Argentina

Monday, October 3rd 2011 - 22:08 UTC
Aerolíneas Argentinas among the top short list of money loosing air carriers

Aerolíneas Argentinas is estimated to have lost in the last twelve months 486 million dollars which puts her among the air carriers with greatest losses in the world. Only Air India, also government managed, but with 30.000 staff (three times her Argentine counterpart) dilapidated 1.2 billion dollars and Kuwait Airways, 564 million dollars
Monday, October 3rd 2011 - 22:05 UTC
Half a million sheep dead in Patagonia because of the volcanic ash

Half a million sheep have already died in Argentine Patagonia as a result of the eruption of the Chilean volcano Puyehe, which has covered most fields in the province of Chubut with a film made of a mix of mineral ash.
Monday, October 3rd 2011 - 07:40 UTC
Uruguay/Argentina agree to hake spring ban and limit annual catch to 50.000 tons

Uruguay and Argentina agreed on a three months ban for the hake fisheries in the jointly shared maritime zone with the purpose of protecting juveniles and contribute to the conservation of the resource.
Saturday, October 1st 2011 - 01:16 UTC
Construction activity in Argentina remains steady as investors choose “bricks”

Argentina's construction activity rose 7.3% on the year in August, as builders and private investors continued to benefit from a booming economy and high inflation.
Saturday, October 1st 2011 - 01:12 UTC
CFK opens Argentina’s largest wind farm in Patagonia: 80MW

President Cristina Fernandez opened Friday in Patagonia the largest wind farm in Argentina. The Rawson Aeolic Park will eventually generate 80 MW sufficient to supply 100.000 homes according to the private investors.
Saturday, October 1st 2011 - 00:59 UTC
Publishing houses told to print in Argentina while imported books are blocked in Customs

Argentina's booksellers claim over a million imported books remain stacked up in customs while the government of President Cristina Fernandez moves ahead with its policy of substituting imports and defending local jobs and the domestic market.
Thursday, September 29th 2011 - 19:02 UTC
Argentina celebrates 45 years of the “Condor Operation” landing in Falklands

One of Argentina’s most powerful unions’ honoured members of the “Condor Operation” which 45 years ago hijacked a commercial aircraft and had it flown to the Falklands/Malvinas Islands where the group flew the Argentine flag.
Thursday, September 29th 2011 - 16:17 UTC
US decision to vote against loans for Argentina “will not affect funding for 2012”

Washington's decision to vote against loans for Argentina from multilateral development banks “will not affect the country's funding for 2012”, an Argentine government source said on Wednesday.
Thursday, September 29th 2011 - 16:03 UTC
Argentina leader in use of nuclear power for peaceful purposes, says CFK

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) opened on Wednesday the country’s third nuclear plant Atucha II, in the Greater Buenos Aires district of Zárate, and highlighted the fact that “Argentina is leader in the use of nuclear power for peaceful purposes.”
Thursday, September 29th 2011 - 06:18 UTC
CFK: Argentina again has the technological and technical capacity to repair submarines

For the first time in twenty years, Argentina once again has the technological and technical capability to repair submarines, announced President Cristina Fernandez during a ceremony at the refurbished Naval Industrial Complex, CINAR, to celebrate the conclusion of repairs on a submarine and the recovery of an oceanographic research vessel.