Argentina

• Wednesday, May 23rd 2012 - 18:50 UTC

  Following the Falklands’ ad incident Britain/Argentina at the opening hockey match in London

  

  Britain’s men’s hockey team will play their opening match of the London Olympics against Argentina at 1900 BST on 30 July, one of whose players caused a controversy this month with a video filmed in the disputed Falklands/Malvinas islands.

• Wednesday, May 23rd 2012 - 06:56 UTC

  The US dollar stronger than the Euro in Argentina’s parallel market

  

  For the second day running the Argentine Peso weakened against the US dollar climbing half a cent from Monday and closing at 4.43 and 4.48 on the local foreign exchange market.

• Wednesday, May 23rd 2012 - 06:28 UTC

  Ambassador Castro embroiled in controversy over Falklands and “possible constitutional reform”

  

  Argentine ambassador in UK Alicia Castro rejects having mentioned during a conference in London the “possibility of a constitutional reform” to incorporate the results in the event of a sovereignty negotiation over the disputed Falklands/Malvinas Islands.

• Wednesday, May 23rd 2012 - 03:59 UTC

  Buenos Aires police de-activate bomb attack on former Colombian president Uribe

  

  Former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe will carry on with his activities in Argentina as planned, despite the fact a bomb was found in a Buenos Aires theatre where he is expected to give a conference, according to sources close to the event organization

• Wednesday, May 23rd 2012 - 03:56 UTC

  Spain, on the edge of a financial cliff, cancels all development aid to Latin America

  

  The Spanish government announced this week it was cancelling all development aid to Latin American countries as a direct consequence of the financial strains the EU member is suffering, which is the worst in decades with record unemployment of 24%.

• Wednesday, May 23rd 2012 - 01:53 UTC

  Chile not interested in joining G20 at the expense of Argentina’s membership

  

  Chile is not interested in joining the G-20 of leading advanced and emerging economies if that means sacking Argentina, said President Sebastián Piñera administration’s spokesperson, Andres Chadwick.

• Tuesday, May 22nd 2012 - 18:29 UTC

  Royal Navy says HMS Talent reports are “mere media speculations”

  

  Royal Navy Commander Mark Southorn said on Tuesday that news informing of the sending of the HMS Talent nuke submarine to the Falkland Islands are “mere media speculations”.

• Tuesday, May 22nd 2012 - 06:09 UTC

  Argentina proposal to increase Mercosur common external tariff from 22% to 35%

  

  Argentina is planning to propose its fellow Mercosur members to increase the common external tariff, CET from the current 22% to 35%, when they meet at the next summit in Mendoza. Argentina currently holds the pro tempore chair of the group and at the coming summit the helm will be transferred to Brazil.

• Tuesday, May 22nd 2012 - 06:00 UTC

  Argentine frozen chips retained in the border because of trade dispute with Brazil

  

  Canada’s Mc Cain has suspended production of frozen chip potatoes in Argentina because of the trade barriers which impede exports to Brazil in the framework of a bilateral dispute that is limiting the flow of goods both ways.

• Tuesday, May 22nd 2012 - 03:47 UTC

  Argentina’s 12-month inflation expectations remain steady above 30%, says UTDT

  

  Argentina's 12-month inflation expectations held steady for a third straight month at over 30% in May, according to the median estimate in a survey published by the Torcuato Di Tella University.