Argentina

• Tuesday, January 11th 2011 - 22:03 UTC

  Car sales in Argentina soar 43% in 2010; exports increase 38%, mostly to Brazil

  

  Total dealership car sales in Argentina rose by 43% year-on-year in 2010, the country's automobile manufacturers association Adefa said. This included both locally-produced cars and imports.

• Tuesday, January 11th 2011 - 22:00 UTC

  Germany knew in 1952 Nazi Adolf Eichmann was hiding in Argentina

  

  The notorious Nazi Adolf Eichmann could have been caught sooner if Germany's intelligence agency had assisted, new information has revealed. The German Information Agency knew as early as 1952 that Eichmann, a chief organizer of the Nazi genocide against the Jews, was hiding in Argentina under a false name, the German tabloid Bild reported.

• Monday, January 10th 2011 - 06:23 UTC

  Argentina: Uncertainty ahead of 2011 squid season

  

  The limited presence of squid (Illex argentinus) at mile 201, outside the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is of concern to the local squid jigger fleet, which fear that something similar might happen this year in national waters.

• Friday, January 7th 2011 - 05:22 UTC

  Falkland Islands: SAAS stoppage, director claims partners pressured

  

  THE planned increased use of containers for the shipment of fish, meat and wool received a blow this week with the news that the Islands’ only shipping service to South America is to end.

• Friday, January 7th 2011 - 00:47 UTC

  Barcelona: Argentine private medevac plane arrested with 900k on cocaine

  

  Civil Guard officers based at Barcelona’s El Prat Airport have seized almost one ton of cocaine from a private medevac plane which recently landed at the airport, on a flight from Cabo Verde.

• Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 22:14 UTC

  Argentina reaffirms Malvinas’ sovereignty; blasts UK reluctance to discuss sovereignty

  

  Argentina reaffirmed Monday its “imprescriptible” sovereignty rights over the Malvinas and other South Atlantic islands and considers “incomprehensible” the British negative to find a peaceful and definitive solution to the controversy as mandated by the international community.

• Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 20:09 UTC

  Scarce rainfall forces Uruguay to buy power from Argentina

  

  Uruguay facing a severe drought and insufficient rainfall began this week to receive electricity from the Argentine power grid. Uruguay’s electricity is mainly hydroelectric and in the country’s main dams the water level has been falling dramatically.

• Wednesday, January 5th 2011 - 00:30 UTC

  Argentina: Installation of onboard video cameras begin

  

  The Fisheries Secretariat of the Nation has reported that an Integrated Control System has come into force, which involves the installation of video cameras on board the Argentine fishing fleet.

• Tuesday, January 4th 2011 - 18:57 UTC

  Antarctica Cruise Canceled After 'Signs of Wear' Are Discovered

  

  There's more trouble in Antarctica, but this time, the notoriously rough Drake Passage isn't to blame. Citing mechanical problems, small-ship adventure operator Abercrombie & Kent has canceled a 15-night Antarctic cruise on the 264-passenger Le Boreal that was slated to depart from Ushuaia on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, January 4th 2011 - 14:15 UTC

  Argentine Government questions present relevance of 1999 Falklands Agreement with Britain

  

  The Argentine Foreign Ministry stated yesterday that the “provisional understandings” signed by London and Buenos Aires were in complete disuse and that the “unilateral actions of the United Kingdom” with regard to oil exploration and military exercises on the Islands constituted an “unsolveable obstacle” to the continuation and development of the “bilateral cooperation”