Stories for March 2017

Monday, March 20th 2017 - 07:38 UTC
Malvinas Families repudiate Peace Nobel Perez Esquivel on his return from Falklands

Argentine Veterans and relatives of fallen in Malvinas had a surprise for Nobel Peace Prize Adolfo Perez Esquivel and his party of fourteen, including a founder of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, when they landed in Buenos Aires airport after spending a week in the Falkland Islands where they travelled with a “peace, dialogue and sovereignty” message to the Islanders.
Saturday, March 18th 2017 - 10:48 UTC
Irish Prime minister Kenny reminds Trump that St Patrick was an immigrant

Irish prime minister Enda Kenny made his annual visit to the White House on St. Patrick's Day, saying during his remarks that the celebration stems from an immigrant. “It’s fitting that we gather here each year to celebrate St. Patrick and his legacy,” Kenny said, while standing next to President Trump. “He, too, of course, was an immigrant.”
Saturday, March 18th 2017 - 10:38 UTC
Trump refuses to shake hands with Merkel after meeting in the White House

A video showing US president Donald Trump refusing to shake hands with German chancellor Angela Merkel during a joint appearance in the White House is making rounds on the internet, reminding everyone that the US president will never learn.
Saturday, March 18th 2017 - 10:26 UTC
Argentina authorizes a low cost airline to fly Falklands/Comodoro Rivadavia

The Argentine Ministry of Transport awarded American Jet authorization for an air link between Comodoro Rivadavia, in Patagonia and the Falkland Islands, according to Resolution 136-E/2017 published in the Official Gazette and signed by minister Guillermo Dietrich.
Saturday, March 18th 2017 - 10:09 UTC
UK hosts this week Argentine biggest business delegation in 20 years

Finance minister Nicolas Dujovne will be heading this week the largest Argentine business delegation to visit the UK in twenty years, jointly organized by the Argentine-British Chamber of Commerce with support from the Argentine foreign ministry and the embassy in London.
Saturday, March 18th 2017 - 09:52 UTC
Falklands' Law compliance needed for any Islands' major assets change of ownership

The Falkland Islands government, FIG, stated on Friday that any proposal change of ownership affecting assets held in the Islands will be scrutinized for compliance with Falklands law. The statement follows the Argentine Dolphin Fund's announcement to the London Stock Exchange, earlier this week, of its interest in taking over the private company Falkland Islands Holdings, FIH.
Friday, March 17th 2017 - 22:02 UTC
Trade and protectionism in the G20 Brazil/US ministerial agenda

Brazil's finance minister has said that he is ready to listen to the U.S. policies on trade at this weekend's G-20 meeting but speaks from experience when he says he believes a free economy is better for everyone. “Brazil actually has experience of closing down its economy,” Henrique Meirelles said on Thursday.
Friday, March 17th 2017 - 21:55 UTC
Unemployment in Argentina falls to 7.6%: less people looking for jobs

Argentina's unemployment rate fell to 7.6% in the fourth quarter of 2016, the government's Indec statistics agency said in a report on Thursday, down from 8.5% in the third quarter as thousands of people stopped looking for work.
Friday, March 17th 2017 - 07:52 UTC
Falklands' lawmakers reject Argentine “sovereignty document” scam

An Argentine antique dealer who offered to sell a copy of an old document that he claimed would destroy the Argentine historical case for sovereignty over the Falklands, has been turned down. According to this week's Penguin News edition, the Secretary of the group Asociación Civil de Amigos Malvinas/Falklands (ACAMF) Gabriel Di Bernardo made contact with the Islands in October last year.
Friday, March 17th 2017 - 07:38 UTC
Macri administration faces unions' first general strike scheduled for April 6

Argentina's largest union announced a one-day general strike on April 6, increasing pressure on President Mauricio Macri's conservative government six months before mid-term congressional elections. The CGT says Macri's policies, including austerity measures like reducing subsidies on fuel and electricity, are resulting in lower real salaries and lost jobs.