Argentina

• 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.

• Tuesday, January 23rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Pickets celebrated but call for “political solution”

  Argentine pickets in the city of Gualeguaychu, the main bastion protesting the construction of a pulp mill on the Uruguayan side reacted with surprise, joy but also soberness to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling which turned down Uruguay's request to force Argentina to end blockades.

• Tuesday, January 23rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Pull mills dispute: Argentina invites Uruguay to dialogue

  Argentina called on neighboring Uruguay to dialogue about the construction of pulp mills following the International Court of Justice, ICJ, ruling that turned down Uruguay's request for an end to road and bridge blockades by pickets protesting alleged contamination from the controversial plants.