Argentina

• Wednesday, June 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Floating dock for Argentine frigates in Puerto Deseado

  Port authorities in the extreme south Patagonian province of Santa Cruz signed an agreement with a Puerto Deseado dry dock for the building of a floating dock for the Argentine Navy.

• Tuesday, June 3rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina completes seabed data gathering round Falklands

  The Argentine Navy oceanographic research vessel “Puerto Deseado” has successfully completed the scientific data collection cruise to the northeast and southeast of the Islas Malvinas (Falkland Islands), the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially announced in its web site.

• Tuesday, June 3rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Farmers' conflict: Argentine bishops fear for “social peace”

  Argentina's Catholic Church has convened an extraordinary meeting for next Thursday to consider the almost three month long farmers/government conflict which is threatening “social peace”.

• Tuesday, June 3rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine gov. positive rating drops to new low: 19.4%

  A public opinion poll released this week in Argentina gave a positive image rating of only 19.4% to the administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, while 55.8% of respondents took a negative view.

• Tuesday, June 3rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine “inflation alert” according to the Daily Telegraph

  Under the title of “Argentine alert as inflation specter stalks half the world”, London's Daily Telegraph, --using Argentina as a lead case--, describes how international bankers managed to convince pension funds to invest in an estimated 300 billion US dollars in inflation linked sovereign bonds from emerging economies, which “hawk eyes” then considered safe.

• Monday, June 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine farmers protest moves to town squares

  

  Argentine farmers begin Monday a new chapter of their 84 day conflict with the government over agriculture and taxing policies: beginning at ten in the morning they have invited workers, businessmen, professionals, students and anybody who supports their claims to strike until mid day.

• Saturday, May 31st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Whales are back in Patagonia and can be seen on internet

  Franca whales are back in Argentine Patagonia, more precisely at Peninsula Valdes and the provincial government of Chubut has resorted to internet video to share whale watching with a world audience.

• Friday, May 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  “Meaningless” tax changes rejected by Argentine farmers

  The Argentine government unilaterally modified on Thursday the controversial soy and grain export tax system, which has sparked a serious almost 80 days conflict with farmers and a serious political crisis.

• Thursday, May 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine industry faces blackouts and more to come

  Argentina again faces a winter shortage of energy and has been forced to cut the provision of natural gas to 300 manufacturing establishments given the rise in domestic consumption of fuel for home heating.

• Thursday, May 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine inflation in four months reaches 10.5%

  

  Although Argentine official inflation statistics are considered non reliable and there's no national consumers price index, some provinces, --outside the realm of the President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner administration--, have kept local statistics branches operational and their numbers are considered a valid reference.