Argentina

• Wednesday, October 5th 2011 - 08:12 UTC

  Argentina highest court rejects French request to extradite “the blond angel of death”

  

  The Argentine Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a French request to extradite former navy captain Alfredo Astiz, who was convicted in absentia in Europe for killing two French nuns during the 1976-1983 “Dirty War.”

• Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 06:53 UTC

  UK relation with OTs (including Falklands) is based on ‘the choices of the peoples’

  

  The United Kingdom relationship with the Overseas Territories “is based on the choices of the peoples” said Monday British representative Philip Parham before the UN Fourth Committee on Decolonization in response to several statements from Latin American delegates regarding the Falkland Islands and sovereignty discussions with Argentina.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 06:49 UTC

  Clarin says it’s time for Argentina to disclose Malvinas war documents

  

  Buenos Aires daily Clarin in an editorial asks for the Argentine government to release and disclose documents to public scrutiny, referred to the Argentine landing in the Falklands/Malvinas conflict in 1982 since next 2 April 2012, thirty years would have elapsed.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 06:42 UTC

  A CFK landslide, as polls show, could ensure majorities in both Congress houses

  

  It’s a fact that the next Argentine government will see a significant gain in legislative benches in the coming October 23 election while the opposition is appealing to voters support to ensure a balanced congress since everybody admits Cristina Fernandez will be re-elected by a landslide.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 06:34 UTC

  Spain concerned it might loose control of its flagship oil company Repsol

  

  Spain’s government is concerned that the country’s hydrocarbons flagship Repsol-YPF could fall into foreign hands following the 30% voting block made up of Mexico’s Pemex and construction company Sacyr Vallehermoso.

• 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.