Argentina

Friday, September 20th 2013 - 08:31 UTC
Argentina and Brazil address Mercosur and trade discussion with Europe

Argentina’s Hector Timerman and Brazil’s new Foreign minister Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado discussed a long agenda of common interest issues during a work meeting held in Buenos Aires, which included Mercosur, trade discussions with Europe, Unasur, Haiti and US cyber-spying in the region among other issues.
Friday, September 20th 2013 - 07:44 UTC
Argentina nationalizes inter-urban train services to Cordoba and Tucumán

The government of President Cristina Fernandez has given another step towards the state control of the Argentine railway system, following the nationalization of three other lines which connect the City of Buenos Aires to the provinces of Tucumán and Córdoba, passing through Santa Fe and Santiago del Estero provinces.
Thursday, September 19th 2013 - 19:01 UTC
Malvinas controversy: Uruguay Senator sidesteps and swears full allegiance to Argentina

Uruguayan Senator and presidential hopeful Constanza Moreira has clarified some of the concepts attributed to her relative to the Malvinas Islands and alleged Uruguayan sovereignty rights, which received extensive coverage in the Montevideo media and had repercussions in Argentina.
Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 21:27 UTC
Former Public Security minister, new Argentine ambassador before OAS

The new Permanent Representative of Argentina to the Organization of American States (OAS), Nilda Garré, presented credentials that accredit her to the hemispheric institution, during a ceremony held at the OAS headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina’s Vaca Muerta formation among the world’s 23 highest tight oil reserve areas

The Vaca Muerta formation in the Argentine provinces of Neuquén and Mendoza has been ranked among the 23 highest tight oil reserve areas in the world, according to to a report released yesterday by global information company IHS.
Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 19:43 UTC
Argentina’s YPF main partner, Chevron, blasted by Correa who is expected in Buenos Aires

A couple of days before Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa is set to arrive in Argentina he sank his right hand into the bushes of the Ecuadorean Amazon and then showed it to the dozens of journalists summoned for the demonstration: it was covered in oil.
Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 07:05 UTC
Cristina Fernandez on the trail campaign ahead of the October mid-term election

Argentine President Cristina Fernández was again on the campaign trail on Tuesday participating in several inaugurations and political rallies at the province of Buenos Aires in support of her candidate running for Congress in October’s mid term ballot, Martin Insurralde.
Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 06:54 UTC
Falklands/Malvinas: Argentina recalls its major UN diplomatic success in 1964/65

Tierra del Fuego media recalled that on 17 September 1964 a United Nations sub-committee unanimously recommended that the “Malvinas case” be included among issues referred to Decolonisation and thus admits ‘the existence of sovereignty dispute over the Falklands and other South Atlantic islands’.
Tuesday, September 17th 2013 - 07:10 UTC
Argentina ratifies interest in Mercosur, but Brazil wants negotiations now

The government of President Cristina Fernandez told the business community on Monday that Argentina has an interest in a ‘balanced’ negotiation between Mercosur and the European Union to reach a political, association and trade agreement. However the timetable approach of Argentina does not seem to fit with the rest of Mercosur, mainly Brazil.
Tuesday, September 17th 2013 - 06:59 UTC
Tax incentives in Argentina top bolster the domestic software industry

Argentina is creating new tax incentives to bolster a domestic software industry that is expected to generate sales of 3.75 billion dollars this year, including 900 million in exports. The incentives take effect this week and are to remain in place through the end of 2019.