Argentina

• Tuesday, June 28th 2011 - 16:32 UTC

  Argentina promises to end fluvial obstacles to land-locked Paraguayan trade

  

  Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman in Asuncion for the Mercosur summit promised on Tuesday Argentina will put an end to fluvial obstacles to Paraguayan trade. Landlocked Paraguay trades with the rest of the world through the Parana River, most of which crosses Argentine territory.

• Tuesday, June 28th 2011 - 06:12 UTC

  Mercosur summit begins Tuesday among controversy over its effectiveness

  

  The Mercosur summit will be an opportunity to solve asymmetry problems and social inequalities in the region, said Paraguay’ Foreign Affairs minister Jorge Lara Castro. The South American customs union is meeting this week in Asuncion for the first of two annual summits when the rotating chair will be passed on to Uruguay.

• Tuesday, June 28th 2011 - 04:41 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas: Argentina condemns UK “militaristic regrettable statements”

  

  The verbal escalation between the Argentine and British governments in the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty issue continued Monday with strong exchange of statements.

• Monday, June 27th 2011 - 18:36 UTC

  UK committed to Falklands in spite of all the “huff and puff” from Argentine politicians

  

  The UK remains committed to retaining sovereignty over the Falkland Islands in the face of renewed Argentine pressure over the issue, and has the political will and military means to defend the Islands, Defence Secretary Liam Fox said.

• Monday, June 27th 2011 - 18:31 UTC

  Bus sized asteroid to zoom over the Falklands’ at 7.600 miles in space

  

  An asteroid the size of a bus and massing 600 tons is barreling through space toward planet Earth at terrific speed and is scheduled to zoom across the South Atlantic and the Falkland Islanders late Monday, reports Space magazine.

• Monday, June 27th 2011 - 06:24 UTC

  Parlasur member claims Mercosur summits have become ‘display of empty rhetoric’

  

  Mercosur summits have become a display of empty rhetoric, full of protocol and ‘family photos’ but with no full hearted willingness to achieve a solid, fair integration, claimed the head of the Paraguayan delegation before Parlasur, the Mercosur Parliament.

• Monday, June 27th 2011 - 06:19 UTC

  Argentina’s soy bean crop will represent 8bn USD in levies for the Treasury

  

  Soy export taxes for the 2010/2011 crop will represent 8 billion US dollars for the Argentine Treasury compared to 6.3bn in the previous season, according to estimates from the country’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.

• Monday, June 27th 2011 - 05:59 UTC

  Rioting in Buenos Aires as emblematic football team in relegated to second division

  

  One of the great clubs of South American football, River Plate was relegated on Sunday from the Argentine first division for the first time in their 110-year history triggering clashes between enraged fans and the police that left dozens hospitalized and arrested.

• Monday, June 27th 2011 - 05:39 UTC

  Provincial vote in extreme north and south confirm support for Cristina Fernandez

  

  Provincial voting in the extreme north and extreme south of Argentina confirmed on Sunday support for the administration of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her ‘development model’ to be tested next October when she will be running for re-election.

• Sunday, June 26th 2011 - 01:30 UTC

  CFK picks Economy minister as running mate and targets young voters

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner picked Economy minister Amado Boudou to be her running mate in the presidential ticket for the October 23 election praising his loyalty and capacity to understand and accept change.