Argentina

• Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 05:18 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez calls for regional litigation mechanisms and blasts international bodies as ‘predators’

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez criticized international organizations which she described as ‘predators’ and called for the region to create its own mechanisms to settle litigations among South American countries.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 05:15 UTC

  Correa defends close links with Iran and downplays the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires

  

  Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa triggered a serious controversy in Argentina when he defended close links with Iran and downplayed Teheran’s alleged role in the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish institution in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people and left hundreds injured.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 00:07 UTC

  US court rules in favour of Argentina: denies security deposit requested by hedge funds

  

  US appeals court refused to order Argentina to post a security deposit of at least 250 million dollars while it seeks to overturn a lower court ruling that orders it to pay holdout investors 1.33 billion.

• Tuesday, December 4th 2012 - 16:24 UTC

  Punished by inflation a third of Argentines with difficulties to face monthly payments

  

  A third of Argentines have difficulties to face monthly costs because of inflation and lagging salaries, and 11% admit to “many difficulties” according to the latest Poliarquía public opinion poll released this week.

• Tuesday, December 4th 2012 - 05:49 UTC

  Spending galore: Argentine central bank financing Treasury outlay shortcomings

  

  The Argentine central bank has been financing the Treasury with so called ‘transitory advances’ to the tune of 101 billion Pesos (approx 20bn dollars), a sum which is expected to increase given the additional outlays of the end of the year particularly with the Christmas bonus.

• Monday, December 3rd 2012 - 23:08 UTC

  Argentina rejects complaint, accuses UK of illegal appropriation of Malvinas resources

  

  Argentina energetically rejected the UK complaint about alleged intimidation of vessels linked to Falklands/Malvinas activities as well as the awarding of squid licences in waters close to the South Atlantic archipelago.

• Monday, December 3rd 2012 - 21:17 UTC

  Argentine ambassador summoned over ‘intimidation’ to cruise lines calling in Falklands

  

  Britain summoned Argentina's ambassador to London on Monday after masked men ransacked the offices of a shipping company in Buenos Aires, a move the Foreign Office alleged was aimed at deterring ships from visiting the disputed Falkland Islands.

• Monday, December 3rd 2012 - 20:20 UTC

  Spain’s Repsol files complaint against Argentina over seizure of YPF

  

  Spain's Repsol SA filed on Monday a complaint against Argentina before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) over its nationalization of energy company YPF SA, according to sources familiar with the dispute.

• Monday, December 3rd 2012 - 06:01 UTC

  IMF reminds Argentina it must deliver a report on statistics advances by Dec 17

  

  The IMF ratified last week that by December 17 Argentina must reply to Managing Director Christine Lagarde on the latest advances referred to the country’s statistics both on inflation and GDP growth.

• Monday, December 3rd 2012 - 05:15 UTC

  Argentina confirms new round of talks with Iran in January

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman confirmed this weekend that there had been new meetings with envoys of the Iranian government over the probe handling the AMIA bombing, and assured that Argentina will present a new action plan in the coming few weeks, most probably in the next meeting scheduled for January.