Argentina

Thursday, August 4th 2011 - 22:57 UTC
French students’ killed in Argentina: claims of suspects beaten by police

The family members of the French tourists who were murdered in Salta, north of Argentina were taken to the scene where the bodies were found to walk across the area, accompanied by the judge in charge of the case.
Thursday, August 4th 2011 - 19:41 UTC
CFK re-election bid remains unscathed in spite of recent electoral defeats, says poll

In spite of the latest defeats in the province of Santa Fe and in Buenos Aires City, President Cristina Fernandez, CFK, has sufficient vote intention to ensure her re-election in the first round October 23.
Thursday, August 4th 2011 - 19:32 UTC
Argentina manufacturers demand similar ‘Brazilian package’ to prop industry

Following on the steps of her Brazilian peer who this week unveiled an ambitious plan to prop industry, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner met with the country’s leading business and corporate representatives and promised her government would take all the necessary measures to defend the market from the massive influx of outer region imported goods.
Thursday, August 4th 2011 - 06:32 UTC
While the world rejects flood of dollars, in Argentina it’s a ‘flight to safety’

While in the rest of South America governments are trying to make the inflow of US dollars more difficult in Argentina the greenback is in great demand as the coming presidential election has triggered a solid “flight to safety”.
Thursday, August 4th 2011 - 06:25 UTC
Argentina’s car production up 27.2% and exports 25% in seven months of 2011

Argentina’s car output increased 27.2% in the first seven months of the year and totalled 462,926 units, according to the Association of Automotive Factories (ADEFA). In July production soared to 70,628 units, increasing 22.6% to the same month last year.
Thursday, August 4th 2011 - 02:49 UTC
Malvinas veterans ask for anthropologists to identify Argentine soldiers buried at Darwin cemetery

A Centre of Malvinas War Veterans and next of kin presented a petition before a federal court requesting the identification of Argentine combatants buried at the Darwin Cemetery in the Falkland Islands and the circumstances of their death during the South Atlantic conflict in 1982.
Thursday, August 4th 2011 - 02:10 UTC
Argentine Justice blind-trust rented apartments used as brothels

An Argentine Supreme Court justice faces a possible ethics investigation for renting out apartments used for prostitution. Justice Eugenio Zaffaroni has said he had no idea that six of his 15 rental properties were being used as brothels.
Wednesday, August 3rd 2011 - 06:58 UTC
CFK and Mujica underline ‘importance of dialogue’ and overcoming conflicts

President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, CFK, underlined the importance of dialogue between Argentina and Uruguay which enable to overcome ‘conflicts’, while her Uruguayan peer Jose Mujica said that the “good neighbours” policy is the only way forward and a win-win situation for both sides.
Tuesday, August 2nd 2011 - 22:28 UTC
Is Argentina a safe country for tourists?, questions the French media

Following the killing of two French young women tourist-packers in the northern Argentine province of Salta, --with criminals still at large--, the issue of security, safety and crime in Argentina has been widely exposed in the European and Unite States media, particularly the so-called ‘express kidnapping”.
Tuesday, August 2nd 2011 - 22:26 UTC
A man arrested in connection to the weapon used in the double murder in Salta

A man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the double murder case in Salta, where two French tourists were killed in the area of la Quebrada San Lorenzo last Friday, a Salta official informed.