Argentina

Saturday, April 25th 2009 - 11:00 UTC
Voting before the going gets tough. The president of Argentina brings forward mid-term elections

A piece from The Economist Intelligence Unite Views Wire on Argentina’s coming mid term elections sets out the scenario of the day after, and its consequences for the ruling Kirchner couple and obviously Argentine stability.
An issue too sensitive to be openly addressed in Argentina, the article basically states the election has turned into a referendum on the still powerful Kirchners.
“A heavy defeat for the candidates and allies of the governing Frente para la Victoria (FV, a faction of the Peronist party) could well hasten the end of their power, increasing the risk that the president will not see out her term (due to expire in January 2012) and presaging a bumpy political transition”.
Friday, April 24th 2009 - 10:26 UTC
Argentina, Brazil agree to disagree …more discreetly

Argentina and Brazil confirmed on Thursday their strategic alliance particularly in the face of the current global crisis challenge and also tried to bridge their differences regarding bilateral trade and claims of protectionism.
Friday, April 24th 2009 - 06:50 UTC
Captain of Falklands’ war cruiser “General Belgrano” dies in Argentina

The commander of the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by a British nuclear submarine during the Falkland Islands conflict 1982, Hector Bonzo died this week in Buenos Aires at the age of 76.
Thursday, April 23rd 2009 - 05:17 UTC
IMF forecasts Argentina to contract 1.5% in 2009 and expand 0.7% in 2010

Argentina’s economy is forecasted to contract 1.5% in 2009 and will resume growth in 2010 but at a very modest 0.7%, according to the International Monetary Fund’s April World Economic Outlook (WEO).
Wednesday, April 22nd 2009 - 12:24 UTC
Three cases of rare newly-born with dengue in north Argentina

Two children were born with dengue in the northern Argentine province of Salta, more precisely in the town of Orán after their mothers caught the mosquito transmitted disease in the last week of pregnancy, according to what was reported.
Wednesday, April 22nd 2009 - 12:21 UTC
Mystery of sunken gold cargo in South Atlantic remains locked

Another mysterious chapter for the sunken trawler “Polar Mist” and its cargo of 9.5 tons of gold, which was to be rescued this week from the South Atlantic sea shelf but had to be cancelled following seamen’ s union demands for a participation in the recovery.
Wednesday, April 22nd 2009 - 12:02 UTC
Protectionism debate heats up among Argentine manufacturers

Argentine manufacturers are openly divided over “protectionist practices” to face the current global slowdown. While a member of the board of the powerful Argentine Industrial Union, UIA argued that Argentina is ignoring the lessons of the 1929 crisis, other organizations claim ensuring domestic industry and employment must be priorities.
Wednesday, April 22nd 2009 - 03:14 UTC
Argentina continental shelf presentation includes Falklands

Argentina officially presented this week before United Nations its continental shelf claims which if approved will extend the country’s sovereign limit on the sea bed from 200 to 350 miles. The request includes all those areas claimed by Argentina: Falklands/Malvinas, South Atlantic islands and the so called Argentine Antarctic Territory.
Wednesday, April 22nd 2009 - 02:10 UTC
Argentine fish and shellfish exports pick up in first quarter

Argentina exported 88.987 tons of fish and shellfish valued at 209.3 million US dollars in the first three months of 2009, according to the latest statistics from the National Food Safety and Quality Service (SENASA).
Saturday, April 18th 2009 - 09:39 UTC
Summit “first step for a new regional order” says Cristina

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said Friday that the Trinidad and Tobago summit “should be the first step for a new regional order” and recalled the previous summit in Argentina had signalled “an inflection point for the continent”.