Argentina

• Saturday, January 20th 2018 - 09:21 UTC

  Argentina posted a primary fiscal deficit of 3.9% of GDP during 2017

  

  Argentina posted a primary fiscal deficit worth 3.9% of GDP in 2017, below its 4.2% goal and the 4.6% figure posted in 2016, Treasury Minister Nicolas Dujovne told reporters. He said the government’s 2018 target for a primary fiscal deficit remained at 3.2% of GDP, with targets of deficits worth 0.6% in the first quarter, 1.6% in the second quarter and 2.2% in the third quarter.

• Saturday, January 20th 2018 - 09:15 UTC

  Argentina's GDP expanded 2.9% in 2017, bouncing from a 2.2% retraction in 2016

  

  Argentina’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 2.9% in 2017, and grew 0.7% in the fourth quarter from the third quarter, a Treasury Ministry source said on Friday, bouncing back from a 2.2% contraction the prior year.

• Friday, January 19th 2018 - 09:44 UTC

  Ex wife of Nisman claims he was killed to silence him and scare judges and prosecutors

  

  Argentina solemnly marked the third anniversary of the murder of Alberto Nisman on Thursday, with relatives and colleagues of the late federal prosecutor — who spent more than a decade investigating Iran’s responsibility for the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires — gathering at La Tablada Jewish cemetery in the Argentine capital in tribute.

• Friday, January 19th 2018 - 09:39 UTC

  EU lifts anti-dumpling duties imposed on Argentine bio-diesel, as indicated by WTO

  

  European Union ambassadors agreed on Thursday to withdraw an appeal to the European Court of Justice meaning the bloc will have to accept its verdict annulling anti-dumping duties imposed on imports of biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia.

• Thursday, January 18th 2018 - 10:23 UTC

  Francis calls on Mapuches to shun violence, which “turns a most just cause into a lie”

  

  Pope Francis urged Chile’s indigenous Mapuche people on Wednesday to shun violence, saying unity was the best weapon against “the deforestation of hope,” as they struggle to defend their culture and reclaim ancestral lands.

• Thursday, January 18th 2018 - 09:11 UTC

  All cuts of Argentine beef and lamb have full access to the Chinese market

  

  Argentina and China signed a “historic” agreement that opens the huge Asian market to beef and lamb with bone from the South American country, according to Senasa the Argentine agriculture and livestock sanitary office. The deal concludes fifteen years of negotiations and means access to the world's largest importer of beef.

• Tuesday, January 16th 2018 - 10:09 UTC

  Vatican protocol message to President Macri when Pope overflew Argentina

  

  While overflying Argentine territory on Monday, in his trip to Chile for a three-day visit, Pope Francis sent his “warm greetings” to President Mauricio Macri and called on his fellow Argentines not to forget to pray for him, in his twenty second apostolic trip, which also includes Peru.

• Tuesday, January 16th 2018 - 09:57 UTC

  Far less Argentines than expected crossed to Chile for the Pope's visit

  

  Argentine born pope Francis three-day visit to neighboring Chile attracted less of his countrypeople than was expected according to the preparations and border controls. The Argentine Gendarmerie at the Christ Redempteur pass, reported that on Sunday, 4.283 people in 1.995 vehicles crossed to Chile plus another 2.966 faithfull in 77 coaches.

• Monday, January 15th 2018 - 09:26 UTC

  Three vessels and Russia's ROV continue search for ARA San Juan, missing since two months

  

  Argentine navy ARA Islas Malvinas, a vessel normally assigned to patrolling duties in the southern seas and supplying Argentine scientific bases and stations in Antarctica has joined the search for the submarine ARA San Juan with a crew of 44, which has gone missing for two months, since November 15, in the South Atlantic.

• Monday, January 15th 2018 - 02:41 UTC

  Francis arrives in Chile to a divided church with threats of violence and protests over abuses allegations

  

  Pope Francis' trip to South America is supposed to be all about peace, unity and hope. But the pontiff could also be welcomed with protests, threats of violence and controversy over allegations of abuses by the Catholic Church. Argentina born Francis comes to his home continent for a two-country, six-city apostolic visit that starts in Chile this Monday and ends in Peru a week later.