Argentina

Tuesday, November 10th 2026 - 03:26 UTC
Princess Anne arrives in the Falklands and will open the new National Sports Complex

Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles III, arrived in the Falklands on Monday with her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, at the start of a visit that will later take her to South Georgia, and among other engagements will formally open the new National Sports Complex in Stanley.
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Tuesday, November 10th 2026 - 03:15 UTC
Some 2.5 million people attend Leo XIV’s Mass in Buenos Aires, authorities say

Some 2.5 million people, according to local authorities, attended the Mass Pope Leo XIV celebrated on Monday in the parks of Palermo in Buenos Aires, the first by a pontiff in Argentina since John Paul II’s visit in 1987, with a homily focused on the role of the family. El País described it as the largest gathering of his pontificate.
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Monday, November 9th 2026 - 03:00 UTC
Leo XIV, before Milei: “The economy must serve the person”

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Buenos Aires on Sunday, the first papal visit to Argentina in 39 years, and in his first address to the authorities, with President Javier Milei at his side, said that “the economy must be at the service of the person, and not the person at the service of the economy”, urged those in authority to “recognise the limits of power” and called for “special attention” to the sick and people with disabilities.
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Sunday, November 8th 2026 - 20:16 UTC
Leo XIV leaves Uruguay urging Catholics to reach out to “those who have drifted away”

Pope Leo XIV ended his visit to Uruguay on Sunday with a Mass before some 30,000 faithful in the city of Florida, where he urged Catholics to reach out to those who have drifted away from the Church in South America’s most secular country, before flying to Buenos Aires, the second stop on his regional tour.
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Saturday, November 7th 2026 - 02:30 UTC
Leo XIV begins his tour in Uruguay, praising Mercosur and peace and questioning abortion and euthanasia

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Montevideo on Friday, the first stop on his South American tour, and in a speech to Uruguayan authorities praised Mercosur, peaceful coexistence and care for the environment, but also defended life “even that which is still growing in the mother’s womb” and questioned euthanasia, in a country where both are legal and which is considered the most secular in the region.
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Friday, November 6th 2026 - 01:56 UTC
Peña says he will face his impeachment trial as Argentina denies he has entered the country

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña announced on Thursday night that he will appear before the Senate to defend himself in the impeachment trial against him, after Congress failed for lack of a quorum to consider the resignation he had tendered hours earlier, leaving him formally in office. Argentina’s government, meanwhile, denied any record of Peña entering Argentina, following reports that he might have left Paraguay.
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Thursday, November 5th 2026 - 07:21 UTC
Ibero-American foreign ministers unanimously back Argentina’s Falklands claim

Ibero-American foreign ministers meeting in Madrid unanimously approved a special communiqué backing Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands and calling on Argentina and the United Kingdom to resume negotiations, on the eve of the Hamburg hearing on the Sea Lion oil project.
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Thursday, November 5th 2026 - 06:49 UTC
Milei skips the opening of the Ibero-American Summit and meets Abascal in Madrid

Argentine President Javier Milei did not attend the opening of the 30th Ibero-American Summit in Madrid on Wednesday or the dinner hosted by the King and Queen of Spain for the delegations, and that evening met Santiago Abascal, leader of the Vox party, in the middle of the campaign for Spain’s November 29 general election.
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Tuesday, November 3rd 2026 - 20:16 UTC
Cristina Kirchner meets Lula’s digital strategist in a bid to replicate his comeback in Argentina

Former Argentine president Cristina Kirchner on Monday received Brazilian lawmaker André Janones, creator of the WhatsApp channel that helped Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva win re-election, in Buenos Aires, as the Peronist opposition looks to Brazil for keys to defeating Javier Milei in the 2027 presidential election.
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Tuesday, November 3rd 2026 - 09:29 UTC
The Pope arrives in an Argentina where bishops are among Milei’s firmest critics

Pope Leo XIV will arrive in Buenos Aires on Sunday on a visit that Javier Milei’s government presents as strictly pastoral, but which takes place amid tension with Argentina’s Catholic hierarchy, one of the most critical voices against the president’s austerity policies. The pontiff will begin a tour in Uruguay on Friday that will continue in Argentina from November 8 to 11 and end in Peru.
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