Argentina

• Monday, February 23rd 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina plans to boost its Antarctic operations

  

  Argentina is expected to announce Monday a boost in resources and staff to its presence in Antarctica, according to reports in the Buenos Aires press. The event coincides with the 105th anniversary of Argentina's first landing in Antarctica and which in the local calendar is identified at the Argentina Antarctica Day.

• Saturday, February 21st 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  “Misty” sunken gold and silver plot in the South Atlantic

  

  A fantastic story about a Chilean fishing vessel allegedly loaded with seven tons of Argentine gold and silver which sinks because of a storm during a dubious rescue operation close to the east access of the Magellan strait, has become a best selling title of the Buenos Aires press.

• Friday, February 20th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  G-20 summit: Top UK Treasury delegation visits Argentina

  

  A delegation from the British treasury visited this week Argentina to exchange ideas about the coming G-20 summit to be held in London next April when world leaders will attempt to address the global recession and drying up of credit.

• Thursday, February 19th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  UK Bishop who denies Holocaust must leave Argentina

  

  Argentina told a Roman Catholic bishop who denied the Holocaust and was reinstated to the church last month by Pope Benedict XVI to leave the country or face expulsion.

• Thursday, February 19th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Buenos Aires stock market downgraded to “frontier index”

  

  MSCI Barra a leading stock market index provider has decided to remove Argentina from its emerging market index and place it in its frontier markets index. The frontier markets index contains stocks from countries considered not sufficiently developed to be eligible for MSCI Barra's emerging markets index.

• Thursday, February 19th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine farmers begin four day supply strike

  

  Argentine farmers will halt sales of grains and livestock in a renewed protest against a tax on commodities exports and other government agricultural policies, farm leaders confirmed on Thursday.

• Wednesday, February 18th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Cristina confirms attendance to London summit April 2

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner confirmed on Tuesday she received the official invitation from British Prime Minister Gordon Brown for the G-20 summit to be held in London at the beginning of April.

• Wednesday, February 18th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina opens to ideas to improve hake conservation

  

  Argentina's Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Food (SAGP&A) is temporarily exempting the use of the selective fishing device (DEJUPA) for catching hake (Merluccius hubbsi) while other alternatives are proposed.

• Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine GDP expansion in 4Q lowest in five years

  

  The Argentine economy expanded 4.9% in the last quarter of 2008 compared to the same period a year earlier and dropped 0.3% from the 2008 third quarter. This would mean the slowest expansion in five years, according to the latest figures released by the controversial Statistics Institute, Indec

• Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine fisheries exports totalled 550.000 tons in 2008

  Argentina's fisheries exports in 2008 reached 550.000 tons valued 1.172 billion US dollars, which represents an increase both in volume and value (2% and 11% respectively) over the previous year according to the latest statistics released by Senasa, the country's food quality control office.