Argentina

• Monday, August 10th 2015 - 07:12 UTC

  Argentine seafood landings drop 7.1% in first half of 2015; squid, 24.1%

  

  Argentine seafood landings fell by 7.1% in the first half of this year compared to the same period of 2014, according to the latest statistics from the country's Under Secretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture. Squid catches were down 24.1%.

• Saturday, August 8th 2015 - 10:28 UTC

  Shell planning to invest billions in Brazil, despite recent purchase of BG group

  

  Royal Dutch Shell is considering investing billions in Brazil, set to become a focal point after the planned acquisition of BG Group, even as it prepares to sell huge chunks of its business to pay for the $70bn deal.

• Saturday, August 8th 2015 - 08:54 UTC

  Argentine embassy in US launches website on the struggle with 'vulture funds'

  

  The Argentine Embassy in the United States has launched a website to explain the conflict between Argentina and holdout investors commonly referred to as “vulture funds”. The website explains the origins of the conflict, its history, and provides documents and expert opinions on the subject. Its virtual library has until now over 200 documents and 100 independent sources.

• Saturday, August 8th 2015 - 08:30 UTC

  Argentine mandatory primaries on Sunday: 32 million entitled to vote

  

  Electoral silence has started ahead of the PASO primary elections (Open Simultaneous, Mandatory Primaries) that will take place on Sunday when Argentines will cast their ballots to choose their candidates to compete in October’s general run, including the successor of president Cristina Fernandez.

• Friday, August 7th 2015 - 07:54 UTC

  Falklands-born candidate says he has sufficient credentials to be a Mercosur parliament member

  

  Falkland Islands born and pre-candidate for the Mercosur Parliament in representation of a Tierra del Fuego political party, Alejandro Betts, underlined his diplomatic experience in international forums and meetings with 30 presentations, including those at the annual UN Decolonization Committee or C24 in New York.

• Friday, August 7th 2015 - 07:38 UTC

  Argentina's worst terrorist (AMIA, 1994) attack trial takes off

  

  Argentina's Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernández hoped the AMIA cover-up trial that began on Thursday in Buenos Aires enables to find a “hint on the local connection” that paved the way for Argentina’s worst terrorist attack to take place 21 years ago.

• Friday, August 7th 2015 - 06:53 UTC

  YPF profits up, but no new joint-ventures in sight to develop Patagonia shale

  

  Argentina's state-managed energy firm YPF posted a second quarter net income of 2.297 billion pesos ($252.8 million) on Wednesday, a 50.5% increase on the same period last year. YPF earnings have been cushioned from the collapse of international oil prices by a government-controlled price for oil produced in the country, which sits at about $78 dollars per barrel.

• Friday, August 7th 2015 - 06:37 UTC

  “Malvinas March” compulsory singing after the Argentine anthem in Salta province

  

  As of this week it is official in the Argentine province of Salta: after playing the Argentine national anthem, the “Malvinas March” is compulsory in all school, civilian and military events in that provincial territory. The bill approved by the provincial Senate was signed and put into effect last 30 June by governor Juan Manuel Uturbey.

• Friday, August 7th 2015 - 06:19 UTC

  Falklands' claim and sea access for Bolivia in the same package for Evo Morales

  

  The Argentine government should support with 'determination' Bolivia's sea outlet claim to Chile, because if successful it will be so much easier for Argentina to recover the Falklands/Malvinas Islands, said Bolivian president Evo Morales in an interview.

• Thursday, August 6th 2015 - 08:59 UTC

  Sunday's vote, Argentina's first step to October's presidential election

  

  Argentines will be going to the polls this Sunday to vote in the open, simultaneous, mandatory primaries (PASO) when the different parties will be choosing their one-candidate for the big prize on 25 October when the successor of Cristina Fernandez will be elected together with half of the Lower House (129 seats), a third of the Senate (24 seats) and 43 members for the Mercosur parliament.