Argentina

• Monday, January 29th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine economy gets good marks, risks remain

  Argentina has managed to leave behind a nightmarish economic crisis in a relatively short time, with four years of an average yearly growth of about nine percent — and growth is expected to continue at a sound pace at least in the in the mid-term.

• Sunday, January 28th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina among top ten with “greatest quality of life”

  

  France offers the greatest quality of life in the world, according to the latest ranking from International Living magazine, a leading resource for helping people live, travel, and prosper overseas, while war-torn Iraq remains in last place.

• Friday, January 26th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Fishing vessel on fire north of Falklands; 46 rescued

  

  All crewmembers of an Argentine fishing vessel which caught fire and was abandoned early Friday morning off the coast of Santa Cruz province, north of the Falkland Islands have been rescued, reports the Argentine Coast Guard.

• Friday, January 26th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina's risk rate drops to new record and is below Brazil's

  

  Argentina's rate risk dropped Friday below that of neighboring Brazil, a day after the successful floating of sovereign bonds totaling 500 million US dollars, at the lowest interest rate since August 2005.

• Friday, January 26th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine banks enjoy bonanza after debacle

  

  Just a few years after its worst financial debacle in history, Argentina is going through a surprising banking bonanza and experts say it is highly to continue, at least in the short- to mid-term.

• Thursday, January 25th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Alarming signals about South Atlantic hake fishery fragility

  

  A significant drop in the South Atlantic common hake (Merluccius hubbsi) breeding biomass and other alarming signals were collected in the latest report from Argentina's National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development, INIDEP, particularly in an area north of parallel 41 S.

• Thursday, January 25th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina: record exports and a 12.4 billion surplus

  

  Argentina last year posted a 12.4 billion dollar trade surplus on record exports of 46.6 billion dollars and record imports of 34.2 billion dollars, helped by an average growth of about nine percent in each of the last four years after a crippling five-year recession.

• Thursday, January 25th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina now has to set a good example on an international issue

  The decision by the Court of The Hague to reject the cautions required by Uruguay does set the scene for both sides of the River Uruguay to return to talks, which never should have been broken.

• Thursday, January 25th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Finnish government “does not interfere with private sector”

  

  In spite of the insistent protests and Thursday's colorful march in downtown Buenos Aires against the construction of a controversial Finnish pulp mill in Uruguay, the Embassy of Finland said that the Helsinki government does not interfere with private undertakings.

• Wednesday, January 24th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine vegetables & legumes 2006 export revenue up 18%

  

  Argentina last year exported fresh vegetables and legumes for 264 million dollars, nearly half of which were accounted for by garlic and onion, with fellow Mercosur trade partner Brazil being the main destination.