Argentina

• 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.

• Friday, November 20th 2009 - 11:55 UTC

  “Lack of political stability” weighs on Argentina’s credit ratings

  

  Contentious politics and a lack of political stability are the main factors weighing on the outlook for Argentina's credit ratings, Moody's Investors Services said on Thursday.

• Thursday, November 19th 2009 - 13:23 UTC

  Brazil/Argentina agree trade differences should not influence political relation

  

  Brazil and Argentina ended Wednesday in Brasilia a full day of talks at presidential level without reaching a clear agreement on trade disputes that have caused disruptions to the bilateral relation.

• Thursday, November 19th 2009 - 13:18 UTC

  Argentine Senate reopens debt restructuring process for bond holdouts

  

  Argentina’s Senate passed a bill on Wednesday with a significant majority to reopen the country's 2005 debt restructuring. The administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner hopes it will help it settle a dispute with holders of an estimated 20 billion US dollars in defaulted bonds.

• Thursday, November 19th 2009 - 04:49 UTC

  Argentina regulates individual catch quota fisheries law effective 2010

  

  Argentina announced this week the regulation of the Fisheries Law that allows for 15 years individual transferable catch quotas (ITQs) of common hake (Merluccius hubbsi) which is to become effective in 2010. The new system is also applicable to other three species: hoki (Macruronus magellanicus), Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) and southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis).

• Wednesday, November 18th 2009 - 08:14 UTC

  Argentina protests world-map circulating in Bolivia with the Malvinas as British

  

  The Argentine embassy in Bolivia officially protested, and demanded the immediate withdrawal of a National Geographic world-map circulating among the Bolivian Chamber of Customs agents and where the Malvinas Islands figure “with a colour different to that identifying Argentina”.

• Wednesday, November 18th 2009 - 04:10 UTC

  Argentine fruit exports to Brazil loosing 300.000 USD per day

  

  Argentine exporters claim they are loosing huge sums of money because of Brazilian delays at Customs posts and in extending import licences. This is particularly sensitive for fruit and other perishable exporters.

• Wednesday, November 18th 2009 - 03:44 UTC

  Cristina and Lula da Silva meet to address bilateral trade conflict

  

  Argentina and Brazil presidents are scheduled to address trade disputes, Mercosur and other coming foreign policy issues when they meet Wednesday in Brasilia for their agreed regular contacts.