Stories for April 25th 2008
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update
Headlines: An end to Queen's parade?; Puerto Deseado begins survey; Will Desire reveal all?; War focus for feature film.
Two insights into the “new” and the “old” Argentina
In early April, The Guardian published a piece by Latinamerican expert Richard Gott, on the new Argentina and its architects, as the title suggests.
However, Argentine born Celia Szusterman and a political scientist from University of Westminster is not convinced with Mr. Gott's idea of a new Argentina and believes it's very much like the old Argentina.
Argentine Economy Minister Martin Lousteau Resigns
Argentine Economy Minister Martin Lousteau resigned four months into President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's administration amid disputes over farm policies and accelerating inflation in South America's second-largest economy
Frustrated Argentine farmers preparing for a second conflict
With only a week left for the end of the month long truce, negotiations between Argentine farmers and government are virtually paralyzed, --and with growing animosity--, while rural organizations begun to review protest mechanisms, taking lessons from the three weeks strike, in the event of the resumption of the conflict as of May 2.
Incoming Argentine economy minister “thinks just like us”
Argentina's incoming Economy Minister “thinks in the same terms as us” and will follow on “with government main guidelines”, said cabinet chief Alberto Fernandez who also confirmed that the controversial Secretary of Interior Trade, Guillermo Moreno remains in his post.
Kirchner inflation index for March 1%; Argentina's CPI 4.2%
Two Argentine provinces, which are out of the Kirchners' political influence, have reported monthly inflation almost four times the official percentage, according to the latest releases from the Statistics and Census Office in Buenos Aires and its branches in Santa Fe and San Luis.
