Argentina

• Thursday, June 11th 2009 - 06:39 UTC

  Buenos Aires and Santiago most liveable cities of Latinamerica

  

  Santiago de Chile is Latinamerica’s second best city in terms of “liveability,” according to a new report by British magazine “The Economist.”

• Thursday, June 11th 2009 - 03:20 UTC

  Argentine opposition calls for close trade, education, culture ties with Falklands

  

  Argentina should insist in developing the natural interdependency between the Malvinas Islands and the rest of Argentine territory, promoting sea and air links to help develop trade, educational and cultural ties with Islanders, according to Hipolito Solari Irigoyen, a political figure from the opposition Radical party and international jurist.

• Wednesday, June 10th 2009 - 08:00 UTC

  Over 70 Argentine officers face trial for torturing conscripts in Malvinas

  

  An Argentine federal judge considers the abuses allegedly suffered, --in over eighty cases-- by Malvinas war veterans during the 1982 Malvinas war as “crimes against humanity” and therefore “imprescriptible”, according to reports in the Buenos Aires press.

• Wednesday, June 10th 2009 - 07:55 UTC

  Argentina will consume Uruguayan beef for bicentenary celebration

  

  Argentina will celebrate its bicentenary consuming Uruguayan beef forecasted the president of the powerful farmers’ association Argentine Rural Society, Hugo Biolcati. Production won’t be enough to cover Argentina’s demand next year, “either we bring per capita consumption down from 70 kilos to 50 kilos, or we import beef and it won’t be cheap”.

• Wednesday, June 10th 2009 - 02:39 UTC

  Argentina declares Darwin memorial “national historic place”

  

  The Argentine cemetery in Darwin, Falkland Islands, has been declared by the Argentine government a “national historic place”. The bill with the initiative was approved by Congress on May 13 and promulgated June 4th, according to the Tuesday publication in the official gazette.

• Tuesday, June 9th 2009 - 09:44 UTC

  Repsol, Petrobras and BP to explore for oil next to Falklands’ waters

  

  A consortium led by Spanish oil firm Repsol YPF SA (REP) plans to explore for oil in international waters between Argentina and the Falkland Islands, officials from the company said Monday.

• Friday, June 5th 2009 - 08:13 UTC

  Argentina’s spat with Uruguay not exclusive, say diplomats

  

  The diplomatic spat to which Uruguay is being exposed by Argentina over the Botnia pulp mill conflict is not exclusive or an isolated case, it was revealed during a recent meeting of Uruguayan ambassadors that returned to Montevideo to address trade issues.

• Thursday, June 4th 2009 - 15:57 UTC

  Argentina May auto production increases 14.8% over April

  

  Argentine auto production plunged 23.6% in May from the same month a year ago, the Argentine Automobile Manufacturers Association, or Adefa, reported Wednesday. But production rose 14.8% on the month, indicating the industry's bad declines may be starting to level off a bit.

• Thursday, June 4th 2009 - 15:35 UTC

  Argentina and Chile will host Dakar Rally 2010

  

  Following the success of the 2009 Dakar Rally, Argentina and Chile have once again been awarded the 2010 Dakar Rally. The rally will start and finish in Buenos Aires, with stages taking place in both Argentina and Chile.

• Thursday, June 4th 2009 - 15:17 UTC

  Argentina in contempt of court over defaulted sovereign bonds

  

  Argentina and the country's social security agency ANSES are in contempt of court for their failure to provide documents in litigation by holders of its defaulted bonds, a US judge has ruled in New York.