Argentina

• Sunday, February 15th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine torture centre turned into human rights bastion

  

  The grounds of the largest clandestine detention and torture centre in Buenos Aires during Argentina's “dirty war” crackdown on dissent are now a United Nations human rights centre.

• Saturday, February 14th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina trying to arrange Obama-CFK meeting

  Argentine diplomacy is looking forward to arrange a meeting between US President Barack Obama and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, CFK, and there are “good open chances” for such an event according to Deputy Foreign Affairs minister Victorio Tachcetti who next week begins a round of talks in Washington.

• Thursday, February 12th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina establishes TAC quotas for Patagonian scallop

  Argentina's Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) has fixed the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for whole and commercial-sized Patagonian scallops (Zygochlamys patagonica) in a number of Southern Sector Management Units.

• Wednesday, February 11th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Mudslide in north Argentina drags away villagers

  

  Nine people were missing Tuesday after a mudslide in northern Argentina that prompted the evacuation of more than 700 people, officials said. The disaster occurred Monday in the town of Tartagal, close to the border with Bolivia.

• Wednesday, February 11th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina and Spain admit difficult economic relations

  

  Visiting Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Spanish president Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, admitted on Tuesday difficulties in the economic relations but emphasized that bilateral relations are excellent.

• Wednesday, February 11th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina, Marsans, Airbus reach Aerolineas pre-accord

  

  The Argentine government and the Spanish tourism group Marsans have reached a tentative “pre-accord” regarding the re-nationalization of the country's air flag carrier Aerolineas without compensation, according to Wednesday press reports from Madrid.

• Monday, February 9th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Aerolineas takeover shadows Cristina K visit to Spain

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner began on Monday her first official visit to Spain amid expectations that she would try to reduce tension over the expropriation of the airline Aerolineas Argentinas from the Spanish tourism group Marsans.

• Monday, February 9th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine “soy king” warns about the “tragic convergence”

  

  The tragic convergence of drought, international crisis and export taxes could lead to the destruction of Argentina's farm production and the camp is in need of immediate support.

• Sunday, February 8th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Madoff Ponzi-scheme “caught” Argentines with 500 million USD

  

  The colossal global Ponzi-scheme scam mounted by Wall Street financer Bernard Madoff and which is estimated in the range of 50 billion US dollars, apparently includes at least 500 million US dollars from Argentine investors, reports the Buenos Aires press.

• Saturday, February 7th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner believes Obama has read Perón's writings

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said this week she was pleased when she heard US President Barack Obama say that “trade unions are not part of the problem but part of the solution”.