Stories for November 2016

Tuesday, November 15th 2016 - 10:25 UTC
Macri, Trump bound for closest relationship ever after phone call

Argentine President Mauricio Macri spoke with US President-elect Donald Trump, who invited him to visit him in Washington next year. “Argentina is a great country, and we will have the closest relationship between our countries in history,” Trump reportedly said.
Tuesday, November 15th 2016 - 10:12 UTC
It stays in the family: CFK's mother involved in irregularities

Ofelia Wilhelm, mother of former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, is under judicial investigation for alleged irregularities worth millions of pesos to a firm of which she was a partner.
Tuesday, November 15th 2016 - 09:55 UTC
Conference in Buenos Aires: Snowden fears domestic intelligence will spread in US under Trump

Former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden said on Monday, that Donald Trump's election may increase the intrusiveness of domestic intelligence gathering and warned that the democratic checks and balances were losing ground to authoritarianism.
Tuesday, November 15th 2016 - 09:40 UTC
ANCAP's Carboclor sinks deeper, goes after sale or merger

Losses increase from US $ 9 million by mid year to US $ 14 million in September due to contraction of domestic demand, the fall in international prices and the percentage of ethanol cut in gasolines.Carboclor, ANCAP's subsidiary in Argentina, shows no sign of recovery in its most recent balancesheet as production fell below “normal levels” caused by financial shortcomings which in turn led to a decrease in the inflow of raw materials to the refinery in Campana in the province of Buenos Aires. Shutting down the plant for 25 days is being considered as a partial solution.
Tuesday, November 15th 2016 - 09:02 UTC
Trump promises Argentina, a great country, “the closest relation in history”

“Argentina is a great country” and Argentina and the US will have “the closest relation in history”, according to the official version from the administration of president Mauricio Macri who on Monday was on the phone with president elect Donald Trump to congratulate him on his presidential victory.
Tuesday, November 15th 2016 - 08:40 UTC
Cristina Fernandez demands the immediate start of oral trial proceedings in the dollar futures case

Argentine ex president Cristina Fernandez has desisted from appealing her prosecution on charges of fraudulent administration in detriment of the Argentine state in the so called “dollar futures” case involving the Central bank sale of US currency and demands an immediate oral trial.
Monday, November 14th 2016 - 08:54 UTC
Lousteau to leave Washington before Trump's inauguration

The move is seen as a token of exchange following the Argentine government's open decision to support Hillary Clinton. Martín Losteau, who was also economy minister under Cristina Fernandez, ran for Mayor of Buenos Aires last year and lost to the Macrist candidate Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, wants to race again in 2019.
Monday, November 14th 2016 - 08:48 UTC
Supermoon, the closest since 1948, and won't be repeated until 2034

This month's bright supermoon — the closest full moon in 68 years — is expected to light up the sky early Monday morning, NASA has reported. Every year, scientists and sky watchers welcome the supermoon, which is the closest full moon of the year. But this year, the supermoon is receiving extraordinary attention.
Monday, November 14th 2016 - 08:43 UTC
Colombia and FARC announce modified peace accord

Colombia's government and its largest rebel group announced a new, modified peace accord Saturday, after voters rejected an earlier deal in a referendum. The government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) - a Marxist guerrilla group - said in a joint statement they had incorporated proposals from various groups in the new deal.
Monday, November 14th 2016 - 08:36 UTC
Chile connects Latin America's largest solar plant to the national grid

Spanish clean energy company Acciona Energía has connected the 246MW El Romero solar plant in Atacama desert, Chile to the county’s Interconnected Central System (SIC), becoming Latin America's largest. The US$343m El Romero Solar plant features 776,000 polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic modules, spread across 280ha area in the municipality of Vallenar, 645km north of the Santiago.