Argentina

• Wednesday, December 19th 2012 - 04:06 UTC

  Europe opens state of the art satellite tracking station in Argentina

  

  A new satellite tracking station at Malargue, Mendoza, Argentina, was formally inaugurated on Tuesday, completing the trio of deep-space stations and confirming ESA, European Space Agency, as one of the world's most technologically advanced space organisations.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 22:37 UTC

  Organized labour challenges Cristina Fernandez with a demonstration on Wednesday

  

  Argentina’ so organized CGT Labour Confederation boss Hugo Moyano, and CTA umbrella union leader Pablo Micheli confirmed on Tuesday a downtown march against the government of President Cristina Fernandez on Wednesday.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 22:33 UTC

  Ghanaian government confirms the release of ARA Libertad

  

  The Ghanaian government confirmed on Tuesday it would comply with the UN Law of the Sea court decision to release the Argentine navy flagship ARA Libertad, impounded in Tema since October 2, over a debt dispute between a US hedge fund and the Argentine government.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 06:00 UTC

  Argentine government begins process to dismember Clarin media group

  

  Argentina's government Monday began the process of auctioning off media licenses and related assets held by the media conglomerate Grupo Clarin SA. The move, which government officials say should take about 100 business days to complete, comes after a lower court judge ruled Friday that a three-year-old media law requiring Clarin to be dismantled is constitutional.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 04:01 UTC

  Argentina says Belgian highest court rules against seizure of diplomatic accounts

  

  The Belgian Supreme Court threw out an attempt by hedge funds to seize Argentina’s diplomatic accounts in that country, according to a release on Monday from the Argentine Foreign ministry.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 03:56 UTC

  IMF board to consider Argentina’s stats case at the end of January

  

  The board of directors of the International Monetary Fund will again meet at the end of January to debate Argentina’s improvement in the quality of its official economic index, IMF spokesman announced on Monday.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 03:44 UTC

  Argentina replaces ambassador Argüello by an economist and trade expert

  

  The Argentine Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that President Cristina Fernández has decided to appoint Cecilia Nahón as Argentine ambassador to the United States, replacing Jorge Arguello in Washington DC.

• Monday, December 17th 2012 - 21:15 UTC

  Brazil and Argentina bottom of the list in terms of competitiveness

  

  Brazil ranks near the bottom among fourteen emerging powers in terms of competitiveness, due to high capital and labor costs as well as inadequate infrastructure, according to a study commissioned by the National Confederation of Industry (CNI) and published by the Folha de Sao Paulo daily.

• Monday, December 17th 2012 - 06:45 UTC

  Argentine frigate expected back in Buenos Aires early January

  

  “Once more we fulfill our promise, the Frigate is coming back,” was the first statement given by President Cristina Fernández over the ruling of the UN's International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to release the ARA Libertad frigate.

• Monday, December 17th 2012 - 06:39 UTC

  Ghana government to review ruling on immediate release of Argentine vessel

  

  The Ghanaian government indicated on Sunday that it will review the recent ruling by the International Court for the Law of the Sea ordering the African nation to release the Argentine Navy Libertad frigate, which remains impounded there since October 2.