Argentina

• Wednesday, January 20th 2010 - 09:06 UTC

  Argentine president travels to China to boost trade and cooperation

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will visit China next week as the country is in the middle of a controversy with Congress over a debt repayment plan which would appeal to Central bank resources but has been frozen by the courts.

• Tuesday, January 19th 2010 - 13:45 UTC

  Argentina/Brazil review bilateral trade in February

  

  Argentina and Brazil will be meeting early February in Buenos Aires to assess how bilateral trade has been evolving and to plan the following steps to keep improving trade relations between Mercosur senior members.

• Tuesday, January 19th 2010 - 10:52 UTC

  Mosquito “egg-traps” confirm Buenos Aires City is widely exposed to dengue

  

  Over half the surface of the Argentine capital Buenos Aires is exposed to the mosquito that carries and transmits dengue, according to research from the University of Buenos Aires published last Sunday.

• Tuesday, January 19th 2010 - 10:35 UTC

  Generous Argentina poised for an encouraging recovery, in spite of …

  

  Last year ended for Argentina with a 2% economic drop as a consequence of the international crisis and its impact on the majority of productive sectors. However, from the second quarter onwards, some improvements -expected to remain unchanged for 2010- have become visible and the outlook for the year is more encouraging.

• Tuesday, January 19th 2010 - 10:15 UTC

  Icebreaker Almirante Irizar expected to be operation for 2011/2012 season

  

  Argentina expects to have its main icebreaker Almirante Irizar back in sailing conditions by October 2011 and fully operational for the 2011/2012 Antarctic season, according to reports in the Buenos Aires press.

• Monday, January 18th 2010 - 13:33 UTC

  Former world champion Carlos Sainz claims first Dakar rally in Buenos Aires

  

  Spain’s Carlos Sainz claimed his first Dakar Rally victory after finishing second in the 14th and final stage which ended Sunday in the Argentine capital. The former world rally champion finished the race 2min 12sec ahead of Volkswagen team-mate Nasser al-Attiyah, who won the leg from San Rafael to Buenos Aires.

• Monday, January 18th 2010 - 11:25 UTC

  Strong earthquake to the south east of Ushuaia in the Drake passage

  

  An earthquake 6.3 magnitude in the Ritcher scale was recorded Sunday off the coast of Ushuaia, Argentine Tierra del Fuego, but apparently too deep and far from land to cause any damage.

• Saturday, January 16th 2010 - 15:59 UTC

  Argentina confident SEC observations will not hamper debt swap proposal

  

  The United States Security and Exchange Commission sent its response on the Argentine debt swap proposal back to the Treasury Palace. According to sources, the agency has made 15 observations.

• Friday, January 15th 2010 - 11:14 UTC

  Cobos will not summon Congress while Mrs Kirchner is out of the country

  

  Argentine Vice-President Julio Cobos confirmed Thursday that he will not summon the Congress for an extraordinary session to discuss the Argentine Central Bank emergency decrees while Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is not at the country and added that those versions are “distrustful”.

• Friday, January 15th 2010 - 11:13 UTC

  Mujica and Mrs. Kirchner willing to improve bilateral relations

  

  Uruguayan president elect Jose Mujica said “there is no solution out there” for the situation of the Finnish paper mill Botnia, but “we are willing to improve the relationship between both countries”.