Argentina

Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 07:29 UTC
Argentina’s most populous province ready to return to international bond market

Argentina’s most populous province is preparing a return to international bond markets to benefit from the lowest borrowing costs in two years. Buenos Aires province hired Bank of America and Deutsche Bank AG to arrange investor meetings in Europe and the US as it plans to sell 500 million US dollars in debt.
Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 02:04 UTC
Argentina takes its time before deciding what to do with Chilean guerrilla

Alleged Chilean terrorist Sergio Galvarino Apablaza is to remain free while the Argentine government decides whether or not he will be extradited to Chile or if he will be granted political asylum.
Tuesday, September 21st 2010 - 01:54 UTC
Argentina denies “innocent pass” to Spanish trawler sailing from Falklands

A Spanish flagged trawler that operates in Falkland Islands waters and was heading to Montevideo to unload 700 tons of fish was denied “innocent pass” through Argentine waters and had to steam an additional 17 hours at a cost of 7.000 litres of fuel.
Tuesday, September 21st 2010 - 01:19 UTC
Uruguay bans docking permit to Royal Navy vessel heading for the Falklands

HMS Gloucester, the Royal Navy South Atlantic patrol was banned from entering Montevideo for supplies and fuel, just a few hours before docking and in spite of having been authorized several days before to call in at Uruguay’s capital port.
Monday, September 20th 2010 - 23:33 UTC
Mrs. Kirchner scheduled to address UN assembly Friday

Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is expected in New York Wednesday to meet an intensive agenda that includes addressing the UN General Assembly next Friday when a strong call for Falklands/Malvinas negotiations is expected.
Monday, September 20th 2010 - 23:26 UTC
“Malvinas pending issue for United Nations”, says Argentine ambassador Argüello

Every day it becomes more difficult for the UK to justify before the international community why it looks down on United Nations General Assembly resolutions, said the Argentine ambassador before the UN in direct reference to the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty dispute.
Monday, September 20th 2010 - 04:59 UTC
Argentine economy expands 9.4% in first half of 2010; inflation fears

Argentina’s GDP expanded 9.4% in the first half of the year compared with the same period in 2009, according to the latest release from the country’s Statistics Institute, Indec. But inflation is becoming a greater challenge as the country moves into presidential electoral year 2011.
Monday, September 20th 2010 - 02:15 UTC
Disagreement over terrorist extradition could sour Chile/Argentine relations

After a lack of agreement in Chile over the extradition of ex guerrilla member Sergio Apablaza, Argentina President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said that the meeting held with President Sebastián Piñera was an “excellent” one, during declarations made to seemingly minimize the situation.
Friday, September 17th 2010 - 06:30 UTC
Chinese oil company after BP’s stake in Argentina’s Pan American Energy

CNOOC, Ltd, China’s biggest offshore oil explorer, may bid 10.2 billion USD for BPs 60% stake in Argentina’s Pan American Energy LLC and will probably seek a partner in the acquisition, Citigroup Inc. said.
Friday, September 17th 2010 - 03:37 UTC
Korea/Argentina sign nuclear cooperation MOU; new light-water plant planned

Argentina and South Korea signed on Thursday a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for bilateral collaboration in the nuclear sector. The MOU sets forth that the two nations will discuss concrete cooperation plans to build a new nuclear plant in Argentina and to repair the country's existing heavy water reactors.