Argentina

• Tuesday, November 6th 2012 - 06:38 UTC

  Venezuelan leader establishes similarities between the governments of Argentina and Venezuela

  

  Henrique Capriles, the runner-up in Venezuela’s recent presidential elections, commented on comparisons between Argentina’s and Venezuela’s governments in an article published on Sunday in an Argentine provincial newspaper.

• Tuesday, November 6th 2012 - 06:33 UTC

  Argentina to appeal Ghana court decision to move ‘Libertad’ from commercial port

  

  A Ghanaian court authorized on Monday to have Argentina’s ARA Libertad navy training frigate, impounded over a lawsuit filed by a US based fund, removed from Tema’s commercial port to another local pier in order to liberate space that’s crucial for the in and out of cargo liners.

• Monday, November 5th 2012 - 14:51 UTC

  Majority of Argentines believe Cristina Fernandez is losing control of government

  

  A majority of Argentines disapproves of President Cristina Fernandez but more significantly 40% believe she is losing control of her administration and another 20% consider it a fact, according to Sergio Berenztein from the respected pollster Poliarquía.

• Monday, November 5th 2012 - 13:02 UTC

  Argentina calls on G20 for global action against ‘predatory’ actions from ‘vulture funds’

  

  Argentine Economy Minister Hernán Lorenzino called for developed countries to set limits to ‘vulture funds’ and credit rating agencies as “promoters of the global crisis,” as he addressed the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in Mexico on Sunday.

• Monday, November 5th 2012 - 12:29 UTC

  Argentines disapprove of Cristina, the opposition and reviewing the constitution

  

  Six out of ten Argentines disapprove the performance of President Cristina Fernandez and an overwhelming 80% is against a possible new re-election if a constitutional review is finally passed by Congress, according to the latest opinion polls released in the Buenos Aires weekend media.

• Sunday, November 4th 2012 - 06:40 UTC

  Argentina private sector increasingly isolated from foreign money markets

  

  Earlier in the week Standard & Poor’s ratings services lowered to ‘B-’ from ‘B’ its unsolicited long-term sovereign credit rating on Argentina and on Friday the ratings agency said it is taking a similar rating actions on four Argentine banks and 16 Argentine corporations.

• Sunday, November 4th 2012 - 06:37 UTC

  Argentine farmers claim floods are delaying sowing and threaten expected 2012/13 boom crop

  

  Fourteen million hectares are affected by floods in Argentina’s prime farm land provinces and the presence of water jeopardizes the harvest of grains, according to farming sector leaders.

• Sunday, November 4th 2012 - 06:24 UTC

  Argentina to blast ‘vulture funds’ at the G20 ministerial meeting in Mexico

  

  Argentine Economy Minister Hernán Lorenzino and Central Bank Governor Mercedes Marcó del Pont are leading the country’s delegation in the technical G20 meeting in Mexico, where they are expected to insist on the government’s criticisms against ‘vulture funds’ and credit rating agencies.

• Saturday, November 3rd 2012 - 04:07 UTC

  South African minister admits a second Argentine navy vessel could be impounded

  

  When Argentina still has not recovered from the impounding of the Navy’s flagship, ARA Libertad, retained in Ghana, another piece of bad news was confirmed in Pretoria on Friday when South African Foreign minister admitted that a second navy vessel, ARA Espora, docked in Simonstown was exposed to a similar fate.

• Thursday, November 1st 2012 - 23:28 UTC

  Argentina tightens ‘dollar-clamp’: end to mortgage loans in US currency

  

  Argentina tightened the ‘dollar clamp’ a further notch by including mortgage credits, which means people wanting to become home owners will not have access to the US currency.