Argentina

Friday, April 19th 2013 - 03:14 UTC
May peace prevail: Cristina and Mujica fly together to Peru on Tango 01

Sooner than expected Argentine President Cristina Fernandez seems to have accepted her Uruguayan peer Jose Mujica’s apologies following his coarse words: “this old lady is worse than the one-eyed man” to refer to the Argentine leader and her late husband Nestor Kirchner.
Friday, April 19th 2013 - 02:51 UTC
Argentine international reserves fall below the 40bn dollars benchmark, 8% so far this year

Argentina’s Central bank international reserves have fallen below the 40bn dollars benchmark, which is the lowest in six years, according to the bank’s official data. So far this year the drain has been 3.48bn dollars and 12.84bn from the record 52.6bn of January 2011.
Thursday, April 18th 2013 - 10:19 UTC
Urgent meeting of Unasur in Lima to express support for Venezuela’s Maduro

Argentine President Cristina Fernández will travel to Lima for a UNASUR meeting on Thursday in which regional countries are expected to express their support for the elections results in Venezuela and President elect Nicolas Maduro.
Wednesday, April 17th 2013 - 08:06 UTC
Cristina Fernandez and Mujica could overcome incident at Maduro’s ceremony in Caracas

Argentina and Uruguay presidents could hold an unofficial meeting next Friday in Caracas when they attend the taking office ceremony of Venezuelan president next Friday, according to Montevideo diplomatic sources.
Wednesday, April 17th 2013 - 07:58 UTC
Malvinas seminar in Argentina to teach education staff how to isolate the war from the sovereignty claim

An estimated 1.600 teachers and education students from all over Argentina are participating in a Malvinas seminar organized by the country’s Education ministry with the main purpose of “setting aside the war issue” from the main sovereignty claim.
Wednesday, April 17th 2013 - 07:54 UTC
Cristina Fernandez calls on the US to recognize the Venezuelan government

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez demanded the United States “recognizes the Venezuelan government” following on Sunday’s election in which Nicolas Maduro was confirmed as president despite a very tight margin (just over 1% of ballots) and challenges by the opposition candidate.
Wednesday, April 17th 2013 - 07:47 UTC
A year on YPF’s seizure, Argentina’s energy challenge remains equally strong

Argentina’s President Cristina Fernández takeover of YPF to pare energy imports is backfiring and threatening to narrow the country’s trade surplus needed to pay debt, according to a report from Bloomberg.
Wednesday, April 17th 2013 - 07:35 UTC
Argentine farmers expected to plant more wheat this coming season

Argentina will plant more wheat this season than last year because of farmer-friendly adjustments to the government’s export policy and the bad luck that growers had last season with alternative crops such as barley, a key grain exchange said.
Wednesday, April 17th 2013 - 02:06 UTC
Despite invitation Argentine ambassador will not attend Lady Thatcher’s funeral

Argentine ambassador to the UK Alicia Castro has declined the official invitation to attend Margaret Thatcher’s funeral, Downing Street reported. Lady Thatcher was Britain’s PM when the Argentine invasion of the Falklands and she sent a task force to successfully recover them in June 1982 after a 74-day armed conflict.
Wednesday, April 17th 2013 - 01:54 UTC
Argentine ambassador presents her letters of credence to President Obama

The Argentine ambassador to the United States, Cecilia Nahón, presented on Tuesday her letters of credence to President Barack Obama, who said he hoped both countries would remain committed to a fruitful joint work with President Cristina Fernández in the G20.