Argentina

• Thursday, September 24th 2009 - 11:59 UTC

  Argentina’s industrial production showing signs of recovery

  

  Argentina's industrial production index in August rose 1.4% on the month, but was down 4.7% on the year, the Foundation for Latin American Economic Research, FIEL, said in a report released Wednesday.

• Thursday, September 24th 2009 - 11:50 UTC

  Beef export peak forecasted in Argentina for 2009

  

  Argentine exports of refrigerated beef reached 34.923 tons in August equivalent to 131.2 million US dollars, according to official data provided by Senasa (Animal Health National Service).

• Thursday, September 24th 2009 - 11:22 UTC

  Building Falklands/South America relationship playing rugby

  

  A proposed visit by a team of rugby players to the Falkland Islands, scheduled to arrive for a week long visit on December 12, has caused controversy in the Islands, reports the Penguin News.

• Thursday, September 24th 2009 - 09:11 UTC

  Dutch pilot arrested on charges he flew “death flights” in Argentina

  

  Spanish authorities have arrested a pilot for Dutch airline Transavia.com on charges he flew “death flights” for Argentina's former military rulers, a Dutch Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2009 - 11:14 UTC

  Argentina to host 2010 Ibero-American summit in Mar del Plata

  

  Mar del Plata, Argentina will host the next Ibero-American summit in November 2010 in coincidence with the bicentennial of the country, announced Ibero-American chairman Enrique Iglesias following a meeting with President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in New York.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2009 - 12:55 UTC

  Argentina: no agreement yet with holdouts from 2005 debt restructuring

  

  Argentina has not yet reached a definitive agreement with holdouts from its 2005 debt restructuring, the country's Economy Minister Amado Boudou said on Monday. He added that Argentina's economic strategy is “to access the international markets in order to obtain credits”.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2009 - 12:43 UTC

  Argentina’s primary surplus plunges in August

  

  Argentina reported another sharp drop in the fiscal primary surplus for August, while the overall government accounts were once again in the red. Growth in public spending has outpaced growth in tax revenues, eroding the surplus adding to the economic downturn.

• Monday, September 21st 2009 - 21:22 UTC

  Uruguay denies harmful river pollution:“the right pulp mill at the right place”

  

  Uruguay denied on Monday Argentina's claims at the International Court of The Hague that a pulp mill on a river separating the two countries is polluting the air and water, saying it meets environmental protection standards.

• Monday, September 21st 2009 - 11:31 UTC

  Argentina announces formal negotiations with the Club of Paris

  

  Argentina’s Economy minister Amado Boudou meets this week with its French peer Christine Lagarde for the resumption of negotiations with the Club of Paris. The meeting will take place previous to the G-20 presidential summit in Pittsburgh.

• Monday, September 21st 2009 - 11:26 UTC

  Malvinas families trip to the Falklands “end of a long mourning period”

  

  The coming trip to the Falkland Islands for the official inauguration of the memorial at the Argentine cemetery in Darwin, “somehow represents the end of a long mourning period”, but at the same time “re-signifies the strong meaning that the Malvinas have for the Argentine people”, said Cesar Trejo representative of the Malvinas Families Commission.