Argentina

• Wednesday, December 23rd 2015 - 09:17 UTC

  Macri's priorities: Mercosur, trade agreement with EU and the Pacific Alliance

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri pledged full support for Mercosur which he defined as a 'long term strategic project', called for a quick trade agreement with the European Union and closer ties with 'our partners from the Pacific Alliance'.

• Wednesday, December 23rd 2015 - 08:58 UTC

  Falklands' war “ARA Santisima Trinidad” refloated in Puerto Belgrano

  

  After almost three years tilted and sunken in Argentina's main naval base, Puerto Belgrano, the British built missile destroyer, 'ARA Santisima Trinidad' was finally refloated. The plan is to recondition the unit which was involved in the 1982 Falklands conflict and convert her into a museum.

• Wednesday, December 23rd 2015 - 08:20 UTC

  Argentina displays software to detect and monitor jiggers in the South Atlantic

  

  A specially designed software to help detect, monitor and identify jiggers operating in international waters in the South Atlantic was presented at a meeting organized by Argentina's National Fisheries Research and Development Institute, INIDEP together with the country's Space Research national commission, partners in the development.

• Wednesday, December 23rd 2015 - 08:02 UTC

  Argentina's Falklands' claim and rejection of oil activities reiterated at the 'new' Mercosur summit

  

  Mercosur full and associate members ended their Paraguay summit signing six joint statements, one of which in support of Argentina's sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands and rejecting 'non authorized' hydrocarbons exploration in the Argentine continental shelf. This is the first regional document related to the Falkland Islands Argentine claim since Mauricio Macri took office last 10 December.

• Tuesday, December 22nd 2015 - 15:37 UTC

  Strong exchange on human rights between Macri and Maduro's representative

  

  At a summit marked by strong differences between Argentina and Venezuela, Mercosur signed a statement in defense of the “unrestricted support of human rights”. Earlier in the day there was a serious exchange between Argentine president Mauricio Macri who demanded all political prisoners in Venezuela be set free, and president Nicolas Maduro foreign minister who replied that Macri was 'meddling' in Venezuela's affairs and was applying a 'double standard' on the issue.

• Tuesday, December 22nd 2015 - 14:57 UTC

  Israel invites Macri and calls on Argentine judiciary to speed up AMIA investigation

  

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made an official invitation to Argentine President Mauricio Macri to visit his country, Israel’s ambassador to Buenos Aires Dorit Shavit confirmed.

• Tuesday, December 22nd 2015 - 14:31 UTC

  Brazil welcomes and supports Macri's policies regarding the dollar and trade

  

  The Brazilian government has welcomed Argentina's realistic foreign exchange policy unifying the Argentine peso exchange rate, saying the latest economic measures taken by the Mauricio Macri administration will be “very positive” for the commercial relationship between the two countries.

• Monday, December 21st 2015 - 06:32 UTC

  Timerman admits in 2012 recording that Iran 'planted the bombs' at AMIA

  

  Argentine journalist Daniel Santoro on Friday revealed two recordings in which former Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman is heard admitting that Iran “planted the bombs” that demolished the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in 1994.

• Saturday, December 19th 2015 - 06:18 UTC

  Argentina's foreign exchange market slowly adapting to new rules with no major surprises

  

  The US dollar in Argentina's foreign exchange market plunged on Friday 35 cents to 13.60 Pesos on the second day since President Mauricio Macri's administration decided to put an end to official restrictions for the purchase of greenbacks and other dealings with foreign currency.

• Saturday, December 19th 2015 - 06:01 UTC

  Resolution 2065 on Falklands: United Nations 'royally deceived' 50 years ago

  

  The United Nations was “royally deceived”, said Falkland Islands Member of Legislative Assembly Mike Summers in response to Argentina celebrating the 50th anniversary of a UN resolution that recognised the existence of a sovereignty dispute over the Falklands.