Stories for March 2009

Monday, March 23rd 2009 - 08:31 UTC
Cristina/PM Brown’s meeting to discuss Falklands’ impacts UK press

The coming Friday meeting in Chile of Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner with Prime Minister Gordon Brown allegedly to address the Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute has had headlines’ impact in Britain.
Monday, March 23rd 2009 - 08:25 UTC
US to announce Monday plan for purchase of banks’ toxic assets

A key adviser within US President Barack Obama's administration says she is “incredibly confident” the US economy will recover within 12 months. Christina Romer, head of the White House's economic advice council, told Fox TV “we will be seeing signs the economy is turning around”.
Monday, March 23rd 2009 - 08:08 UTC
April in Argentina: Cristina overseas and Nestor running home affairs

A busy three weeks in foreign relations affairs begins next weekend for Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner who will also have a chance to address the Falkland Islands sovereignty claim issue in a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Monday, March 23rd 2009 - 07:53 UTC
Banking system losses in the US keep mounting: 32 billion in fourth quarter

United States banks lost 32.1 billion US dollars in the last quarter of 2008 - even worse than the 26.2 billion originally reported, US federal regulators say.
Sunday, March 22nd 2009 - 17:40 UTC
Venezuela: Chavez trims budget, adds debt to counter crisis

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Saturday almost tripled his government's borrowing plan and trimmed his budget to offset a slide in oil revenues, but resisted pressure to devalue the local bolivar currency.
Saturday, March 21st 2009 - 13:19 UTC
Sixty Argentine military officers accused of war crimes in Falklands conflict

The demand presented by Malvinas war veterans who claim to have been tormented, abused and even tortured by their Argentine military superiors during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict, already involves 60 former officers and statements from over one hundred witnesses.
Saturday, March 21st 2009 - 12:57 UTC
Uruguay completes first South American dairy cattle export to China

Uruguay completed this week the first South American export of live dairy cattle to China. A total of 3.970 Holstein calves and heifers (8 to 18 months old) were shipped for the thirty day journey which will be followed by two month quarantine in mainland China.
Saturday, March 21st 2009 - 11:32 UTC
Argentine, Brazilian businesses agree to fight “Chinese imports”

With the master touch of Brazilian diplomacy the Friday regional summit with Argentina not only sent a clear political message of understanding between Mercosur main partners, but also evidence of that close coordination.
Saturday, March 21st 2009 - 11:28 UTC
Argentine farmers back on the roads for a week

Argentine farmers are back in the roads, this time for a whole seven-day strike beginning Saturday, the tenth such measure since the conflict erupted a year ago when the administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner increased export levies on grains and oilseeds.
Saturday, March 21st 2009 - 10:13 UTC
Argentina and Brazil close ranks and downplay trade differences

Argentine visiting president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her Brazilian counterpart Lula da Silva called on Friday for speedier financing of joint development and commerce projects to help stimulate decreasing bilateral trade.