Argentina

• Wednesday, November 8th 2017 - 10:26 UTC

  Macri optimistic about reaching a Mercosur/EU trade deal by end of the year

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri who has made signing trade deals a priority, said he was optimistic that Mercosur, the trade bloc formed by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, would be able to conclude a free trade deal with the European Union by year-end despite differences over beef, ethanol and other agribusiness matters.

• Wednesday, November 8th 2017 - 07:10 UTC

  Gendarmerie report says Nisman was beaten and drugged by two attackers who then staged his suicide

  

  A new report summarizing the findings of an Argentina police probe into the mysterious death of Alberto Nisman, who accused Argentina's government of covering up Iranian involvement in the bombing of a Jewish community center in 1994, has determined that the prosecutor was murdered.

• Tuesday, November 7th 2017 - 09:40 UTC

  UK praise for Argentina's Human Rights Record

  

  The United Kingdom praised Argentina for the advances in implementing human rights legislation and practice. The UK statement was delivered at the 28th session of the Universal Period Review during the discussion of Argentina's Human Rights Record on 6 November 2017. The Universal Periodic Review takes place at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

• Tuesday, November 7th 2017 - 09:05 UTC

  Macri paid tribute to Argentines killed in a New York terrorist attack

  

  Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri paid tribute on Monday to five of his countrymen killed in an attack in New York City. The five Argentines were among eight people killed when a man drove a rented pickup truck down a mile-long stretch of bike path in Manhattan, mowing down people enjoying a sunny fall afternoon.

• Tuesday, November 7th 2017 - 08:59 UTC

  Argentina surfaces three Spanish Malvinas documents from 1767

  

  Argentine former vice president and currently Senator of the ruling coalition, Julio Cobos has announced the discovery of three letters dated 1767, revealing an exchange of information between then Buenos Aires city governor, and Felipe Ruiz Puente, described as the first Malvinas Islands governor. At the time was part of the Spanish colonial empire.

• Monday, November 6th 2017 - 07:07 UTC

  Boudou, a history of ambition, good life, power and greed

  

  Ex Argentine vice-president under Cristina Fernandez, Amado Boudou, has joined other former ministers, deputy ministers, top officials and Kirchner family associates who are in jail awaiting for trial on multiple corruption charges. The joke in Buenos Aires is that any moment they will be holding a cabinet meeting once ex president Cristina Fernandez joins them.

• Saturday, November 4th 2017 - 10:45 UTC

  Argentina and Peru try to sort out ethanol dispute and sign accord to promote overall trade

  

  Argentina and Peru are seeking to resolve a dispute stemming from Peru’s decision to apply anti-dumping tariffs on imports of Argentine biodiesel a year ago, Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said on Friday.

• Friday, November 3rd 2017 - 12:03 UTC

  Former Argentine VP Amado Boudou arrested

  

  Following orders from Federal Judge Ariel Lijo, Argentine Coast Guard officers placed Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's second vice president Amado Boudou under arrest early Friday for illicit enrichment.

• Friday, November 3rd 2017 - 07:52 UTC

  EU support: Argentina sells 30-year Euro bond, first time in history

  

  Argentina finalized its foreign bond sale plan for 2017 on Thursday, selling 2.75 billion Euros in three bonds in an offering that was more than four times oversubscribed, the Finance Ministry said in a statement.

• Friday, November 3rd 2017 - 07:45 UTC

  Macri's ambitious infrastructure investment plan begins with 7.700kms of roads

  

  Argentina hopes to attract US$26.5 billion in infrastructure investments through 2022 in the form of public-public private partnerships (PPPs), government officials told a gathering of construction and finance executives this week.