Argentina

Wednesday, March 18th 2015 - 07:57 UTC
Argentine jurist elected to head the UN Human Rights Committee

Argentine jurist Fabian Salvioli was unanimously elected on Tuesday to lead the UN Human Rights Committee. The 51-year-old lawyer will be presiding over the UN body for one year. Salvioli has been a member of the UN Human Rights Committee since 2009.
Wednesday, March 18th 2015 - 02:03 UTC
Argentine candidate anticipates ‘dollars in excess’ if he is elected president in October

An Argentine presidential hopeful Mauricio Macri has vowed to eliminate the restrictions on the purchase of foreign currency that the Cristina Fernandez has carried out since 2011, and anticipated there will be ‘dollars in excess’ if he gets elected president in October this year.
Wednesday, March 18th 2015 - 01:58 UTC
Angry 23rd anniversary of 1992 bombing of Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires

Victims' families and survivors of the 1992 terrorist attack against the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires City have reiterated their demands for justice on the 23rd anniversary of the bombing, pointing out that those responsible have still not been identified two decades later.
Tuesday, March 17th 2015 - 08:06 UTC
Falklands’ HMS Conqueror which sank Belgrano to be exhibited at UK memorial centre

The first British nuclear submarine to fire at Argentine battle cruiser General Belgrano during the Falkland Islands conflict is to be exhibited at a memorial centre, the UK-based Sunday Express reported on Sunday. The HMS Conqueror — known for having contributed to sinking of the Argentine cruiser, at the cost of 323 lives — is due to be allocated in a commemoration to the British fleet used during 1982 South Atlantic conflict.
Tuesday, March 17th 2015 - 07:39 UTC
Cristina Fernandez manages to split the farmers’ united front after years of confrontation

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez, on the campaign trail ahead of October’s national elections, announced on Monday the creation of a new fund which will reduce by up to 50% the 'retention' taxes on exportation rights paid by small and medium agriculture farmers.
Tuesday, March 17th 2015 - 07:23 UTC
Griesa rejects Citigroup petition to allow payment of bonds issued under Argentine law

New York district judge Thomas Griesa has declined a request from the Citigroup bank to allow the entity to process the payment of Argentine bonds under local law while an appeal against the magistrate's negative ruling is being prepared.
Monday, March 16th 2015 - 10:39 UTC
Israel newspaper questions Nisman’s accusations against Cristina Fernandez and Timerman

Israeli newspaper Haaretz has published an article questioning the criminal accusation filed by late AMIA prosecutor Alberto Nisman against Argentine President Cristina Fernández and Foreign minister Hector Timerman, while asserting that the official's handling of the case was far from exemplary.
Sunday, March 15th 2015 - 02:33 UTC
Argentina will keep to its monetary policy despite a 20% devaluation of the Brazilian Real

Argentina’s central bank governor Alejandro Vanoli said that despite the continued erosion of the Brazilian currency against the US dollar, which ended the week trading at 3.28 Real to the greenback, monetary policy will continue to manage the foreign exchange to avoid volatility and ensure economic growth.
Sunday, March 15th 2015 - 02:19 UTC
The non humble fellow Argentines according to Pope Francis

Pope Francis during one of the several interviews motivated by his two years in the Vatican, also referred to his fellow citizens in Argentina, which he described as non humble and on the contrary rather vain and arrogant.
Sunday, March 15th 2015 - 01:10 UTC
US ambassador in Argentina received by cabinet chief Anibal Fernandez

Argentina’s Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernández received United States ambassador to Argentina Noah Mamet in his Casa Rosada office. Apparently the meeting was strictly protocol, and no details of the agenda were supplies to the media.