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Tuesday, May 7th 2024 - 19:19 UTC
Argentina is the promised land for businesspeople, Milei says

Argentine President Javier Milei told attendees at the Milken Institute's Global Conference in Beverly Hills that his country “has all the conditions to be the new Mecca of the West” and asked businessmen to help build “the new Rome of the 21st Century.”
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Monday, May 6th 2024 - 08:04 UTC
Milei lands in LA for gathering with world personalities

Argentine President Javier Milei arrived in Los Angeles Sunday to participate at Milken Institute's global conference too be staged Monday at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills bringing together a series of world political and business leaders. It is Milei's fourth trip to the United States since winning the elections and third since he took office.
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Sunday, May 5th 2024 - 12:03 UTC
Campaign in several US states to ban sale of lab-grown “cultivated” meat

Several US states, spear headed by Florida are on a campaign to ban the sale and distribution of lab-grown or “cultivated” meat. The process of making cultivated meat involves extracting cells from an animal, which are then fed with nutrients such as proteins, sugars and fats, and they were first cleared for consumption in the US in 2022. The end product is genetically indistinguishable from traditionally produced meat.
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Thursday, May 2nd 2024 - 05:15 UTC
Maritime traffic partially restored with temporary corridors at port of Baltimore

CBS News is reporting that the port of Baltimore, in Maryland has seen the arrival of a first container ship since the tragic collision and collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge in March, with the loss of six lives.
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Thursday, May 2nd 2024 - 05:08 UTC
The Fed leaves rates unchanged because of lack of further progress on lowering inflation

The United States kept interest rates unchanged, given “a lack of further progress” toward lowering inflation. This means the Fed rate at 5,25% and 5,5% is at the highest level in more than two decades.
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Tuesday, April 30th 2024 - 10:42 UTC
USCG James arrives in Argentina for cooperation maneuvers

Donning Coast Guard (PNA) jackets, Argentine President Javier Milei, Security Minister Patricia Bullrich (Security), and Presidential Secretary Karina Milei participated Monday in the ceremony welcoming the US Coast Guard cutter James (WMSL 754) to Buenos Aires for joint actions with local forces to prevent illegal fishing in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the South Atlantic. The James will stay in Buenos Aires until Friday.
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Monday, April 29th 2024 - 10:50 UTC
Unauthorized US Coast Guard ship sparks controversy in Montevideo

The US Coast Guard cutter James docked in the port of Montevideo Friday sparking a controversy among local politicians because the executive had forgotten to require the congressional acquiescence needed for the presence of any foreign-flagged military unit in the country.
Friday, April 26th 2024 - 19:34 UTC
US sanctions: Cubana flights to Buenos Aires lifted after refueling is denied

As President Javier Milei's Argentina deepens its allegiance to the United States, Cuba's flag carrier Cubana lifted this week its regular service between Buenos Aires and Havana after fuel suppliers announced they would no longer be serving a company blacklisted from Washington in what seems like an encore of what happened to the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 freighter flying under the Venezuelan flag following a spell with Iran's Mahan Air.
Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 20:01 UTC
ICAO agrees to review Venezuela's claim against Argentina regarding the Emtrasur freighter

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has agreed to review Venezuela's complaint against Argentina for seizing the Boeing 747-300 freighter belonging to Conviasa's cargo subsidiary Emtrasur and later handing it over to US authorities for scrapping. The aircraft was wanted by Washington because it had belonged to Iran's carrier Mahan Air and was said to be involved in logistics operations assisting terrorist attacks.
Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 20:29 UTC
US Ambassador in Santiago to remain mum following leaks to the press regarding confidential talks with Congress

US Ambassador to Santiago Bernadette Meehan told Chilean lawmakers Wednesday that she would no longer be briefing them on the possible exclusion of the South American country from Washington's Visa-Waver program after details of her confidential meeting with parliamentarians were published by the website El Mostrador.