Stories for 2013

Wednesday, March 27th 2013 - 19:12 UTC
Conservative candidate leads polls in Paraguay April 21 presidential election

Paraguay businessman Horacio Cartes a newcomer to politics and the presidential candidate for the conservative Colorado party that ruled the landlocked country for decades leads public opinion polls less than a month ahead of the general election.
Wednesday, March 27th 2013 - 19:07 UTC
Argentine rugby union admits concern about possible incidents when England plays next June

Ahead of the coming tour to Argentina of the English national team, the head of the local Rugby Union, (UAR) Luis Castillo admitted he was concerned about possible threats from militant groups in support of ‘Argentine Malvinas’ and which have been involved in violent actions.
Wednesday, March 27th 2013 - 08:04 UTC
Falkland Islands: Argentina and UK clash at UN: no talks without the accord of Islanders

Argentina's Foreign minister Hector Timerman together with Latam representatives called on UN chief Ban Ki Moon and demanded talks with the UK on the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty, but Britain again refused, pointing to the Islanders' overwhelming vote this month to remain British.
Wednesday, March 27th 2013 - 07:57 UTC
Francis scheduled to visit Argentina, Chile and Uruguay next December

Pope Francis is scheduled to make his first official visit to Argentina, where he was born, next December ‘to be close to his fellow compatriots’, according to ecclesiastic sources in Buenos Aires. The visit in the first half of December could extend to neighbouring Uruguay and Chile.
Wednesday, March 27th 2013 - 07:53 UTC
YPF and US based DOW sign memorandum to develop shale gas in Patagonia

Argentina’s nationalized energy company YPF on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with the local subsidiary of the US Dow Chemical to develop the shale gas deposits in the southern Nequen province.
Wednesday, March 27th 2013 - 07:46 UTC
‘Olympic’ embarrassment for Brazil which is forced to close indefinitely major stadium

A stadium in Brazil that was due to host athletics at the 2016 Olympics has been closed indefinitely because of structural problems with its roof. The Joao Havelange stadium in Rio de Janeiro was built only six years ago. It was also being used as the main football venue in Rio, while the city's Maracana stadium is being renovated for next year's World Cup.
Wednesday, March 27th 2013 - 07:39 UTC
Falklands ‘Counter Strike’ online game has ‘British terrorists’ eliminated by ‘Argentine patriots’

An Argentine company has developed a map for the popular online game Counter Strike in which players fight British “terrorists” on the Falkland Islands. The setting created by Dattatec.com has clocked more than 9,000 downloads in a few hours, after “going viral”.
Tuesday, March 26th 2013 - 22:44 UTC
March-bonus for 7 million low income Chileans, handout in presidential election year

Chilean president Sebastian Piñera signed this week a bill which grants a special ‘March-bonus’ to low-income families and is extensive to seven million people. Each beneficiary will receive the equivalent of 85 dollars which will represent for the Treasury an outlay of 208 million dollars.
Tuesday, March 26th 2013 - 21:55 UTC
Argentina’s tax office targets main grain exporters; demands 951 million dollars in alleged arrears

Cargill Inc. and Bunge Ltd. are among grain exporters that allegedly owe the Argentine government 951 million dollars in taxes and won’t be eligible for a reduced interest rate under a payment plan unveiled by the government this week.
Tuesday, March 26th 2013 - 21:33 UTC
Setback in New York court for Argentina’s strategy in its battle with bond holdouts

A US court in New York on Tuesday rejected Argentina's request for a full-court rehearing of an appeal it lodged as it struggles to shake off holders of 1.3 billion dollars in defaulted bonds.