Argentina

• Thursday, November 1st 2012 - 23:07 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez criticizes US court and promises all debt bonds will be paid in dollars

  

  President Cristina Fernández returned to stage on Thursday and assured that Argentina's dollar-denominated debt bonds are to be “paid in dollars” whilst criticizing the New York judiciary for its latest ruling against Argentina, in a speech at the Government House.

• Thursday, November 1st 2012 - 07:06 UTC

  Argentine 16 to 18year olds will be voting in next year’s mid term election

  

  Argentina’s Lower House of Congress approved the government-sponsored teen suffrage bill that allows 16-18 year olds the chance to vote in national elections. The Upper House of Congress had preliminary approved the bill with 52 votes in favour and only three against.

• Thursday, November 1st 2012 - 06:47 UTC

  Leading Argentine corporation claims the economy is in ‘very fragile situation”

  

  One of Argentina’ leading international corporations, Techint, made public a 200 pages report sent to the Buenos Aires stock exchange with a devastating picture of the country’s economy which “continues in a state of fragility”.

• Thursday, November 1st 2012 - 06:20 UTC

  Malvinas War families’ commission honours benefactor of Argentine memorial in Falklands

  

  The Commission of Malvinas War Families paid homage to Argentine businessman Eduardo Eunerkian who has always been close to the organization and financed the construction of the Memorial at the Argentine cemetery in the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, October 31st 2012 - 20:22 UTC

  Iran/Argentina dialogue ‘positive’ and will continue end of November, says Timerman

  

  Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman announced at Government House in Buenos Aires that new negotiations between diplomatic representatives of Argentina and Iran over the investigation into the 1994 AMIA terrorist attack, will take place before the end of November.

• Wednesday, October 31st 2012 - 04:51 UTC

  Argentine-Iran dialogue is ‘over’, says Jewish community rejecting Teheran’s denial of any involvement

  

  The president of the Argentine Jewish Community centre, AMIA, Guillermo Borger said that if Iran insists in rejecting any links with the 1994 attack in which 85 people were killed and 300 injured, the current dialogue between Argentina and Teheran on the issue “is over”.

• Wednesday, October 31st 2012 - 04:44 UTC

  S&P lowers Argentina’s rating, as credit-default insurance soars to highest in the world

  

  Argentina’s credit rating was cut one level by Standard & Poor’s, which referred to a US appeals court ruling that prevents the country from honouring its debt without also paying holders of its defaulted bonds.

• Wednesday, October 31st 2012 - 04:16 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez with a bout of low blood pressure cancels public activities

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández was forced to cancel Tuesday’s agenda for 24 hours after doctors diagnosed her with low blood pressure. The president remained at the Olivos residence where, nevertheless she dispatched some daily business with a few ministers.

• Wednesday, October 31st 2012 - 04:00 UTC

  Fitch Ratings downgrades Argentine bonds following Judge Griesa ruling

  

  Fitch Ratings has placed Argentina's Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of 'B', Short-term IDR of 'B' and the international bonds issued under New York Law on Rating Watch Negative (RWN).

• Wednesday, October 31st 2012 - 03:54 UTC

  Iran insists in denying any involvement in deadly attack on Jewish centre in Buenos Aires

  

  Iran’s government rejected once more the involvement of any Iranian citizen in the 1994 AMIA Jewish Centre terrorist bombing, but indicated to be ready to help into identifying those who could have committed the attack.