Argentina

• Friday, March 19th 2010 - 01:22 UTC

  Argentine government expects quick return to international bond markets

  

  Argentina moved a step closer to a planned swap of defaulted debt and an issue of up to 15 billion US dollars in new bonds, with an amended filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC

• Thursday, March 18th 2010 - 02:10 UTC

  Argentine public opinion growingly disenchanted with political leadership

  

  To everybody’s surprise Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her husband and former president Nestor Kirchner have experienced a recovery in their public opinion standing, according to a poll from a “most respected consultant” which does not work for the Argentine government.

• Wednesday, March 17th 2010 - 06:40 UTC

  Kirchner administration is “made out of words and scandals” like a soap opera

  

  Former Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde compared President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's administration with “soap operas and afternoon TV shows,” making a strong reference to celebrities' disputes in order to gain TV air and their resemblance with politicians.

• Wednesday, March 17th 2010 - 06:09 UTC

  First Russian head of state visit to Argentina next month

  

  Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will travel to Argentina on April 14 and 15, the first official visit by a Russian head of state in 125 years of bilateral relations, the Argentine Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

• Tuesday, March 16th 2010 - 02:03 UTC

  Argentine scientists research bio-diesel production from micro-algae

  

  A team of Argentine researchers from the National Technological University of Mar del Plata (UTN) is working on a research project to produce bio-diesel from marine micro-algae, with the aim of developing economically viable and environmentally sustainable processes.

• Monday, March 15th 2010 - 21:54 UTC

  Israel discloses information on terrorist attack against embassy in Argentina

  

  In the week of the 18th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, the Israeli government claims to have identified the intellectual and material perpetrators of the bombing which left 29 dead, 242 wounded on March 17th, 1992.

• Monday, March 15th 2010 - 11:16 UTC

  Chinese oil firm buying 50% stake in Argentine group

  

  China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is paying $3.1bn (£2bn) for a 50% stake in Argentine oil and gas group Bridas Corporation. Cnooc Ltd.,

• Thursday, March 11th 2010 - 00:46 UTC

  Cristina Kirchner’s government has become an “embarrassment” for Argentina

  

  Former Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde (2002/03) accused the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of being an “embarrassment” for Argentina and called for a drastic change of policies from “confrontation to one of understandings”.

• Thursday, March 11th 2010 - 00:37 UTC

  Argentine government blames Shell and Petrobras for gasoline shortage

  

  Argentina's government accused energy companies Royal Dutch Shell and Petrobras on Wednesday of deliberately causing gasoline shortages in order to force rival YPF to raise its prices.

• Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 06:33 UTC

  Mrs Kirchner escalates clash with Judiciary, implies censorship from the Court

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner escalated Tuesday the clash with the Judiciary branch saying that when the magistrates call for “moderation”, the expression seems to rhyme with “censorship” since they don’t realize “the weight they hold”.