Argentina

• Sunday, June 24th 2012 - 03:21 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez receives Wen Jiabao with a long list of requests

  

  Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in Argentina Saturday on an official visit aimed at boosting trade with one of South America's top agricultural producers.

• Sunday, June 24th 2012 - 02:54 UTC

  Argentine nervous savers withdrew 522 million dollars in the last week

  

  The outflow of foreign-currency deposits from Argentina's banking system showed no sign of slowing last week, as nervous savers withdrew 522 million dollars from bank accounts.

• Sunday, June 24th 2012 - 02:22 UTC

  Argentina withdraws ambassador from Paraguay: Mercosur decides next week

  

  Argentina is withdrawing its ambassador to Paraguay because of the rapid impeachment of former Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

• Sunday, June 24th 2012 - 02:19 UTC

  Bad day for Jennifer Lopez in Argentina: terrible pain back and her staff robbed

  

  Jennifer Lopez, who is in Argentina as part of her 'Dance Again' tour, was robbed just hours after she left a clinic after being treated for a stabbing pain in her lower back.

• Saturday, June 23rd 2012 - 07:53 UTC

  US demands Argentina “immediately” ends the import licensing regime

  

  The United States demanded on Friday that Argentina “immediately” end an import licensing regime and other curbs that have frustrated foreign suppliers while also expressing concerns about a “sweeping new import restriction” that Indonesia has imposed.

• Saturday, June 23rd 2012 - 03:25 UTC

  Mercosur/Unasur anticipate “appropriate measures” against coup in Paraguay

  

  President Cristina Fernández assured on Friday night that “Argentina does not condone the coup in Paraguay” and anticipated that “appropriate measures” will be taken at next week’s Mercosur Summit, scheduled to take place in Mendoza.

• Friday, June 22nd 2012 - 08:40 UTC

  Argentina experiences tighter trade surplus and slower industrial growth in May

  

  Argentina’s trade surplus was 1.5 billion dollars in May, compared to 1.71bn a year earlier according to the official stats office Indec, while industrial production in the same month continued to languish, according to the medium estimate of more than 50 banks, economic research firms and universities surveyed by the Central Bank.

• Thursday, June 21st 2012 - 20:26 UTC

  Teamsters return to work in Argentina, but new national strike programmed for next week

  

  Argentina’s head of organized labour confederation CGT, Hugo Moyano came on stage Thursday afternoon to announce the end of the national strike led by the Teamsters’ union.

• Thursday, June 21st 2012 - 18:00 UTC

  Dollar clamp measures hit Argentine mining industry and exports are “at bare minimum”

  

  Mining companies in Argentina have sharply reduced exports because they are unable to meet a new government rule forcing them to cash in the proceeds within 30 days, the head of an industry group said.

• Thursday, June 21st 2012 - 16:42 UTC

  Uruguay/Argentina agree to 3-month hake ban in the shared maritime zone

  

  Argentina and Uruguay agreed a ban on hake catching in the shared maritime zone beginning next July first, confirmed on Thursday Uruguayan Aquatic Resources Department (Dinara) sources.