Chamber of Deputies, in a seven-hour session marked by allegations of alleged illicit enrichment against him and by the unprecedented presence of President Javier Milei in the chamber's gallery, alongside his sister and Secretary General of the Presidency Karina Milei, and the entire cabinet. “I committed no crime and I will prove it in court,” Adorni told the plenary, on a day the ruling party sought to turn into a political show of support and that the opposition transformed into a parallel trial.
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Wednesday, April 29th 2026 - 02:02 UTC
Argentina expects to raise $2 billion from privatizations this year, says Minister Caputo

Argentina's Economy Minister Luis Caputo announced on Tuesday that the state expects to raise around $2 billion before year-end through a package of privatizations and concessions of public companies, in what constitutes one of the pillars of President Javier Milei's economic program and a central commitment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The remarks were made at Expo EFI, the country's main economics and finance forum, on a day when the government took concrete steps on at least two of the most significant operations on its agenda.
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Tuesday, April 28th 2026 - 04:10 UTC
Argentine VP tells islanders to 'go back to England' as US presses UK over F-16 jets

The Falklands sovereignty dispute returned to the centre of the diplomatic agenda this week with two developments of immediate impact: comments by Argentine Vice President Victoria Villarruel demanding that islanders “go back to England” if they “feel English” — despite the fact that in the 2013 referendum islanders voted by a 99.8% majority to remain British — and a disclosure published by The Telegraph that the United States had pressured the British government to tolerate the delivery to Argentina of F-16 fighter jets sourced from allied territory.
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Monday, April 27th 2026 - 20:45 UTC
Mercosur Parliament recalls Pope Francis as a 'peacebuilder' from the global south

The Mercosur Parliament (Parlasur) held a special session in Montevideo on Monday to mark the first anniversary of the death of Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21, 2025, in which lawmakers and religious representatives from the bloc's member states highlighted the late Argentine pontiff's legacy as an international mediator, advocate for the most vulnerable, and a geopolitical figure who emerged from “the periphery.” The tribute, titled “Francis, the Pope of peace: toward a geopolitics of peace in Mercosur,” took place in the Uruguayan Chamber of Representatives at the Legislative Palace.
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Monday, April 27th 2026 - 14:40 UTC
Argentine economy ministry secretary resigns over seven undeclared properties in Miami

Argentine Economy Minister Luis Caputo on Sunday accepted the resignation of Infrastructure Coordination Secretary Carlos Frugoni, following a media investigation that revealed the official failed to declare to Argentine tax authorities seven apartments in the state of Florida, acquired through two limited liability companies incorporated in Delaware. Frugoni, who had been in the post for just four months, now faces a complaint for alleged illicit enrichment and malicious omission in his asset declarations.
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Monday, April 27th 2026 - 14:29 UTC
Argentine Cabinet Chief to face Congress over personal wealth allegations and economic concerns

Argentina's Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni will appear before the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday, April 29, in his first management report, in a session expected to be tense over the ongoing judicial investigation for alleged illicit enrichment and the recent deterioration of key economic indicators. The opposition has filed more than 4,800 questions and is working on a coordinated strategy to avoid provocations that might enable the official to withdraw early, as occurred with his predecessor Guillermo Francos in the Senate.
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