Argentina

Wednesday, September 2nd 2015 - 06:39 UTC
Argentina revokes license of HSBC president for not preventing tax evasion

Argentina's Central Bank (BCRA) has revoked the license of Gabriel Martino as president of the HSBC, forcing him to step down from his post. The entity commanded by Alejandro Vanoli considered Martino responsible for failing to establish “necessary” control mechanisms to prevent clients from evading taxes and moving capital abroad.
Tuesday, September 1st 2015 - 06:59 UTC
US Appeals Court backs Argentina: sovereign immunity for Central bank funds

A US appeals court supported Argentina's appeal Monday against an earlier ruling that could have permitted a group of creditors to seize assets of Argentina's central bank.
Tuesday, September 1st 2015 - 03:58 UTC
Malvinas Argentine veterans demand justice of abuse suffered at the hands of their officers

Argentine Veterans from the 1982 Malvinas war will continue to voice their condemnation of abuse suffered at the hands of their superior officers as a legal team reiterate their demands for recognition and justice before federal courts in Río Grande on Monday.
Monday, August 31st 2015 - 07:34 UTC
Argentine opposition agree on reform but not on an electoral alliance

Argentine opposition presidential candidates despite the encouraging mathematics which emerged from early August primaries, and despite having sat at the same table to call for electoral reform, insisted that any ongoing cooperation between the two rival candidates on electoral matters should not be confused with an electoral alliance.
Monday, August 31st 2015 - 07:11 UTC
Falklands/Malvinas: Sarkozy willing to bring sides together to address the issue

Former French president Nicholas Sarkozy, visiting Buenos Aires, has offered to bring sides together regarding the Falklands/Malvinas Islands dispute between Argentina, the United Kingdom and the Islanders, according to the incumbent presidential candidate Daniel Scioli.
Saturday, August 29th 2015 - 06:05 UTC
Shame on you Father Benedettini: Malvinas-dialogue poster support was real

Shame and double confession for the Vatican's deputy spokesman father Ciro Benedettini: it has now clearly emerged that Pope Francis was well aware he was holding a poster calling for “Malvinas dialogue between the UK and Argentina”, and furthermore the Holy Father encouraged the man who setup the stage to continue strongly with the campaign.
Friday, August 28th 2015 - 06:17 UTC
Argentine Catholic Church in the dock over snatching of babies during military dictatorship

High-ranking officials of the Argentine Catholic Church were implicated in the appropriation of babies from detainees who were held in Cordoba province’s La Perla clandestine concentration camp during the last military dictatorship, journalist and writer Horacio Verbitsky, the head of the CELS human rights group, testified.
Friday, August 28th 2015 - 06:01 UTC
Infancy poverty in Argentina extensive to 40% of children living in urban areas

Infancy poverty in Argentina includes 40% of all children in urban areas, while 9.5% are considered to be living in indigent conditions, according to the latest Social Debt Barometer, from the Argentina Catholic University, UCA.
Thursday, August 27th 2015 - 05:23 UTC
Scioli-Macri the most probable run-off in Argentina's presidential race

The scenario of a runoff in Argentina's coming presidential election next October 'remains' strong, according to public opinion analyst Jorge Giacobbe. The two candidates who are expected to dispute a second round in November are the incumbent Daniel Scioli and conservative Mauricio Macri.
Wednesday, August 26th 2015 - 06:21 UTC
INIDEP to build a research branch in Santa Cruz province

Argentina's Fisheries Research and Development Institute, INIDEP will set up a branch in Caleta Oliva, Santa Cruz province, which is to be financed with matching funds from the Inter American Development bank and the Argentine government.