Argentina

Friday, January 4th 2019 - 03:06 UTC
The Falkland Islander that helped search for the Argentine submarine ARA San Juan

Everybody is aware of the recent hunt for the lost Argentine submarine San Juan, but what only a few know is that Falkland maritime archaeologist Mensun Bound was one of the team on board the Seabed Constructor, the ship that conducted the search.
Friday, January 4th 2019 - 02:52 UTC
Relations with Falklands could improve if Argentina behaves as a good neighbour rather than a greedy colonial power

Martin Ezequiel Dinatale, a member of Argentine news agency Infobae staff, sent Falklands' lawmaker MLA Roger Spinks a questionnaire on current and future relations between the peoples of Argentina and the Falklands, particularly since the announced latest agreement for a second commercial air link this time between the Islands and Brazil with a stopover at Cordoba, second largest Argentine city.
Thursday, January 3rd 2019 - 09:00 UTC
Paraguayan group buys 124 YPF gasoline stations in 17 Argentine provinces

The Paraguay group Delta Patagonia has signed an agreement with Argentina's managed oil company YPF for the acquisition of 124 gas stations in 17 provinces. The service stations will now operate under the brand Gulf Combustibles.
Thursday, January 3rd 2019 - 07:09 UTC
Macri and Cristina Fernandez, most influential Argentines during 2018

Who have been the most influential Argentines during 2018, is a traditional public opinion survey which Consultants Giacobbe & Associates have been releasing annually uninterruptedly since 1995. And this last year there were no big surprises: the main characters have been president Mauricio Macri and ex-president Cristina Fernandez.
Wednesday, January 2nd 2019 - 07:14 UTC
Cristina Fernandez ex foreign minister, Hector Timerman, dies 65

Hector Timerman, a former Argentine foreign minister who was charged with treason in 2013 for his role in negotiating an agreement with Iran relating to the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, died Sunday at his home here. He was 65. His lawyer, Graciana Peñafort, said the cause was respiratory failure. Timerman had been under treatment for liver cancer, she said.
Wednesday, January 2nd 2019 - 06:52 UTC
Nisman's ex-wife, fearing for her family, drops out of lawsuit into the death of her former husband

Argentine federal Judge Sandra Arroyo Salgado, ex-wife of the late AMIA Jewish center prosecutor Alberto Nisman, removed herself from a lawsuit that prompted an investigation into the death of her former husband.
Monday, December 31st 2018 - 00:51 UTC
South America does not help self-employed individuals thrive, study shows

Uruguay and Argentina finished last and next respectively in a study carried out by international consultants Expert Market on the difficulties faced by self-employed individuals in 57 countries, it was reported Saturday.
Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 21:12 UTC
Argentina appoints an auditor/administrator at INIDEP to “normalize activities”

Argentina has appointed an auditor/administrator for the National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP), former R/Admiral Marcelo Lobbosco, who was head of Buenos Aires province ports. During his 180-day term (with a possible extension of another 180 days), and according to Decree 1127, Lobbosco must try to overcome the staff disputes which have impeded the normal activity of research cruises.
Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 08:34 UTC
Argentina's 2019 TACs for hoki, blue whiting, Patagonian toothfish and hake

Argentina's Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) set the total allowable catches (TACs) for hoki, Southern blue whiting, Patagonian toothfish and common hake for the year 2019. The new TACs were set on the basis of the results of the stock assessments carried out by the National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP).
Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 07:49 UTC
Identification Plan of Argentine remains in the Falklands to be extended

Argentina and the United Kingdom are to discuss the extension of the current Humanitarian Project Plan to identify Argentine combatant remains buried in the Falkland Islands, to include possible errors in the names of some graves, and other burial sites such as Pebbles island, according to a report from Martin Dinatale published in the news agency Infobae.