Argentina

• Wednesday, February 27th 2013 - 06:53 UTC

  Argentina/Iran accord could just make it in Wednesday’s vote in the Lower House

  

  The bilateral memorandum of understanding, MOU, between Argentina and Iran to investigate the 1994 AMIA bombing was cleared for debate by the Lower House committees on Tuesday and will be discussed on Wednesday at the floor. Foreign Minister Hector Timerman clashed with opposition lawmakers during his briefing over the case.

• Wednesday, February 27th 2013 - 05:38 UTC

  Environmentalists in Argentina manage to suspend Monsanto corn-seed drying facility

  

  Another setback for Monsanto in South America: the Argentine province of Córdoba justice system ordered the suspension of the construction of a corn seed-drying facility in the district of Malvinas Argentinas, 14 kilometres outside the capital city of Córdoba.

• Wednesday, February 27th 2013 - 01:52 UTC

  Argentina’s industrial production marked a modest 0.2% rise in January

  

  Argentina's industrial production started the year with a modest improvement rising 0.2% in January from a year earlier after output shrank 1.2% in 2012 as a whole, government data showed. Factory output rose 0.6% in January compared with December, seasonally adjusted.

• Tuesday, February 26th 2013 - 00:59 UTC

  Argentine born MEP shocks UK politics by abandoning independents and joining the Tories

  

  Argentine born Marta Andreasen a UK south east region MEP (Member of the European Parliament) for the UK Independent Party has said she is leaving the party to join the Conservatives.

• Tuesday, February 26th 2013 - 00:10 UTC

  Argentina accused UK of sending submarines with nuclear weapons capacity to the Falklands

  

  Argentina accused the UK of displacement of submarines with nuclear weapons capacity in the Falkland Islands, violating international treaties that established the South Atlantic zone as free of nuclear arms. The claim was made on Monday at the United Nations Disarmament Conference in Geneva.

• Monday, February 25th 2013 - 06:36 UTC

  Argentina celebrates Africa’s 54 countries support for Malvinas sovereignty

  

  Africa’s fifty four countries joined South America “in recognizing the legitimate sovereignty rights of Argentina over the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and the adjoining maritime spaces”, announced the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a communiqué in reference to the so called Declaration of Malabo, capital of Equatorial Guinea.

• Monday, February 25th 2013 - 06:22 UTC

  Argentina and ‘holdout hedge funds’ prepare for the final clash this week

  

  The long-awaited showdown in a US appeals court this week pits Argentina against a group of investors who refused to swap their debt after the country's historic 2002 default.

• Monday, February 25th 2013 - 05:59 UTC

  The Argentina/Iran understanding according to The Teheran Times

  

  The Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, between Argentina and Iran to investigate the 1994 bombing in downtown Buenos Aires, will be discussed in Argentina’s Lower House after having received approval in the Senate.

• Saturday, February 23rd 2013 - 06:45 UTC

  Massive and emotive ceremony to remember victims of Buenos Aires worst train accident

  

  On the first anniversary of Buenos Aires city worst train accident that left 51 people dead at the downtown Once station, families and friends of the victims held a ceremony to remember those who lost their lives and called for justice as they targeted Government officials from the administration of President Cristina Fernandez.

• Friday, February 22nd 2013 - 04:59 UTC

  March and blackout to remember victims of Buenos Aires worst train station accident

  

  Relatives of the victims of Buenos Aires busiest railway station tragedy confirmed a demonstration at Plaza de Mayo for Friday to mark the first anniversary of the accident, February 22, 2012, and in which 51 people perished and over 700 were injured.