Argentina

• Tuesday, November 11th 2014 - 04:00 UTC

  Falklands' British 'colonial occupation' condemned by Parlasur

  

  The Mercosur parliament, Parlasur, in a special Monday session held in Montevideo, rejected British 'control' over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands and described the situation as a colonial conflict of 'global' proportion which threatens the region.

• Monday, November 10th 2014 - 09:13 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas issue to be debated at the Parlasur Parliament

  

  The Falklands/Malvinas dispute and 'colonialism' will be discussed on Monday during an extraordinary session of the Mercosur Parliament, Parlasur, in Montevideo with the attendance of Argentine and Uruguayan foreign ministers Hector Timerman and Luis Almagro.

• Monday, November 10th 2014 - 08:37 UTC

  Argentine president begins ten-day resting period in Olivos

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was discharged on Sunday from Otamendi hospital where she had been admitted a week ago to be treated for sigmoiditis, an infection of the colon.

• Monday, November 10th 2014 - 07:34 UTC

  Latam Energy Organization approves statement on “Malvinas sovereignty”

  

  Energy ministers from the Latin American Energy Organization, OLADE, meeting in San Salvador approved last Friday a statement on “Malvinas Islands sovereignty” referred to the “illegal hydrocarbons exploration and exploitation undertaken in the Islands surrounding waters”, points out a release from the Argentine Foreign ministry.

• Sunday, November 9th 2014 - 10:46 UTC

  Argentina's car production, domestic sales and exports in free-fall

  

  Registrations for new vehicles in Argentina fell 40% in October compared to the same month in 2013, according to the latest study by commercial sellers' group ACARA. The chamber revealed that 52,983 cars were registered over the past month, against 59,099 in September and 88,948 last October.

• Sunday, November 9th 2014 - 10:35 UTC

  Argentine bondholders file for 'me too' at Judge Griesa's court: claims reach 6.5bn

  

  Argentina told New York district judge Thomas Griesa that bondholders filed 25 lawsuits since June, when the judge ordered blocking the country's from paying its restructured debt without also paying a group of holdouts, Bloomberg news has reported.

• Saturday, November 8th 2014 - 10:12 UTC

  Brazilian central bank concerned about 'persistent inflation' reveal minute

  

  Brazil's Central Bank is concerned about inflation, now running at 6.75%, according to the minutes of last week meeting of the policy committee, released on Thursday.

• Saturday, November 8th 2014 - 09:52 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez on control of government 'through e-mails and messages'

  

  While she waits to be discharged from the Otamendi private medical clinic, Argentine President Cristina Fernández continues to monitor all government decisions and actions. “She sends us indications through e-mails and messages,” Industry Minister Débora Giorgi revealed on Thursday.

• Friday, November 7th 2014 - 23:08 UTC

  English court involved in Argentine bonds dispute with hedge funds

  

  A London court gave Argentine “holdout creditors” in New York a two-week window on Thursday to challenge declarations sought by a powerful group of investors in a dispute over interest payments worth about 226 million Euros. The payments involve Euro-denominated Argentine bonds which were issued under English law.

• Friday, November 7th 2014 - 22:51 UTC

  Argentina targets yet another US company on alleged tax fraud

  

  US corporation firm General Electric has “over-invoiced” imports in a financial maneuver designed to access additional dollars in the official foreign exchange market, claimed Argentine Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich. GE thus becomes the second large US company in less than a week to face accusations of financial trickery in order to obtain economic benefits.