Argentina

• Wednesday, January 4th 2012 - 05:52 UTC

  GSK Argentina fined for experimenting vaccines in babies from poor families

  

  GlaxoSmithKline Argentina Laboratories company was fined 400.000 Pesos (approx 90.000 dollars) by Judge Marcelo Aguinsky following a report issued by the National Administration of Medicine, Food and Technology (ANMAT) for the killing of 14 babies during illegal lab vaccine trials conducted between 2007 and 2008.

• Tuesday, January 3rd 2012 - 05:04 UTC

  German cruise sails along the Paraná river to the city of Rosario

  

  The German cruise vessel ‘Deutschland’ docked Monday at the port of Rosario on the mighty Paraná River which is also the hub for Argentina’s grains and oilseeds basin.

• Tuesday, January 3rd 2012 - 04:56 UTC

  Argentina recalls 1833 Malvinas ‘dislodgement’ and demands bilateral dialogue

  

  Argentina ratified Tuesday its ‘imprescriptible” sovereignty rights over the Malvinas, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands and adjoining maritime spaces and blasted the UK for not abiding by UN resolutions calling for bilateral talks.

• Tuesday, January 3rd 2012 - 02:56 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez returns to Buenos Aires ahead of Wednesday’s surgery

  

  After spending New Year’s Eve with her family, Argentine President Cristina Fernández returned to Buenos Aires Monday midday from El Calafate, Santa Cruz province, less than 48 hours before she undergoes surgery for a thyroid gland carcinoma.

• Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 20:51 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez confirms full support for new governor of Rio Negro

  

  A senior lawmaker from the ruling coalition of Argentine President Cristina Kirchner said that the Peronist party in the province of Rio Negro “would stand by” Vice-Governor Alberto Weretilneck, scheduled to take office as provincial governor on Tuesday due to the death of former governor Carlos Soria.

• Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 06:21 UTC

  Saudi dairy farm buys 30.000 acres of prime land in Argentina

  

  Saudi Arabia's largest dairy company announced it was buying Argentine farm operator Fondomonte for 83 million dollars to secure access to a supply of animal feed. The acquisition will give Riyadh-based Almarai Co. control of roughly 30,000 acres of farmland just ahead of tough new limits to be imposed by Argentina's government on foreign ownership of productive land.

• Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 06:15 UTC

  Argentine central bank confirms (unorthodox) growth policies for 2012

  

  Argentina's economy should expand by 4.5% to 7.5% in 2012 according to the Central bank that also warned about the threat of the consequences of the Euro crisis. The bank’s latest approved monetary program states that the policies that have helped Argentina's economy boom over the last nine years will remain largely in place.

• Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 06:07 UTC

  Peronist youth organize a ‘donate blood’ campaign in solidarity with CFK

  

  As a demonstration of support for Argentine President Cristina Fernandez who will undergo surgery for a thyroid carcinoma, the youth branch of the ruling Argentine Peronist Party has invited the Argentine people to donate blood to local clinics and hospitals.

• Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 06:00 UTC

  Australia was prepared to take refugees from the Falklands during 1982 conflict

  

  Australia’s Malcolm Fraser Government considered taking British refugees from the Falkland Islands at the height of the South Atlantic conflict in 1982, reports the Sydney press based on the release of National Archives.

• Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 00:40 UTC

  Argentine Patagonian province governor killed in New Year in ‘strange’ incident

  

  The Governor of the Argentine Patagonian province of Rio Negro died in the early morning of the first day of 2012 after having allegedly received two shots in the face. Governor Carlos Soria, an ally of President Cristina Fernandez had ended last October 28 years of opposition dominance of his province.