Argentina

• Friday, December 18th 2015 - 08:57 UTC

  Cameron hopeful of a more mature relation with Argentina but Falkland Islanders self determination is 'unmovable'

  

  In a Christmas message to Falkland Islanders, UK Prime Minister David Cameron is hopeful that the election of a new Argentine president “will allow us to move towards a more mature relationship”.

• Friday, December 18th 2015 - 08:45 UTC

  Argentina prepares to decree a “national security emergency” to combat drugs

  

  Argentina's Security minister Patricia Bullrich together with her provincial peers and security forces unanimously voted to decree a “national security emergency” with the purpose of combating the drugs trade and strengthening border areas.

• Thursday, December 17th 2015 - 07:25 UTC

  Argentina recalls UN Resolution 2065 fiftieth anniversary and renews call for Falklands' negotiations

  

  Argentina's Foreign ministry recalled that on 16 December the country commemorates the 50th anniversary of UN General Assembly Resolution 2065, the first referred to the question of the Malvinas Islands.

• Thursday, December 17th 2015 - 06:50 UTC

  Argentina lifts foreign currency controls and let's Peso float, as of Thursday

  

  Argentina announced on Wednesday it was lifting currency controls and would allow the peso to float when markets open on Thursday, setting the stage for a devaluation, following pledges by new president Mauricio Macri for reforms to spur economic growth.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2015 - 08:49 UTC

  Argentina outlines oil and gas wellhead price policy

  

  Argentina's new government will maintain wellhead crude prices above international levels for now, although the differential will narrow as artificially low wellhead prices for natural gas are gradually adjusted upwards, energy minister Juan Jose Aranguren announced on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2015 - 08:20 UTC

  YPF and Dow sign US$500m agreement to further develop shale gas

  

  Argentina announced on Tuesday an agreement between state-run oil company YPF and Dow Chemical to spend $500 million next year developing a natural gas project in the Patagonia region.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2015 - 08:10 UTC

  Argentina on track to end import restrictions by end of the year

  

  President Mauricio Macri's administration announced the end of restrictions on imports into Argentina, with the current controls of 'sworn statements' or DJAI, replaced by a system of automatic and semi-automatic licences.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2015 - 06:57 UTC

  Malvinas is central for Argentina, but 'there are a lot of other areas to work with the UK'

  

  Argentina's foreign minister Susana Malcorra said on Tuesday the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty conflict “can't be sidestepped because it's a historic and central issue” for Argentina, although this “does not impede” acknowledging that relations between the two countries “have a lot of other areas in which we have to work”.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2015 - 08:18 UTC

  Macri slashes agriculture export duties; farmers promise 30% larger crop next year

  

  Argentina's business friendly president Mauricio Macri, announced on Monday large tax cuts on agricultural exports and emphasizing that “the camp was essential to get Argentina back on its feet”. Macri, who took office Thursday, had promised to slash the steep taxes on agricultural exports, which triggered major protests by producers against former president Cristina Fernandez administration.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2015 - 07:09 UTC

  Tragedy in north Argentina: bus runs off a bridge killing 43 gendarmes

  

  At least 43 officers were killed and nine others injured when a National Gendarmerie bus went off a bridge Monday in Salta, a province in northwestern Argentina, officials said. The bus was carrying about 60 officers when it went off the bridge and plunged into the Seco River.