Argentina

• Saturday, April 2nd 2011 - 19:36 UTC

  Malvinas are Argentine for ever and “we will never yield in our claim”

  

  “The Malvinas are Argentine for ever” and this government “will never yield in our claim” promised President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner during the main commemoration of the Malvinas war Fallen and Veterans Day in Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz province.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2011 - 15:46 UTC

  Timerman recalls April 2 Falklands’ invasion saying Argentina is not alone in its Malvinas sovereignty claim

  

  Argentina has the support of numerous international organizations and regional forums in its sovereignty claim over the Malvinas Islands, writes Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman in an article under the heading of “Argentina is not alone in its Malvinas claim”

• Saturday, April 2nd 2011 - 08:21 UTC

  Moyano hails as personal victory the increase by 20% of minimum income tax floor

  

  Argentina’s powerful organized Labour Confederation leader Hugo Moyano celebrated Friday as a victory for the “workers movement” that the government of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner decided to raise by 20% the minimum income tax floor.

• Friday, April 1st 2011 - 01:22 UTC

  Argentina’s high expectations for the squid season are rapidly fading

  

  Encouraging expectations for the Illex argentinus squid season appear to be fading in Argentina. Following a start with good catches and high expectations, the average daily output of squid is now only around five tons in the area between parallels 44º and 46º South Atlantic.

• Friday, April 1st 2011 - 00:31 UTC

  “Loyalty rewards loyalty” message from Moyano to Cristina Fernandez

  

  Argentina’s powerful organized labour leader Hugo Moyano has sent another strong message thanking workers for “being loyal to him” at the same time his teamsters were granted a 24% rise in wages.

• Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 04:04 UTC

  President Cristina Kirchner promises ‘to go for more’ as her popularity is on the rise

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said at a political rally that she’s not the leader of a government but the head of a political project with an agenda and a vision of Argentina, and anticipated she’s “going for more”.

• Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 02:17 UTC

  GeoPark joins Korea’s LG to expand oil exploration in Latin America and Asia

  

  Latin American oil and gas company GeoPark Holdings which operates in Argentina and Chile, will sell a 10% stake in GeoPark Chile Ltd for 70 million US dollars to a unit of Korea's LG Corp. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2011, GeoPark said.

• Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 01:33 UTC

  EU says Argentina’s import restrictions hurt talks for trade deal with Mercosur

  

  Argentina's moves to restrict imports and prop up its shrinking trade surplus as well as European farmers resistance to ‘cheap’ meat imports could hurt talks for a trade deal between Mercosur and the European Union, an EU official said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 01:10 UTC

  Argentina promotes world-wide Malvinas discussion under the logo of “It takes two to tango”

  

  Argentine ambassador before United Nations Jorge Argüello is scheduled to give a conference this week in Bangkok, Thailand on the ‘Malvinas Islands issue” and the South Atlantic situation.

• Wednesday, March 30th 2011 - 05:14 UTC

  Argentina honours Chavez with press freedom award for fighting “media monopolies”

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was given a press freedom award during his visit on Tuesday to Argentina. The University of La Plata said it was honouring him for his efforts to break “media monopolies” in Latin America and support “popular communication”.