Argentina

• Friday, February 12th 2010 - 03:56 UTC

  Abundant rainfall anticipates a record soy bean crop for Argentina

  

  Plentiful rains are anticipating excellent summer crops in Argentina both for maize and soy beans according to the Buenos Aires Cereals Stock market and the US Department of Agriculture, USDA, estimates.

• Thursday, February 11th 2010 - 19:16 UTC

  Barclays’, Argentina’s debt swap operator accused of oil interests in Falklands

  

  Two Argentine solicitors announced they will be pressing criminal charges against the Ministry of Economy for having contracted Britain’s Barclays’ bank for a major sovereign defaulted bonds swap and this financial institution is “a shareholder of Desire Petroleum, the oil company which is poised to begin exploration operations this month in Malvinas waters”.

• Thursday, February 11th 2010 - 18:08 UTC

  Argentina blocks vessel involved in Falklands operations

  

  Argentina blocked Wednesday a ship from leaving a Techint Group plant after it traveled to the Falkland Islands without government permission, the Argentine Foreign Office said. The “Thor Leader” is docked in Techint’s Campana plant carrying a cargo of 7.099 tons seamless pipes, the government office said in a statement.

• Thursday, February 11th 2010 - 03:25 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner and farmers clash over soaring meat prices

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner admitted that “meat prices have risen dramatically” (30 to 40%) but immediately blamed the “farming sector” and its obsession “to be more profitable” as the main reason behind the price escalade.

• Thursday, February 11th 2010 - 03:24 UTC

  Argentine High Court reluctant to be involved in central bank reserves dispute

  

  A member of the Argentine Supreme Court suggested that the high court may reject a government appeal that could open the way for the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to pay debts with Central bank reserves.

• Thursday, February 11th 2010 - 03:12 UTC

  Long live the strong man for he faces three major challenges

  

  Former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner left the hospital three days after emergency surgery on an carotid artery that feeds blood to his brain, which was described by the medical staff as “serious and intervened on time”.

• Tuesday, February 9th 2010 - 04:48 UTC

  Let’s hope “they wont’ have stolen Government House and Plaza de Mayo”

  

  An Argentine Senator from the ruling Justicialista party, several times tipped as a presidential hopeful harshly criticized the government while saying that the people of Argentina would be “pleased” when ”they (the Kirchner couple) leave in 2011,“ so they won't have ”stolen Government House and Plaza de Mayo.”

• Tuesday, February 9th 2010 - 04:35 UTC

  Ex-president Kirchner recovering favourably but will have “to control stress”

  

  Former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner is recovering favourably after emergency surgery on his carotid artery, the chief surgeon on the case said Monday.

• Monday, February 8th 2010 - 05:05 UTC

  Argentina’s strong man undergoes successful emergency surgery

  

  Former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner, husband of the current President Cristina Kirchner, underwent successful emergency surgery on Sunday, the government news agency reported.

• Monday, February 8th 2010 - 02:14 UTC

  Argentina announces completion of third nuclear plant by end of the year

  

  Argentina will complete work on its third nuclear power plant by the end of the year, Planning Minister Julio De Vido said at a press conference. Last April, De Vido said work on the plant, called Atucha II, wouldn't be finished until the first or second quarter of 2011.