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Montevideo, April 24th 2024 - 21:57 UTC

Tag: Argentina

  • Monday, April 21st 2014 - 07:06 UTC

    Argentine bonds' case reaches US Supreme Court; support from Obama administration

    US Deputy Solicitor General Edwin Kneedler is expected to argue that lower court rulings “undermine sovereign immunity”

    The US government will stand before the Supreme Court on Monday in support of Argentina's position in its ongoing legal fight with bond investors over a ruling which forces banks in New York, with which Argentina does business, to disclose information about the country's non US assets, as investors seek repayment.

  • Monday, April 21st 2014 - 06:24 UTC

    Argentina and Paraguay have Mercosur delayed summit in their bilateral agenda

    Timerman and Loizaga are scheduled to meet this Monday

    Argentina's Hector Timerman and Paraguay's Eladio Loizaga will be meeting Monday in Asunción to address among other issues the three times delayed Mercosur summit, which should take place in Venezuela, and must be decided before next June when the group's six-month chair again rotates.

  • Thursday, April 17th 2014 - 08:09 UTC

    Argentina court prevents supplying Brazil with football hooligans intelligence

    In the last World Cup in South Africa, local authorities sent back to Buenos Aires 30 'barra bravas”

    Notorious Argentine “barras bravas” football hooligans can travel to the World Cup without intelligence being passed on beforehand to hosts Brazil, a court has ruled. The court in Buenos Aires said that the Argentine government is not allowed to tell another country personal information about its citizens, a lawyer for the United Argentine Fans (HUA) supporters' group said on Wednesday.

  • Thursday, April 17th 2014 - 08:04 UTC

    Argentine magistrate looks into Antarctica campaign over costs and nepotism

    Former minister Puricelli and his son (L) and advisor, Alejandro are under investigation

    Argentine Federal magistrate Luis Rodríguez has ordered Supreme Court accountancy experts to prepare a report on the 2012/13 Antarctic campaign including two tenders and extraordinary expenses all of which involving an estimated 30 million pesos, approximately 4 million dollars.

  • Thursday, April 17th 2014 - 00:02 UTC

    Argentine government sponsors bill to regulate roadblocks and pickets

    Pickets an almost every day patience and ingenious challenge for Buenos Aires City residents

    Argentine President Cristina Fernández congressional group, 'Victory Front' submitted a bill in the Lower House to regulate street protests in a move that seeks to “guarantee and reinforce” the rights of citizens forced to deal with roadblocks and traffic chaos. The project bans the carrying of weapon by security forces during demonstrations too.

  • Wednesday, April 16th 2014 - 04:54 UTC

    Dollar stabilizing in Argentina; central bank purchases 350 million

    Export corporations are taking advantage of the high interest rates in Pesos

    Argentina's central bank purchased 390 million dollars, one of the largest operations in years, as part of its policy to keep the price of the greenback in the local market stabilized after months of distortions and a run on the bank's international reserves that dropped to a new low in the last twelve months.

  • Wednesday, April 16th 2014 - 04:15 UTC

    Fiat Argentina CEO calls for one digit inflation to help stabilize production

    Rattazzi: together with Venezuela and Sudan, Argentina has two digits inflation

    Fiat Argentina's CEO Cristiano Rattazzi compared inflation in Argentina with that of Venezuela and Sudan and called on the government of President Cristina Fernandez to bring it down to one digit and help stabilize production costs and exports.

  • Wednesday, April 16th 2014 - 04:13 UTC

    March inflation in Argentina: official 2.6%; opposition index, 3.3%

    Kicillof is confident the slowdown in price increases has spilled over to April

    Official inflation in Argentina during March was 2.6%, according to Economy minister Axel Kicillof who underlined that during the month there was “a considerable deceleration in the increase of prices”, in most items with the exception of clothing and private schooling.

  • Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 23:11 UTC

    Argentina prepares to celebrate worldwide Malbec Day on 17 April

    Malbec Day will be celebrated in New York and London with the Cambalache show

    Next 17 April is “World Malbec Day” and for the fourth running year Argentina Wines will be promoting the image of the varietal in over sixty events in 55 different cities in 44 countries. This year the event will be supported by the pleasure of good music with the purpose of attracting young consumers, 25 to 35 year old.

  • Saturday, April 12th 2014 - 08:45 UTC

    Oil race fuels new Falklands chapter

    ”The war completely changed the Falklands from an economic perspective,” said Mike Summers

    The following article from the Sydney Morning Herald was written by Chris Zappone, who recently visited the Falkland Islands as a guest of the local government and the Foreign Office.The Falkland Islands are not an easy place to reach. Flights come only weekly. Cruise ships making the trip brave frigid seas, freezing nights and recently, harassment from Argentine dockworkers.