Argentina

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 03:24 UTC

  Uruguay and Argentina agree to ignore Vazquez “war” statements

  

  The governments of Uruguay and Argentina have decided to ignore the controversy born out of statements from former President Tabare Vazquez who said that during the Botnia-UPM pulp plant conflict, back in 2006/07, he did not discard a “war hypothesis” given the aggressive attitude of Argentina and for which he had requested support from the Bush administration.

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 03:21 UTC

  Argentina agrees to dredge a River Plate access canal, crucial for Uruguayan ports

  

  Uruguay and Argentina approved this week conditions to begin dredging the River Plate Martin Garcia access channel, an ongoing dispute of over ten years that seriously constrained Uruguay’s ports development, according to reports in the Montevideo media.

• Thursday, October 13th 2011 - 23:37 UTC

  “UK pays Falkland Islanders to remain in the Islands and not migrate to Argentina”

  

  Argentina's permanent representative to the United Nation, Jorge Argüello, accused the United Kingdom of paying the Falkland Islanders to remain on the Islands during a conference Wednesday in Mexico’s Autonomous University, UNAM.

• Thursday, October 13th 2011 - 23:23 UTC

  Argentine ‘Congress inflation’ in August reached 1.89%, double the official index

  

  Argentine opposition members of the Lower House released on Thursday the dissident inflation rate (‘Congress index’) for October. The index, which was set at 1.89%, is based on reports delivered by some private consultants, which differ substantially from that release by the INDEC Statistics Bureau Agency.

• Thursday, October 13th 2011 - 23:02 UTC

  UK forces provide a visible demonstration of UK sovereignty over the Falklands

  

  Next year 30 years will have elapsed since the Falklands conflict, and 13.000km from the UK, the Falklands Garrison is still very much a going concern, providing protection and reassurance for the Islands.

• Thursday, October 13th 2011 - 07:53 UTC

  Uruguayan First Lady described Vazquez ‘war hypotheses as absurd and a kids’ anecdote

  

  Uruguay’s First Lady Lucia Topolansky described statements from former president Tabare Vazquez referred to a possible ‘war hypotheses’ with Argentina over the paper mill conflict as ‘absurd’ and recommended those words shouldn’t be considered more than a simple kids’ anecdote.

• Thursday, October 13th 2011 - 07:51 UTC

  Argentina denies any ‘war hypothesis’ with Uruguay over controversial pulp mill

  

  Argentine officials reacted strongly to remarks from former Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez who revealed that during the prolonged diplomatic conflict with Argentina over the construction of the Botnia-UPM pulp plant, he feared the situation could have led to an armed confrontation.

• Thursday, October 13th 2011 - 05:57 UTC

  US informs of alleged foiled Iranian plot that could have included Argentina

  

  United States Deputy Secretary of State William Burns called the Argentine authorities on Wednesday in order to provide them with details regarding the alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States, Department of State Victoria Nuland confirmed.

• Thursday, October 13th 2011 - 05:56 UTC

  Argentina calls on Mercosur to promote inter-trade and cut out of region imports

  

  Argentina called on Latin America to promote inter-trade among the region’s countries replacing the almost 460 billion dollars of manufactured goods from the rest of the world imported in 2010.

• Thursday, October 13th 2011 - 05:51 UTC

  Jewish community concern with alleged Iranian plans to commit attacks in Buenos Aires

  

  After the US announced Iran’s alleged plans to commit terrorist attacks on Washington which could have involved consequent attacks in Buenos Aires, both the Israeli and Jewish communities in Argentina expressed their “concern” over the reports, maintaining that the news “did not surprise” them.