Argentina

• Thursday, April 15th 2010 - 05:45 UTC

  Kirchner victory as Senate ratifies nomination of Central Bank governor

  

  The Argentine Senate finally approved the nomination of economist Mercedes Marcó del Pont as president of the Central Bank, post for which she was named by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner last February.

• Thursday, April 15th 2010 - 05:30 UTC

  Russian sponsored sturgeon farm in Argentina to produce black caviar

  

  Argentina plans to open a Russian-sponsored sturgeon farm to produce black caviar within the next two weeks, according to a press statement released this week by the Argentine province La Rioja.

• Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 22:53 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner personally apologizes to Hu Jintao for cancelled visit to China

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner apologized to her peer, China’s Hu Jintao for having cancelled in January at last moment a long time planned official visit to Beijing. Mrs. Kirchner and President Hu Jintao met in the sidelines of this week’s nuclear security summit in Washington.

• Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 20:28 UTC

  Taiana anticipates better relations with Uruguay following The Hague ruling

  

  Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Taiana described bilateral relations with neighbouring Uruguay are “good and will improve” after the International Court of Justice's ruling regarding the placement of the Botnia paper mill on the shores of the Uruguay river is made public on April 20th.

• Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 07:59 UTC

  “We are building a global role for Argentina”, says CFK after meeting Obama

  

  “We are building a global role for Argentina that it did not have until now” said Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) following a meeting with US President Barack Obama Tuesday in the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit.

• Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 07:57 UTC

  Argentine media warns hake fishery heading for a major disaster

  

  The dwindling stock of hubbsi hake in the South Atlantic and the Argentine government’s passive (irresponsible?) attitude anticipates a major fishery disaster points out Buenos Aires La Nación Tuesday edition.

• Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 03:52 UTC

  Uruguay/Argentina prepare for International Court ruling on bilateral dispute

  

  A Uruguayan multi-party delegation will be present in The Hague next week when the International Court of Justice makes public its ruling on the Argentine/Uruguayan dispute over the construction of a pulp mill along shared waters.

• Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 03:07 UTC

  US botanist expert in ethanol production elected to Argentina’s Sciences Academy

  

  Elizabeth Kellogg from the E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor of Botanical Studies at the University of Missouri–St. Louis has been elected to The National Academy of Sciences of Argentina.

• Tuesday, April 13th 2010 - 23:46 UTC

  Argentine minister denies soybean oil exports to China “have been interrupted”

  

  Argentine Agriculture Minister Julián Domínguez said Tuesday that soybean oil exports to China “have not been interrupted” and assured that supplying companies “have promised to readapt themselves to the Asian country's demands”.

• Tuesday, April 13th 2010 - 22:33 UTC

  Argentina opens squid season to the north given poor catches south of parallel 44

  

  Argentina’s Federal Fisheries Council, CFP, advanced fifteen days to April 15 the opening of the Illex squid fishery to the north of parallel 44°. The measure was taken after considering petitions from the Argentine Fishing Industry Chamber (CAIPA) and the Council of Argentine Fisheries Firms (CEPA), given the poor catch volumes of squid to the south of parallel 44.