Argentina

• Tuesday, January 4th 2011 - 14:15 UTC

  Argentine Government questions present relevance of 1999 Falklands Agreement with Britain

  

  The Argentine Foreign Ministry stated yesterday that the “provisional understandings” signed by London and Buenos Aires were in complete disuse and that the “unilateral actions of the United Kingdom” with regard to oil exploration and military exercises on the Islands constituted an “unsolveable obstacle” to the continuation and development of the “bilateral cooperation”

• Thursday, December 30th 2010 - 07:59 UTC

  Buenos Aires Swelters Amid Heat Wave, Power Outages

  

  A blistering heat wave, power outages and a fuel shortage added up Tuesday to a second day of hellish conditions in Greater Buenos Aires, home to about a quarter of Argentina’s 40 million people.

• Wednesday, December 29th 2010 - 20:25 UTC

  Britain should leave the United Nations Security Council suggests Argentine Ambassador

  

  In his response to the British Prime Minister’s Christmas address to the Falkland Islanders, Argentina’s Ambassador at the United Nations, Jorge Arguello, makes the strong suggestion that Britain should lose its place on the UN’s Security Council.

• Tuesday, December 28th 2010 - 11:59 UTC

  Argentina rejects Cameron’s refusal to negotiate over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands

  

  The Argentine Government yesterday rejected recent declarations of the British Prime Minister David Cameron who said that he would not negotiate over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands despite insistent claims from the South American country.

• Monday, December 27th 2010 - 09:07 UTC

  Drought stricken-Uruguay praises Argentina’s “formidable gesture”

  

  President Jose Mujica described as a “formidable gesture” the Argentine government’s decision to facilitate the export of grains and fodder to Uruguay which in under an “agriculture emergency” because of a severe drought that threatens much of the cattle to the north of the country.

• Monday, December 27th 2010 - 08:46 UTC

  European vehicles for the Dakar Argentina-Chile Rally undergo inspection

  

  The Grande Brasile has arrived at Delta Rock, where the European vehicles participating in the 2011 Dakar Argentina-Chile Rally were unloaded during the night.

• Monday, December 27th 2010 - 08:28 UTC

  Iguazu Falls will complete a record year of visitors

  

  Over a million tourists (1.064.731) had visited until Christmas Argentina’s Iguazu Falls national park, a number which should reach 1.2 million when the 2010 calendar year is completed according to Iguazu Argentina that have the park’s concession.

• Friday, December 24th 2010 - 07:47 UTC

  Argentina’s November industrial production up 8.8%, says private index

  

  Argentina's industrial production in November continued to grow at record levels, with output jumping 8.8% on the year, according to the monthly index published by local think tank Fiel on Thursday.

• Friday, December 24th 2010 - 07:25 UTC

  Serious rioting in Buenos Aires leaves thousands of trainl commuters stranded

  

  Serious rioting broke out Thrusday in the heart of Buenos Aires when protesting outsourced workers interrupted railway services in one of the main central stations, Constitucion, which then triggered a furious reaction from passengers. Law enforcement officials were surprised by the intensity and extent of the rioting that left several policemen and civilians injured and tens of arrests.

• Thursday, December 23rd 2010 - 08:14 UTC

  Sweden to close embassy in Argentina because of budget constraints

  

  The Swedish government Wednesday said it would close five embassies next year due to budget constraints, among them offices in Argentina.