Argentina

• Saturday, June 26th 2010 - 05:27 UTC

  Timnerman underlines Beijing’s support in UN Falklands’ presentation

  

  Argentina’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman said that China expressed “strong support” for Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands and other South Atlantic islands, but was disappointed by the bias coverage of the Buenos Aires press.

• Saturday, June 26th 2010 - 05:22 UTC

  Argentine economy expands 9.7% in April, the fastest in two years

  

  Argentina's economy grew at its fastest pace in nearly two years in April, expanding 9.7% percent from a year earlier, the government announced on Friday. Increased consumer spending and demand for Argentina industrial products, particularly automobiles, from Mercosur partner Brazil helped to boost the economy.

• Saturday, June 26th 2010 - 05:08 UTC

  China ends freeze on Argentina soy-oil imports, says Buenos Aires

  

  Argentina has reached an agreement with China to end the freeze on Argentine soy-oil imports, the government said on Friday. However given the cumbersome negotiation process some Argentine traders are waiting for an official confirmation from Beijing.

• Friday, June 25th 2010 - 05:34 UTC

  Timerman begins round of regional visits next Tuesday in Montevideo

  

  Argentina’s newly appointed Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman begins next Tuesday a round of regional contacts which will take him to Uruguay, Brazil and Chile.

• Friday, June 25th 2010 - 05:17 UTC

  Brazil and Argentina advance in solving bilateral trade issues

  

  Brazil and Argentina made significant advances in outstanding bilateral trade issues following a joint meeting Thursday between top policy makers, Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega told reporters.

• Friday, June 25th 2010 - 05:14 UTC

  Brazil praises Argentina’s ‘successful’ debt swap process

  

  Brazil said on Thursday that the sovereign debt swap process led by the Argentine government and its economy administration was “successful”.

• Thursday, June 24th 2010 - 22:50 UTC

  Timerman reaffirms Argentina’s ““unrenounceable” Falklands/Malvinas claim

  

  The United Nations Decolonisation Committee unanimously approved a resolution calling on Argentina and the United Kingdom to ensure the dialogue process and resume negotiations for a peaceful solution to the Falklands/Malvinas question.

• Thursday, June 24th 2010 - 05:56 UTC

  Uruguay concerned with Argentina’s construction of atomic power plant

  

  Uruguay is considering an alleged Argentine violation of the UN Nuclear Security Convention since it was never notified of the construction of the Atucha II atomic power plant, 100 kilometres to the north of the capital Buenos Aires and which is one of the country’s main public works.

• Thursday, June 24th 2010 - 05:53 UTC

  Timerman will categorically reject oil exploration activities in the Falklands

  

  Newly appointed Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Héctor Timerman said on arrival in New York that on Thursday he will strongly argue in support of ‘Argentine sovereignty rights over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands’ before the United Nations Decolonization Committee or C24.

• Thursday, June 24th 2010 - 05:30 UTC

  Argentine Lower House votes to sanction companies operating in Falklands

  

  Argentina’s Lower House gave unanimous preliminary approval to a bill that seeks to impose sanctions on corporations operating in Argentina that may be looking to work in the Falkland/Malvinas Islands with out the approval of Argentine authorities. The bill must now be ratified by the Senate.