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Montevideo, November 25th 2025 - 19:58 UTC

Argentina

  • Friday, May 9th 2014 - 02:18 UTC

    Falklands' governor interview triggers immediate reaction from Argentina

    Timerman said he agreed with only one paragraph of the whole interview

    Falklands Island's' newly inaugurated governor Colin Roberts phone interview with a Buenos Aires media website released this week has had a great impact in Argentina and as it could be expected received an immediate reply from Hector Timerman's Foreign Affairs ministry, which undoubtedly read every line and every word of the transcript.

  • Thursday, May 8th 2014 - 04:57 UTC

    Repsol sells YPF stake for 1.25bn dollars to Morgan Stanley; keeps 0.5% share

    A 'strategic' decision said Repsol that recently settled the seizure of YPF with the Argentine government

    Spain's Repsol oil and gas company says it has sold an 11.86% stake it owned in Argentina's YPF energy company to Morgan Stanley for 900 million Euros (1.25 billion dollars), effectively leaving it without a stake in a company it once controlled.

  • Thursday, May 8th 2014 - 04:34 UTC

    Grim outlook for Argentine industry according to auto industry and Moody's

    Industrial production this year is down 3.1%, while the auto industry was down 16% in the first quarter

    An estimated 12.000 workers from the auto industry and auto-parts manufacturing have been sent home on anticipated vacations or because of lesser working days, according to the mechanics union SMATA, a figure consistent with the level of domestic market sales and exports. However the industry leaders and unions have warned that the situation is set to worsen in coming months.

  • 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.