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Argentina feedArgentina reports a slight drop in hake landings
A slight drop in hake landings between January and November compared to the same period a year ago has been registered in Argentina according to official statistics released this week.
“Lack of political stability” weighs on Argentina’s credit ratings
Contentious politics and a lack of political stability are the main factors weighing on the outlook for Argentina’s credit ratings, Moody’s Investors Services said on Thursday.
Brazil/Argentina agree trade differences should not influence political relation
Brazil and Argentina ended Wednesday in Brasilia a full day of talks at presidential level without reaching a clear agreement on trade disputes that have caused disruptions to the bilateral relation.
Argentine Senate reopens debt restructuring process for bond holdouts
Argentina’s Senate passed a bill on Wednesday with a significant majority to reopen the country’s 2005 debt restructuring. The administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner hopes it will help it settle a dispute with holders of an estimated 20 billion US dollars in defaulted bonds.
Argentina regulates individual catch quota fisheries law effective 2010
Argentina announced this week the regulation of the Fisheries Law that allows for 15 years individual transferable catch quotas (ITQs) of common hake (Merluccius hubbsi) which is to become effective in 2010. The new system is also applicable to other three species: hoki (Macruronus magellanicus), Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) and southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis).
Argentina protests world-map circulating in Bolivia with the Malvinas as British
The Argentine embassy in Bolivia officially protested, and demanded the immediate withdrawal of a National Geographic world-map circulating among the Bolivian Chamber of Customs agents and where the Malvinas Islands figure “with a colour different to that identifying Argentina”.
Argentine fruit exports to Brazil loosing 300.000 USD per day
Argentine exporters claim they are loosing huge sums of money because of Brazilian delays at Customs posts and in extending import licences. This is particularly sensitive for fruit and other perishable exporters.
Cristina and Lula da Silva meet to address bilateral trade conflict
Argentina and Brazil presidents are scheduled to address trade disputes, Mercosur and other coming foreign policy issues when they meet Wednesday in Brasilia for their agreed regular contacts.
Shimon Peres in Argentina proposes “a new relation for a new world”
Israeli President Shimon Peres met on Monday with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Shimon arrived on Sunday in Argentina, home to Latin America’s biggest Jewish community for a two-day visit.
Argentina’s first gay couple marriage scheduled for December, AIDS Day
An Argentine gay couple that was enabled by a Buenos Aires City court ruling to get married after declaring the articles of the Civic Code that prohibit it as unconstitutional, requested on Monday a wedding date, according to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transvestite Federation (LGBT).
