Argentina

• Wednesday, September 14th 2011 - 06:29 UTC

  Menem acquitted from gun running to Ecuador and Croatia

  

  Former Argentine President Carlos Menem was acquitted in connection with the case of gun running to Ecuador and Croatia between the years 1991 and 1995.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2011 - 06:01 UTC

  Bus-trains collision in Buenos Aires leaves 11 dead and hundreds injured

  

  A bus driver gambled and tried to rush across railroad tracks on Tuesday despite a barrier, bells and flashing lights, setting off a chain-reaction collision with two trains that killed 11 people and injured hundreds in Argentina's capital.

• Tuesday, September 13th 2011 - 05:06 UTC

  Mothers of Plaza de Mayo group queried for money laundering and fraud

  

  Over twenty offices and homes were raided by the Argentine police on search warrants as part of the ongoing investigation into alleged money laundering and fraud with government housing funds by the human rights organization Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Foundation.

• Tuesday, September 13th 2011 - 02:22 UTC

  S&P maintains Argentina’s rating stable at “B”, supported by strong surplus

  

  Standard & Poor’s reported that Argentina’s rating remains as “B” (global scale, local and foreign currency) and “raAA” (national scale for Argentina).

• Tuesday, September 13th 2011 - 02:02 UTC

  Argentina Congress inflation index for August: 1.87% (double the official rate)

  

  A group of Argentine opposition lawmakers presented Monday the August inflation rate, based on reports prepared by some private consultants. The dissident index reached to 1.87%. In July the index was 1.62%

• Monday, September 12th 2011 - 23:12 UTC

  Canadian company strikes oil in first of three exploratory wells in Neuquen basin

  

  Canada’s Americas Petrogas and venture partner Gran Tierra Energy have made a “significant discovery of oil” in the first of three exploration wells on the Rinconada Norte block in the Neuquen Basin of Argentina.

• Monday, September 12th 2011 - 22:51 UTC

  Utility company must compensate couple for ruining their marriage with a blackout

  

  An Argentine power company must compensate a couple whose marriage was ruined because of a blackout which forced the suspension of the religious ceremony and the subsequent party.

• Monday, September 12th 2011 - 21:01 UTC

  DNA tests confirm two suspects raped French students killed in Argentina

  

  The DNA results on tests run on the two French tourists murdered in the Argentine province of Salta indicated that prosecuted suspects Santos Clement Vera, and Gustavo Lasi sexually abused the victims. Likewise, the exam did not test positive on third suspect Daniel Vilte Laxi.

• Monday, September 12th 2011 - 02:25 UTC

  CFK in France to meet Sarkozy and witness Peace prize award to Grandmothers

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner travelled on Sunday to France and is scheduled to meet with her peer Nicholas Sarkozy on Wednesday midday at the Palais de l'Élysée, according to French government sources.

• Monday, September 12th 2011 - 01:46 UTC

  On request from government Repsol-YPF ratified investment plans in Argentina

  

  Argentina’s government will monitor ownership changes at Spain’s Repsol and it reserves the right to wield its golden share in YPF, the Spanish concern’s local unit, YPF, said in a statement after a board meeting that included a state-appointed director.