Argentina

• Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 05:28 UTC

  Cristina suffers hypotension and suspends all official activities for 24 hours

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was forced to suspend all of her official activities for the next 24 hours after suffering from low blood pressure in the Olivos presidential residence. She is expected to remain there under observation until Wednesday.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 04:44 UTC

  Turkey slams Argentine Judge ruling blaming Ottomans for Armenian genocide

  

  Turkey has slammed an Argentine judge's ruling that it committed genocide against Armenians around the time of World War I. The Turkish Foreign Affairs Ministry said the ruling was an example of how legal systems are abused by extreme nationalists belonging to the Armenian Diaspora.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2011 - 04:20 UTC

  IMF presents report to develop a new consumer price index in Argentina

  

  The IMF has presented a report to Argentine authorities with specific recommendations for developing a new, nationwide consumer price index to replace the much-criticized current index, the fund said in a press release Monday.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2011 - 04:11 UTC

  Argentina poised to grow 6% in 2011, but highly exposed to Brazil dependency

  

  Strong demand in Brazil and Latin America has created the conditions for a stronger-than-expected economic rebound in Argentina, an IMF official said on Monday.

• Saturday, April 9th 2011 - 00:21 UTC

  Vazquez denies saying the Kirchners had behaviour patterns recalling fascism

  

  Former Uruguayan president Tabaré Vázquez denied this week that he ever said that his Argentine counterparts Néstor and Cristina Kirchner are “fascists”, like Wikileaks cables stated.

• Friday, April 8th 2011 - 23:26 UTC

  Argentina promotes meat production with subsidized loans

  

  Argentina plans to extend the equivalent of 750 million US dollars in subsidized loans to meat producers to spur increased production of beef, chicken and pork.

• Friday, April 8th 2011 - 22:51 UTC

  US report on Argentina questions judicial system and campaign against the media

  

  The US State Department released its annual report on human rights around the world and questioned the Argentine judicial system’s independence along with a series of abuses carried out by police forces including deaths and torture claims.

• Thursday, April 7th 2011 - 20:14 UTC

  Messi’s Facebook page collects 7 million Likes in just a few hours

  

  Few hours after Argentine football star Lionel Messi started a Facebook Page, the Barcelona's striker has almost 7 million Likes.

• Thursday, April 7th 2011 - 10:06 UTC

  Argentina under pressure to approve anti money-laundering legislation

  

  The Argentine administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner called Wednesday on the opposition lawmakers to pass an anti money laundering bill before June other wise Argentina could be black-listed for not having the proper controls.

• Thursday, April 7th 2011 - 09:08 UTC

  “If we don’t unite, Cristina beats us with 40% of the vote”, warns Duhalde

  

  Argentina’s presidential hopeful and former caretaker president Eduardo Duhalde warned that if the opposition doesn’t unite, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will defeat them next October 23 and be re-elected for a second four year mandate.