Argentina

• Sunday, October 6th 2013 - 07:01 UTC

  UPM conflict: Argentine protestors will not be allowed to cross to Uruguay, warn officials

  

  Residents from Gualeguaychú, Argentina confirmed that on Sunday they will attempt crossing an international bridge to Uruguay to protest the production expansion of the pulp mill Botnia/UPM, authorized by the government of President Jose Mujica. This despite the fact Uruguayan officials anticipated that at the most “eight or nine” Argentine officials and representatives from the protestors will be allowed to meet with their Uruguayan counterparts to discuss the situation.

• Sunday, October 6th 2013 - 06:31 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez prescribed 30 days medical rest, until after mid-term election

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández was diagnosed “chronic subdural collection” and prescribed one month of rest after suffering cardiac arrhythmia, according to the official release from Government House on Saturday. Vice President Amado Boudou will manage the Cabinet for the upcoming 30 days.

• Friday, October 4th 2013 - 17:05 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez accuses “part of US judiciary” of wanting Argentina to default

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has accused part of the United States judiciary of wishing to take Argentina “to default”, comparing Argentina’s situation with that which currently faces US counterpart Barack Obama.

• Friday, October 4th 2013 - 06:53 UTC

  Argentina credit rating conditioned by poor credibility and unreliable stats, says Moody’s

  

  An upgrade of Argentina’s credit rating depends on the government taking measures to boost data credibility while compensating investors holding defaulted debt and companies for expropriated assets, said Gabriel Torres, Argentina’s sovereign credit analyst at Moody’s Investors Service.

• Friday, October 4th 2013 - 06:45 UTC

  European Union considering punitive duties on Argentine bio-diesel

  

  Argentine bio-diesel producers will fight European Union proposals to impose punitive duties on imports from the country, saying the move would remove its biggest export market and raise prices in Europe.

• Thursday, October 3rd 2013 - 23:12 UTC

  Argentine oil company finds way to invest in Vaca Muerta and elude legal action from Repsol

  

  One day after the Argentine government extended the deadline to legalize undeclared cash, energy company Bridas International gave new life to the BAADE energy bonds, the most relegated portion of the whitewash scheme, by saying it would snap up 500 million dollars of the paper.

• Thursday, October 3rd 2013 - 07:09 UTC

  Argentina will challenge Uruguay’s decision to expand pulp mill production at The Hague Court of Justice

  

  Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman has confirmed that Argentina will go before the international court of justice at The Hague over the decision of Uruguayan president José Mujica, who on Wednesday authorised increased production at the UPM (ex-Botnia) paper plant.

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2013 - 08:16 UTC

  Argentina asks Washington to include AMIA bombing case in US/Iran agenda

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández has instructed Ambassador Cecilia Nahón in Washington to formally ask the White House and the State Department to include the AMIA case in their meeting agenda with Iran.

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2013 - 07:43 UTC

  Dollar drought forces Argentina to extend whitewash law until December 31

  

  Argentina’s President Cristina Fernández has decided to extend the deadline of the whitewash law until the end of December. The recently passed project expired on Monday with 341.5 million dollars entering the country.

• Tuesday, October 1st 2013 - 20:40 UTC

  Argentina’s squid fisheries policy “inconsistent and unsustainable” says expert

  

  Argentina’s latest government’s decisions on squid fishing show that the country’s fisheries policy is “inconsistent and unsustainable,” according to the president of Assistance Food Argentina SA and director of Assistance Food America Inc., Dr. Cesar Augusto Lerena.