Argentine government closes state news agency Telam

The agency, which was founded in 1945 and counted more than 700 employees, "will cease to operate as it was originally created... as a news agency" and take on its new functions, according to a government bulletin

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Argentina's President Javier Milei arrives for a meeting with the German chancellor at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany on June 23, 2024. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)
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Argentina's government on Monday officially closed state news agency Telam, transforming it into a state advertising and "propaganda" agency after right-wing President Javier Milei accused it

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