22 January – Germany rejects a claim that a request by Lufthansa Airlines to fly over Argentina en route to the Malvinas implies a recognition of them as Argentine territory. Lufthansa needs a new route to support a polar research expedition because the normal route has been suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa.[1]
10 February – Argentina passes 2,000,000 confirmed cases and nearly 50,000 deaths related to COVID-19.[2]
18 February – Thousands demonstrate against gender violence following the murder of Ursula Bahillo, 18.[3]
19 February
A federal court sentences eight sailors and police officers and a civilian in the trial of crimes against humanity perpetrated during the military dictatorship of 1976–1983 at the Navy Petty-Officers School (Esma). Among those convicted are former Navy officer Carlos Castellvi, police officer Raúl Cabral, and civilian Miguel Conde.[4]
Ginés González García resigns as Health Minister after it is revealed he provided preferential treatment for COVID-19 vaccines to journalist Horacio Verbitsky. Argentina has received only 1.5 million doses of vaccine for its population of 45 million. Two million have been infected and 50,000 people have died.[5]
April 1 – COVID-19 pandemic: The National Institute of Statistics reports a steep increase in the poverty rates in 31 large cities, affecting 12 million people.[7]
April 3 – President Alberto Fernandez, 62, tests positive for COVID-19 despite having received the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in January.[8]
June 9 – President Alberto Fernandez sets off a Twitter storm after saying, "The Mexicans came from the Indians, the Brazilians came from the jungle, but we Argentines came from the ships." He later apologizes.[9]
June 11 – A study by the Cámara Argentina de Internet (Cabase) reveals that 32% of homes do not have fixed access to Internet. The figure falls to 50% in some provinces.[10]
November 22 – Buenos Aires – A group of 9 hooded individuals hurled several bombs at the headquarters of Clarín Argentine newspaper on Monday night. The attack was filmed by surveillance cameras, which captured the moment when the group arrived on foot, at 11:05 PM, and hurled at least 7 Molotov cocktails – a type of homemade bomb in which a flammable liquid is placed inside a glass bottle – against the building of one of the country's main media outlets. The bombs damaged the building's façade and started a fire in the entrance, but no one was injured.[11]
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