Argentina

• Monday, June 28th 2010 - 22:04 UTC

  Argentine satellite for regional communications to be launched 2012

  

  Arianespace will launch the Arsat-1 satellite for Argentine satellite operator Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales Sociedad Anonima, or Arsat, in mid-2012 under a contract announced June 28 by the Evry, France-based launch services provider.

• Monday, June 28th 2010 - 05:58 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner does not challenge Cameron on Falklands; ‘issue belongs to UN’

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner met with PM David Cameron in the framework of G-20 events in Toronto, Canada, but avoided talking about the Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute, according to Argentine media sources.

• Monday, June 28th 2010 - 00:58 UTC

  Honda to start manufacturing cars in Argentina in 2011

  

  Honda plans to start manufacturing automobiles in Argentina next year, when the Japanese automaker’s plant in Campana, a city on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, opens, the press reported, citing company executives.

• Saturday, June 26th 2010 - 05:36 UTC

  Plain and clear: the Kirchner couple planning for the next ten years

  

  Former president Nestor Kirchner said Argentina needs a “strategic project for the next ten years” and forecasted that investors will arrive knowing the country has an established proven development model.

• 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”.