Argentina

Argentina is a country in South America and the eighth largest country in the world. Its capital city is Buenos Aires. 

A major non-NATO ally, Argentina remains a regional power in geopolitical affairs. It also has a historic territorial dispute with the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands, which it refers to as Islas Malvinas. 

Its current president is Javier Milei. 

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  Adolf Eichmann, pictured in 1941/1942, in his SS uniform. Eichmann fled to Argentina in 1950 befor

Milei to open Argentina’s Nazi ratline archives, urged to reveal Holocaust records

A CSW delegation met with the Interior and Defense Ministers, and the Argentinian National Archives director, who offered their cooperation in location documents on the so-called 'ratlines.'

'Red tide' turns Argentina's beaches crimson: Massive macroalgae invasion hits Mar del Plata

The 'red tide' is a natural phenomenon caused by the massive shedding of algae from deep waters, which can be triggered by storms or the natural aging of the algae.

  Kfir and Ariel Bibas, who were murdered in captivity by Hamas in November 2023.

Argentina debates renaming 'Palestine Street' to 'Bibas Family Street'

Argentine media reports suggest that Milei supports this initiative, but the decision lies with the Buenos Aires Legislature, where there are differing views.

 Pictures of Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel, in Jerusalem, February 20, 2025

Argentina honors slain Bibas mother and children, declaring two days of national mourning

In Buenos Aires, the Planetarium, the Woman’s Bridge, the Usina del Arte, and the Lezama Palace will be illuminated. The city’s iconic Obelisk changed to illuminate images of Shiri and her two sons.

A tag is seen with images of Yarden, Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas

Kfir, Ariel Bibas 'brutally murdered' in Gaza captivity, not by IAF strike

Though the bodies of the two murdered young children were a DNA match, the body of their mother, Shiri, was not.

Ex-hostage Iair Horn calls on Argentinian officials to free his brother, remaining hostages in Gaza

Argentina has been actively working to secure the release of its nationals held by Hamas since the October 7 attack, in which dozens of foreign nationals were kidnapped.

 Javier Milei at the Western Wall, February 6, 2024

Argentina's Milei to decree a national day of mourning for the Bibas family

The Bibas brothers held dual Israeli-Argentine citizenship through their father, Yarden Bibas.

How int'l media reported the latest Hamas hostage release

US news highlighted the fragility of the deal, while Russian and Argentinian outlets spotlighted their respective citizens being released.

15/02/2025

Student discovers 11,700-year-old remains of mega mammal Glyptodon in Argentina's Córdoba River

Researchers identified the fossil as Glyptodon reticulatus, a megafauna species from the Late Pleistocene epoch.

Hostage documentary to tell the Nir Oz story of ‘The Cunios’

The documentary tells the harrowing story of an Argentine-Israeli family taken hostage in the October 7 attack on Kibbutz Nir Oz, with ties to Pope Francis and global efforts for their release.

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