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Montevideo, August 16th 2025 - 01:32 UTC

Argentina

  • Thursday, May 8th 2014 - 04:30 UTC

    Argentine manufacturers send a strong disappointment message to government

    Companies expect the Argentine economy to expand anywhere between 0 and 0.5%

    The Argentine Industrial Union, UIA, the country's manufacturers strongest lobby released the results of a poll on Wednesday warning about the lower level of economic activity expected this year. The poll covered 300 corporations belonging to the organization and forecasts no jobs creation and abundant layoffs.

  • Wednesday, May 7th 2014 - 23:26 UTC

    UK MPs hosted at the Argentine embassy in London with a typical barbecue

    Ambassador Castro with the MPs delegation that last year visited Argentina

    The Argentine Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Alicia Castro, underlined “the importance of dialogue and the historical and cultural ties that link Argentina with Wales” when she hosted this week a traditional Argentine barbecue at the Ambassador´s residence in London for a delegation of British parliamentarians who visited Argentina in March.

  • Wednesday, May 7th 2014 - 23:07 UTC

    Falkland Islands and Crimea the new cold war

    Dr. Ivanov says Cristina has chosen to acclaim President Putin’s action in Crimea, hoping in return support the Argentine Falklands' claim.

    In an article for Penguin News, distinguished political and scientific Bulgarian author Dr Lyubomir Ivanov (*) discusses the Crimean conflict and its parallel with the Falklands.The Argentine President Cristina Kirchner praised the recent Crimean status referendum as, “one of the famous referendums of self-determination.”

  • Tuesday, May 6th 2014 - 07:49 UTC

    Argentines pessimistic about jobs, household income and mid-term prospects

    An overwhelming majority of interviews, 75%, expect their personal income situation to be worse or at the most the same

    A pessimistic mood has taken over in Argentina, according to a recent public opinion poll and report on jobs, household income, and mid-term prospects, according to the latest economic expectations index, IGEE from the Catholic University supported by pollster TNS-Gallup.

  • Tuesday, May 6th 2014 - 06:32 UTC

    India, Brazil and South Africa want Argentina to join the BRICS club

    Ambassador Khatua believes both countries have a tremendous potential in relations to develop

    India, Brazil and South Africa are interested in having Argentina join the BRICS group of emerging economies which also includes Russia and China, according to Indian ambassador in Buenos Aires Amarenda Khatua in an interview with Clarin.

  • Monday, May 5th 2014 - 21:29 UTC

    Malvinas Islands British occupation a 'latent threat' for Uruguay's defense policy

    Minister Fernandez Huidobro, very close to Mujica and a supporter of Argentine foreign policy

    The Uruguayan government considers the British occupation of the Malvinas Islands as a 'latent threat' according to a work-paper with basic points of the country's defense policy and which is to be made public this week, some excerpts of which were advanced by the pro-government daily La Republica.

  • Monday, May 5th 2014 - 07:04 UTC

    Uruguay displaces Argentina as the main supplier of milk to Brazil

    Dairy farming in Uruguay has been increasing sustainably for decades

    Uruguay's dairy industry has overtaken Argentina as the main supplier of milk to Brazil, according to Globo Rural, a Brazilian site which specializes in farming news. “Brazil's imports were globally 60% Argentine milk and the rest, 40% from Uruguay, but now Uruguay has moved to over 50%, meaning Argentina is losing ground in Latam largest economy and leading Mercosur partner”, Anibal Schaller manager of the Milk Industry Center, admitted to Globo Rural.

  • Monday, May 5th 2014 - 06:11 UTC

    The Lancet acknowledges Argentina's child mortality rates have dropped dramatically

    According to the most prestigious medical journal, there are 14.2 under five child deaths per 1,000 births in Argentina

    Argentina has been improving its mortality rates over the past decades, as it was revealed on Friday by the prestigious medical journal The Lancet. Although Argentina's rates are better than other countries in the region, including Brazil, Cuba, Uruguay and Chile among others still have the better numbers.

  • Saturday, May 3rd 2014 - 06:29 UTC

    Falkland Islander running for mayor of a Santa Cruz town

    James Lewis and his family came over from the Falklands when he was a year old (Pic Clarin)

    A Falkland Islander, resident in Argentina is running for mayor of the city of Puerto Santa Cruz, in Patagonia's Santa Cruz province, which is the Kirchner's couple political turf. James Lewis is backing Eduardo Costa from the opposition Radical party, the current mayor of the small town of 3.500 people, who next year is confident can become the province's next governor.

  • Saturday, May 3rd 2014 - 06:11 UTC

    Cristina's YPF curse: Brufau steps down as CEO of Repsol

    Antonio Brufau on the job since 2004 was replaced by Josu Jon Imaz San Migue

    Repsol, the Spanish oil company, announced this week that its longstanding executive chairman, Antonio Brufau, would hand over the job of chief executive to Josu Jon Imaz San Miguel, who has been running the company’s upstream operations.