Argentina

• Friday, July 17th 2015 - 05:28 UTC

  Argentine Judge who ordered a raid of Cristina Fernandez's businesses, was removed

  

  An Argentine judge who on Monday ordered a raid of real estate offices belonging to the son of President Cristina Fernandez, on an ongoing probe into money laundering and tax elusion, was removed from the case on Thursday. A Federal court ruled the nullity of the order issued by Judge Claudio Bonadio after a presentation by Romina Mercado, niece of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and who also happens to figure as the head of the Hotesur company under investigation.

• Thursday, July 16th 2015 - 13:01 UTC

  Argentine industrial activity in May contracts for the nineteenth month running

  

  Argentine May industrial activity was up 0.4% over April but down 3.8% in May compared to a year ago and in the first five months of 2015 has contracted 2.6%, according to the monthly survey from the Argentine Industrial Union, UIA, released on Wednesday.

• Thursday, July 16th 2015 - 09:15 UTC

  CFK and Morales unveil a 16 meters high statue of independence heroine

  

  The presidents of Argentina and Bolivia have unveiled a statue of Bolivian war of independence heroine Juana Azurduy. The 25-ton, 16-meter-high statue replaces a controversial statue of Christopher Columbus that was taken down in 2013 after ninety years.

• Thursday, July 16th 2015 - 08:45 UTC

  “Boletin Malvinas” two-year daily broadcasting celebrated in Argentina

  

  The midnight and early morning news broadcasted to the Falkland Islands, (Boletin Malvinas or Argentine News Bulletin) in English, from Tierra del Fuego, has completed two years in the air and the event was celebrated by Argentina's Public media national system.

• Thursday, July 16th 2015 - 08:05 UTC

  Argentina's June official Indec inflation, 1% and 15% in twelve months

  

  Argentina's 'official' inflation during June was 1% over the previous month according to the National Statistics and Census Institute, Indec, while prices during the current calendar year prices have reached 6.7% and 15% over the last twelve months.

• Wednesday, July 15th 2015 - 07:59 UTC

  Catholic Church confirms 28.7% of Argentines live in poverty: 11.1 million

  

  The Social Observatory from the Argentine Catholic University, UCA, has reported that poverty in Argentina during 2014, included 28,7% of the population, which is equivalent to 11.5 million people, and higher than in the previous report.

• Wednesday, July 15th 2015 - 07:25 UTC

  Argentina's congressional index reports 1.52% inflation in June, and 27.9% in twelve months

  

  Inflation in Argentina clocked 1.53% in June accumulating 27.9% in the last twelve months according to the report released on Tuesday by members of the Congressional opposition based on an average from private consultants. This week Argentina's government stats office, Indec in scheduled to announce the official rate.

• Tuesday, July 14th 2015 - 05:29 UTC

  Barrage of accusations following a Judge's order to raid Maximo Kirchner's real estate agency

  

  The raid ordered by an Argentine Federal Judge at a real estate agency which belongs to president Cristina Fernandez' son, Maximo Kirchner's in Rio Gallegos, triggered a barrage of accusations from government officials, just a few days ahead of decisive primaries in August, in anticipation of the October presidential elections.

• Monday, July 13th 2015 - 09:03 UTC

  The Peronist pope: Francis’s balancing act in Latin America, according to The Economist

  

  Under the heading of “The Peronist pope”, The Economist has a piece on “Francis's balancing act in Latin America” dedicated to the eight day tour of three of the continent's poorest countries, but with the largest percentages of Catholics. But for Francis it is also a delicate balancing act since several current leaders in the region tend to blend the Church's 'option for the poor' with Marxist ideology.

• Monday, July 13th 2015 - 06:36 UTC

  Argentina' Cristina Fernandez flies to Paraguay meets Francis for the sixth time

  

  President Cristina Fernández was present on Sunday in the Paraguayan capital, Asunción to hear Pope Francis give mass during his visit, and greeted the Argentine citizens who had travelled to see the leader of the Catholic church. The head of state left the open mass at around midday, handing Francis a gift before retiring after witnessing the ceremony with Paraguayan counterpart Horacio Cartés.