Argentina

• Thursday, November 26th 2009 - 05:31 UTC

  First Argentine marine commander to land in Falklands in April 1982 arrested

  

  Three Argentine retired naval officers including Rear Admiral Carlos Busser who in April 1982 commanded the first group of Argentines marines to land in the Falkland Islands, have been arrested for alleged human rights abuses during the last military government.

• Wednesday, November 25th 2009 - 15:02 UTC

  Distinguished academic next Argentine ambassador in London

  

  A distinguished solicitor who has dedicated his life to social and political sciences and promoting culture, Jose Nun is tipped as the next Argentine ambassador in Britain.

• Wednesday, November 25th 2009 - 11:00 UTC

  Argentina’s recovery will lag other regional countries, forecasts Roubini

  

  Argentina's economy will lag other countries in the region, expanding between 2% and 2.5% next year and recovery will be “much slower” in the post 2008 crisis than in previous years when the country got used to rates of 6% to 7%, said economist Nouriel Roubini.

• Wednesday, November 25th 2009 - 10:01 UTC

  Brazil to scrutinize Argentine imports licences system

  

  Mercosur senior partners are again clashing over trade. Brazilian government announced that it will run an exhaustive study of all the non-automatic import licenses that President Lula da Silva’s administration believes cause nothing but Argentine restrictions on Brazilian products.

• Tuesday, November 24th 2009 - 13:12 UTC

  Argentina defends the right of the Palestine people to have a State

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner defended the right of the Palestinian State to “have its own frontiers” in a lunch shared with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, at the Government House.

• Tuesday, November 24th 2009 - 08:39 UTC

  Argentine officials admit “money messenger” visited Government House

  

  Argentine Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández admitted on Monday that the video footage showing the Venezuelan-American businessman Guido Antonini Wilson at Casa Rosada, the seat of the Executive Office, in 2007 is not faked.

• Monday, November 23rd 2009 - 13:24 UTC

  Russian cruise icebreaker is back in Ushuaia

  

  The Russian ice-breaker cruise ship carrying 105 passengers, mostly British tourists, and 88 crew members and which broke free of Antarctic ice last Friday arrived Sunday to Ushuaia, Argentine Tierra del Fuego, announced the ship's operator.

• Monday, November 23rd 2009 - 11:26 UTC

  Palestinian president received with full honours in Brazil and Argentina

  

  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived at Buenos Aires Sunday evening g for a diplomatic trip that includes a meeting with Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on Monday.

• Saturday, November 21st 2009 - 08:59 UTC

  Sour anniversary for Botnia pulp mill Argentine pickets

  

  An Argentine company has purchased 500 tons of pulp from the Uruguayan Botnia mill which is at the heart of a serious diplomatic controversy with Argentina that has reached the International Court of The Hague.

• Saturday, November 21st 2009 - 01:53 UTC

  Argentina reports a slight drop in hake landings

  

  A slight drop in hake landings between January and November compared to the same period a year ago has been registered in Argentina according to official statistics released this week.