MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency en Copyright 2012, MercoPress. http://en.mercopress.com/web/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ <![CDATA[Trade restrictions, main point of agenda when Cristina Fernandez visits Chile]]> Ambassador Zaldivar will take the first steps to overcome the dispute Santiago media reports increasing disappointment in the Chilean government and private sector with the latest batch of Argentine measures to restrict imports and want the issue ‘top of the agenda’ when President Cristina Fernandez visits Chile at the end of the month.

]]> Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:47:00 GMT <![CDATA[Argentina limits daily financial transaction per person to 1.000 Pesos (230 dollars)]]> The move is aimed at “combating money laundering and terrorist financing” Argentina limited the use of cash in the country’s financial markets as President Cristina Fernandez tightens oversight of currency transactions to help contain capital flight and prepare for what is anticipated a ‘difficult’ year for the Treasury and the Argentine economy.

]]> Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:44:00 GMT <![CDATA[Argentine importers warn about ‘complications’ with new imports scheme]]> Diego Pérez Santisteban: no clear criteria: all imports less than half a million dollars are almost automatic The head of the Importers Chamber of Argentina, Diego Pérez Santisteban, warned that the new imports controls applied by the government “is complicated,” and affects the bigger companies more than the small and medium ones of the sector.

]]> Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:42:00 GMT <![CDATA[Argentine ‘Congress index’ shows January inflation reached 1.9%]]> Congress opposition members making the announcement Argentine congress members announced on Wednesday that the inflation index for January based on an average of private sector estimates reached 1.9%, similar to the previous month of December.

]]> Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:40:00 GMT <![CDATA[Argentina has the (Central bank) cash to take over YPF, says Barclays Capital]]> Vice President Boudou warned Argentina wants oil companies that make long term investments Argentina has the cash reserves to make a tender offer for Repsol-YPF SA local unit, the country’s largest energy company, and will likely put further pressure on the industry to boost output, has stated Barclays Capital.

]]> Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:37:00 GMT <![CDATA[Paraguay’s second couple in hospital with dengue]]> Federico Franco and Emilia Alfaro, recovering from an endemic disease Paraguay’s Vice president Federico Franco and his wife lawmaker Emilia Alfaro are in hospital in the capital Asuncion following infection symptoms of the mosquito transmitted dengue which is very common in tropical areas during the rainy season.

]]> Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:34:00 GMT <![CDATA[Hantavirus public alert in Chile after outbreak kills three people, infects ten others]]> The disease is transmitted by rodents, many of which have moved from the wild because of forest fires Chile declared a public health alert this week over a hantavirus outbreak that has killed three people and infected at least 10 others and which have been blame of the wildfires of a very hot summer.

]]> Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Eight ton whale shark hauled out of the water: Largest catch?]]> In spite of its size whale sharks are filter feeder and pose little danger to humans (Photo: Fahim Siddiqui / White Star) A group of Pakistani fishermen caught a monstrous whale shark in the Arabian Sea. A video clip was posted on YouTube showing the fish, about 40 feet long and six feet wide, being hauled in at the port using cranes in the Pakistani city of Karachi.

]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:57:00 GMT <![CDATA[Turn on your ‘sepoy’ detector and weed out the ‘anti-Malvinas traitors’]]> ”Argentina's policy towards the Malvinas is insane, erratic, senseless”, says Jorge Lanata Jorge Lanata is one of Argentina’s most famous and fierce journalists, feared by politicians and union leaders, famous for uncovering corruption and confronting the sacred cows of the country’s establishment. This week he made some controversial comments about the Malvinas Islands which rocked the whole country.

]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:38:00 GMT <![CDATA[Argentina has no more claim to the Falklands than Canada does to Alaska]]> George Grant is a Research Fellow at The Henry Jackson Society in London Argentina has no more claim to the Falklands than Canada does to Alaska Giving the Falkland Islands to Argentina makes as much sense as giving Alaska to Canada: none whatsoever, says George Grant.

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