Argentina

• Friday, July 16th 2010 - 07:58 UTC

  Cold wave in Argentina forces shutdowns in gas powered industries

  

  The cold wave in Argentina has killed at least five people, forced the closure of highways and left most of industry short of gas given the soaring residential consumption.

• Friday, July 16th 2010 - 03:10 UTC

  Argentina legalizes same-sex marriages including adopting children

  

  Following a long and tense debate among lawmakers, Argentina has joined the group of select few nations to legalize marriages between same-sex couples.

• Thursday, July 15th 2010 - 23:26 UTC

  Uruguayan concern with Argentine interception of vessels bound for the Falklands

  

  Uruguay’s leading newspaper dedicated its Sunday’s editorial to the recent incident when the Argentine Navy, in shared Uruguayan-Argentine waters, forced a small merchant vessel linked to the Falklands/Malvinas Islands to identify itself and provide all the information related to cargo and destination.

• Thursday, July 15th 2010 - 06:35 UTC

  Argentina confident soy-oil dispute with China will be solved “in the short term”

  

  Argentine Ambassador to China, César Mayoral announced in Beijing that the soybean oil conflict with Beijing that has been ongoing since the beginning of the year “will be solved in the short term.”

• Wednesday, July 14th 2010 - 06:07 UTC

  Argentina/China sign 18 agreements; discussions to solve soy-oil dispute

  

  China and Argentina signed 18 agreements covering infrastructure, energy and railway projects on Tuesday during Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner second day official visit which included talks with her Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao and with Vice-Premier Hui Liangyu.

• Wednesday, July 14th 2010 - 05:14 UTC

  Massive demonstration in Argentina to protest same-sex marriage bill

  

  Argentine Catholic and Evangelic organizations protested the same-sex marriage bill in a demonstration held in the heart of Buenos Aires at the Congress square under the motto “Kids have the right to have a mother and father.”

• Tuesday, July 13th 2010 - 06:44 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner praises China and calls for new world financial system

  

  Argentine President Cristina Kirchner called on Monday for an international system of financial regulation ahead of the G20's next meeting in Seoul.

• Tuesday, July 13th 2010 - 00:47 UTC

  For the first time since 2002 Fitch raises Argentina’s credit ratings out of default

  

  Fitch Ratings on Monday raised Argentina's credit ratings out of default, following the completion of a debt swap last month, but said the deal is not enough to open new financing sources for the country.

• Monday, July 12th 2010 - 03:52 UTC

  Argentina and Venezuela with highest (and climbing) inflation in South America

  

  While most of South America is undergoing a deceleration of consumer prices Argentina and Venezuela are the only countries to experience a significant increase in inflation, making it one of the main concerns or public opinion.

• Monday, July 12th 2010 - 03:04 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner in China to try and reopen the soy-oil market

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner arrived Sunday in Beijing with a delegation of 70 businessmen and an agenda concentrated on trade issues including one which is fundamental for Argentina, the resumption of soy-oil sales to China which have been banned for several months.