Argentina

Monday, January 4th 2016 - 06:56 UTC
Head of Malvinas Museum, one of Argentina's foremost experts on the issue

Federico Lorenz, considered one of Argentina's foremost experts on the Falklands/Malvinas Islands issue and author of multiple works on their history, will take the reins as the interim director of the Malvinas Islands Museum in the latest in a far-reaching shuffle of key cultural positions in President Mauricio Macri’s new administration.
Monday, January 4th 2016 - 06:45 UTC
Macri's government renews Falklands' sovereignty claim and calls on UK for dialogue

President Mauricio Macri's government reaffirmed on Sunday, 3 January, Argentina's sovereignty rights over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands on the 183 anniversary of the 'British occupation of the archipelago' in the South Atlantic, and called for dialogue with the United Kingdom. In a statement published in the Foreign Ministry site it said that “Argentina renews its commitment to the peaceful solution of controversies, to international law to and multilateralism”.
Monday, January 4th 2016 - 06:35 UTC
Argentine ex foreign minister Taiana speaker of Mercosur parliament during 2016

Argentina's former foreign affairs minister under ex president Cristina Fernandez, Jorge Taiana has been nominated speaker of the Mercosur Parliament in Montevideo, as of this month and year.
Thursday, December 31st 2015 - 07:50 UTC
Holdouts subpoena HSBC on Argentina's efforts to raise money abroad

Creditors suing Argentina over billions of dollars in defaulted bonds have subpoenaed HSBC Holdings Plc for information about the country's effort to raise money abroad, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, as reported by Reuters.
Wednesday, December 30th 2015 - 14:10 UTC
Two ex ministers with prison sentences for Buenos Aires train accident that killed 51 and injured 789

An Argentine court handed down prison sentences of up to nine years for those charged in the February 2012 train accident in Buenos Aires that killed 51 people and injured more than 700.
Wednesday, December 30th 2015 - 03:22 UTC
Major Spanish company in frozen fish industry, Iberconsa, sold to Portobello Capital

The Spanish manager of equity Portobello Capital has bought a majority stake in Iberconsa (Iberica de Congelados), the third company in the sector in Spain and the first one to capture and produce frozen hake on board.
Wednesday, December 30th 2015 - 02:24 UTC
Russian polar vessel and helicopters will supply Argentine Antarctica bases

For the eighth season, Argentina's Antarctic bases and stations are to be supplied by the Russian polar vessel Vasily Golovnin from Arkadia Ltd. This has been going on since 2007 when the Argentine flagship ice-breaker Almirante Irizar caught fire in the high seas and is still in repairs waiting for the necessary funds.
Wednesday, December 30th 2015 - 02:22 UTC
Busy weekend for Ushuaia: 8.000 cruise visitors

Over 8.000 cruise visitors arrived in Ushuaia over the weekend when the Star Princess (2.600 pax), Norwegian Sun (2.400 pax), Infinity (2.400 pax) and the Seabourn Quest coincided in the extreme south port of Argentina in the peak of the Southern hemisphere season.
Tuesday, December 29th 2015 - 21:54 UTC
Environmental groups blame massive deforestation for floods in Mercosur members

Deforestation is one of the main causes of the floods in South America that have left at least 160,000 people, 25,000 of them in Argentina alone, homeless, environmental groups said.
Monday, December 28th 2015 - 13:49 UTC
Unions challenge Macri's government over review of public-sector contracts

Argentina's two largest state workers unions have warned they will be carrying out a strike on December 29 as a response to president Mauricio Macri's government vow to review public-sector contracts.