Argentina

• Thursday, February 8th 2018 - 07:54 UTC

  Arrested Spanish trawler could have sailed into Argentine EEZ because of a mal functioning GPS

  

  The Galician company which owns the “Playa Pesmar Uno” arrested last Sunday by the Argentine Coast Guard allegedly for illegal fishing in the South Atlantic, admits the trawler could have involuntarily sailed into the EEZ, because one of the three GPS on board was malfunctioning.

• Tuesday, February 6th 2018 - 08:26 UTC

  Tillerson praises Macri's leadership in the region in favor of democracy

  

  President Mauricio Macri received US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday at the Olivos official residence. During the forty minutes meeting the main issues of the Argentina/US bilateral agenda were addressed, according to a release from the Argentine Executive office.

• Tuesday, February 6th 2018 - 08:12 UTC

  Trucks strike threatens Argentine cereal exports and soy crushing industry

  

  A protest by grain transporters in Argentina could leave exporters and crushers operating without soy, corn and wheat, an industry group said on Monday.

• Monday, February 5th 2018 - 09:16 UTC

  China's finance minister visits Argentina ahead of G20: meeting with Macri

  

  Chinese Finance Minister Xiao Jie, visited Argentina last week where he met with president Mauricio Macri and other officials ahead of the upcoming meeting in Buenos Aires of the G20 finance ministers and central banks governors. There was no official briefing of the different meetings or the interview with Macri in Casa Rosada.

• Friday, February 2nd 2018 - 07:15 UTC

  Argentine airports company struggles to take off in Wall Street public offering

  

  Shares of Corporacion America Airports struggled to get airborne on their market debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday after the Argentine airport operator priced its initial public offering at the lower end of an already reduced range.

• Friday, February 2nd 2018 - 00:28 UTC

  Argentina organizing Falklands charter for relatives of newly identified remains at Darwin cemetery

  

  The Argentine government is organizing a trip to the Falklands with relatives of the 88 combatants buried in Darwin and whose remains were recently identified by a team on international forensic experts, following a humanitarian agreement between UK and Argentina, and Falklands consent, and implemented by the International Red Cross Committee.

• Wednesday, January 31st 2018 - 09:29 UTC

  NASA satellite keeps track of wildfires in Argentina

  

  Roughly 12,000 wildfires burn each year in Argentina, charring more than 1.3 million hectares (5,000 square miles) of forest and grasslands. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured an image of one of them on January 29, 2018.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2018 - 19:37 UTC

  Argentina promotes B20 agenda in London

  

  Daniel Funes de Rioja, Chair of B20, promoted the B20 agenda among British business, chambers, institutions and members of the press at the “B20 Priorities and Challenges” seminar at the Argentine Official Residence in London.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2018 - 10:24 UTC

  Macri implements pay freeze and eliminates 1.000 “political positions”

  

  President Mauricio Macri said on Monday that government employees in Argentina won't receive pay raises this year as part of a string of measures aimed at cutting spending. Macri also announced the elimination of 1,000 “political positions” and the firing of family members appointed as advisers by government ministers. The measure is expected to save the government about US$75 million.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2018 - 08:03 UTC

  Argentina: Antarctic tribute to lost San Juan crew

  

  They formed the number 44 on the ice as they headed into the Antarctic while performing a traditional military salute next to their ship, the ARA Almirante Irizar. Forty-four submariners on the ARA San Juan were lost in the waters of the South Atlantic on 15 November.