Argentina

• Wednesday, August 15th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Insufficient hake has Argentine industry on the edge

  

  A drop in hake catches, international prices coupled with problems arising from the several weeks strike in Mar del Plata (Buenos Aires province), when workers blocked access to port facilities protesting low salaries, have all had an impact on Argentina's fisheries industry.

• Wednesday, August 15th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Cash-stuffed suitcase makes The New York Times headlines

  

  The New York Times published Tuesday a long, critical article about the “cash-stuffed suitcase” which has the potential to “split Venezuela and Argentina” warm ties and left President Nestor Kirchner and his wife “scrambling to contain any potential damage to her bid to succeed him as president”.

• Wednesday, August 15th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Kirchner's political unity project takes off with Cristina

  

  Emphasizing unity by conviction and not necessarily party affiliation Senator Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (Victory Front-Buenos Aires) and Mendoza Radical Governor Julio Cobos were officially launched Tuesday night as the Argentine government's presidential ticket for the coming election next October 28.

• Wednesday, August 15th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Another record crops season in the making for Argentina

  

  Argentine farmers are expected to dedicate 12% more land to corn in the 2007/08 crop despite dry conditions and a shortage of seed and fertilizer, a corn producers' group said this week.

• Tuesday, August 14th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Nobody dares claim the scandal suitcase with 790.550 dollars

  

  Argentina and Venezuela seem on collision course as a direct consequence of the suitcase scandal involving almost 800.000 US dollars which were to be introduced to Buenos Aires in still undisclosed circumstances by Venezuelan officials traveling in an aircraft officially chartered by Argentina's Energy company, Enarsa.

• Friday, August 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Another stashed money scandal rocks Kirchner's administration

  An Argentine official resigned on Thursday after a Venezuelan businessman was found carrying about 800,000 US dollars in undeclared cash on a government-chartered flight, the latest scandal to rock President Nestor Kirchner's administration.

• Thursday, August 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Kirchner promised “full compensation” to torched Spanish fishing companies

  

  President Nestor Kirchner promised Spain “full compensation” to the Spanish fishing companies torched during a July labor dispute in his home Patagonia province of Santa Cruz, plus pressing charges against those responsible, including union leaders.

• Wednesday, August 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Official (unconvincing) Argentine July inflation, 0.5%

  Fears that the Argentine government appears to be intentionally underreporting inflation in an election year emerged again this week when the scandal plagued Statistics and Census Institute (INDEC), under judicial investigation, announced 0.5% July inflation.

• Wednesday, August 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Big Mac index has Argentina among most expensive countries

  

  According to the Big Mac index from The Economist which measures purchasing power parity, Argentina continues to climb and is rapidly becoming one of the most expensive countries in the world.

• Wednesday, August 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Spain asks Argentina for “stable economic relations framework”

  

  Spain's Vice president Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega called on Argentina for “a stable framework of economic relations, essential to generate confidence” among investors. Virtually the same words presidential candidate Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner faced from Spain's main businessmen during her late July visit to Madrid.