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Wednesday, May 8th 2024 - 19:50 UTC
Argentine hostage in Gaza confirmed dead

Argentine national Lior Rudaeff, one of the victims believed to be in the hands of the terrorist group Hamas after the Oct. 7, 2023, incursion into Israeli territory, was actually killed during that attack, the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires confirmed Wednesday. Aged 67, Rudaeff became the 38th fatality out of the 132 people kidnapped into Gaza.
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Wednesday, May 8th 2024 - 17:33 UTC
International version of Milei's book with false academic data on the cover uncovers controversy

The foreign edition of Javier Milei's book “El camino del libertario” has stirred controversy due to erroneous academic data printed on its cover, falsely stating that Milei is a graduate of the University of Buenos Aires and holds a PhD from the University of California. The book, which will be published in Argentina in 2022, was released in Spain with incorrect information about Milei's academic credentials.
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Wednesday, May 8th 2024 - 10:59 UTC
Falklands: “Our relation with Argentina is cyclical, one step forward and two back”

Argentine president Javier Milei has shocked his country's public opinion admitting that the Falkland Islands are still British, but he has not dropped the sovereignty claim and has vowed to recover them, by diplomatic means, in “a long-term process.”
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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.”
Monday, May 6th 2024 - 23:28 UTC
Milei: Malvinas not a priority

Argentine President Javier Milei insisted on praising former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and acknowledged that the Falkland Islands were rightfully to remain under British rule.
Monday, May 6th 2024 - 21:59 UTC
Call warning of a bomb at AMIA HQs a hoax

A bomb threat at the Buenos Aires headquarters of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) Monday afternoon was determined to be a hoax, according to Federal Police sources and authorities from the Jewish welfare group alike. The detonation of an explosive device at the old AMIA building on July 18, 1994, left 85 people dead and triggered a saga of investigations that have yielded almost no conclusive results to this day.
Monday, May 6th 2024 - 20:34 UTC
After EU June elections, agreement with Mercosur can be reached: “A matter of time and timing”, EU negotiator

The Mercosur/European Union trade and cooperation agreement, “is a complicated process but it is also a matter of time and timing”, according to Rupert Schlegelmilch, chief EU negotiator of the accord who recently visited Mercosur country and associate members to meet government officials and business groups to confirm EU's determination to finish the deal.
Monday, May 6th 2024 - 20:26 UTC
UK growth to remain sluggish this year, 0,4% and improving in 2025, OECD report

The United Kingdom GDP growth is projected to remain sluggish at 0.4% in 2024 before improving to 1.0% in 2025, reflecting the waning drag from past monetary tightening, according to the latest report from OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Monday, May 6th 2024 - 20:24 UTC
Rich Chinese beef consumers are becoming more aware of traceability and Amazon deforestation

A survey conducted in Beijing and Shanghai between two renowned academic groups in China and Brazil, revealed that some Chinese consumers are willing to pay more for beef, provided it is not linked to deforestation in the Amazon and have a budding interest in traceability.
Monday, May 6th 2024 - 18:52 UTC
No diplomatic conflict between Argentina and Spain following Minister's remarks about Milei

Spain's Government Monday ruled out any diplomatic conflict with Argentina after Transport Minister Oscar Puente's derogatory remarks last week against Javier Milei, whose spokesman Manuel Adorni said in Buenos Aires that “for us, it is a settled issue.”