Stories for 2007

Sunday, July 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
K Governors complete Kirchner's presidential ticket

Argentine dissident opposition members proclaimed this Saturday governor Julio Cobos as Cristina Kirchner's ticket companion for the coming October presidential election which according to opinion polls favor the incumbent candidate.
Sunday, July 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Pulp mills dispute: “direct dialogue” moves to New York

Two days of “direct dialogue” between Uruguayan and Argentine diplomats over the pulp mills dispute is scheduled to begin next Monday in New York under the auspices of the Spanish Crown which is acting as coordinator of the round of talks.
Sunday, July 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
WHO report exposes children's pollution vulnerability

With over 30% of the global burden of disease in children attributable to environmental factors, the United Nations health agency delivered the first ever report highlighting youngsters' special susceptibility to harmful chemical exposures at different periods of their growth, and the potential effects later in life.
Sunday, July 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Opinion polls show Cristina K comfortably winning in October

Argentina's First Lady Cristiana Kirchner is set to win the coming October presidential election in the first round with no need of a run off, according to public opinion polls published in Buenos Aires daily Sunday editions.
Sunday, July 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Relocating pulp mill objected by Argentina is “impossible”

The relocation of the pulp mill under construction in Uruguay, and which Argentina objects on legal and environmental grounds, is “impossible” said Uruguay's former president Jorge Batlle in an interview with the Buenos Aires press.
Sunday, July 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Paraguay: ministerial change but economic policy confirmed

Paraguay's president Nicanor Duarte Frutos announced the naming of a new Finance minister following the unexpected resignation for “strictly personal reasons” of Ernst Bergen who had been on the job for 26 months.
Saturday, July 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Kirchner claims there's a plot to hike inflation indexes

Argentine prosecutors have requested that Domestic Trade Secretary Guillermo Moreno and the newly-appointed Beatriz Paglieri, the official in charge of calculating inflation, be summoned to testify.
Saturday, July 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Lan Chile Q2 profits soar 158% over a year ago

Chilean airline LAN has exceeded all expectations with a 158.9% rise in second-quarter net profits, as compared with the same period last year.
Saturday, July 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
IMF candidate says bridging rich/poor gap is essential

Bridging the gap between rich and poor countries should be as high a priority for the International Monetary Fund as helping to solve the world's financial imbalances, Dominique Strauss Kahn, the probable next managing director of the IMF told the Financial Times.
Saturday, July 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Spain/UK/US controversy over wreck near Gibraltar

A Unites States court extended the deadline by which Odyssey Marine Exploration must reply to a request from Spain for information on a wreck arrested by the company in the Atlantic Ocean, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.