Argentina

Monday, October 20th 2014 - 07:25 UTC
Number of homicides in Argentina again on the rise, indicate Healthcare stats

The number of homicides per year in Argentina dropped from a peak of 4.630 back in 2002, but this did not impede that in the following decade that figure totaled, 31.992, according to official stats from the country's Healthcare ministry.
Monday, October 20th 2014 - 07:08 UTC
Argentine Central bank chief downplays any chance of devaluation of the Peso

Argentina's newly-appointed Central Bank (BCRA) governor Alejandro Vanoli claimed a “devaluation attempt” by 'concentrated powers' and rejected any official plans to downward the value of the country’s currency. He pledged to discourage speculation and to “put an end to abuses from financial institutions.”
Saturday, October 18th 2014 - 07:50 UTC
Cristina Fernandez on 48 hours medical rest because of pharyngitis

Doctors on Friday instructed Argentine President Cristina Fernandez to rest for 48 hours in order to recover from a sore throat. Argentina's presidency said in a statement that the 61-year-old leader is suffering from pharyngitis and had to suspend a public event scheduled for later in the day in order to get some rest.
Friday, October 17th 2014 - 07:24 UTC
Argentina launches satellite and Cristina Fernandez slams opposition over negative attitude

President Cristina Fernandez addressed the country in a national televised broadcast after Argentina’s first geostationary satellite was successfully launched on Thursday afternoon. The head of state thanked all scientists involved in the construction of ARSAT1, and seized the opportunity to slam opposition representatives over their plans for the country.
Friday, October 17th 2014 - 07:17 UTC
ARSAT-1 is Argentina's first designed and developed geostationary satellite

The ARSAT-1 is Argentina first domestically designed and developed geostationary communications satellite, and its construction and successful launching, on Thursday, was defined by the government as “historic.”
Thursday, October 16th 2014 - 07:40 UTC
September inflation in Argentina: anywhere between 1.4% and 2.48%

Argentina's inflation during September reached 1.4% and accumulates 19.8% in the nine months according to the latest release from the government stats office Indec. However earlier in the week the Freedom of Expression committee from the Lower House which regularly announces the average of private analysts, (identified as the congressional index), said the consumer price index for the ninth month of the year was 2.48% and 41.6% in the last twelve months.
Wednesday, October 15th 2014 - 10:31 UTC
Argentine delegation after trade and investors in India

A numerous Argentine delegation will be attending this week trade and investment conferences in New Delhi as part of the country's efforts to increase exports to the growing Indian market and attract investors.
Tuesday, October 14th 2014 - 05:15 UTC
Lady Alice: “Argentines eat a lot of beef, but have never eaten a journalist”

Jeremy Clarkson and BBC's 'Top Gear' program need publicity and controversy to keep going and that he has managed with his recent incursion through the south of Argentina, which ended with his team escorted to the border with Chile fearing 'for their lives', which obviously impeded them from accomplishing their formal task but not the real objective.
Monday, October 13th 2014 - 07:17 UTC
Argentina doesn't need international credit, “we have foreign currency to face debt maturities”

Argentine Economy Minister Axel Kicillof has assured that the government of president Cristina Fernandez is not seeking international financing despite current economic problems, since it has foreign trade surpluses and all the foreign exchange needed to face debt maturities.
Saturday, October 11th 2014 - 09:11 UTC
Argentina claims in can detect the ebola virus in patients in less than 24 hours

Argentina has developed a molecular biological method to detect the presence of the Ebola virus in a patient in less than 24 hours, the Argentine health ministry has announced.