Argentina

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 - 16:03 UTC

  Air traffic in Argentina and Uruguay delayed because of volcanic ash

  

  Commercial flights in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay were cancelled or reprogrammed Tuesday morning because of disruptions caused by the hovering volcanic ash being blown from the Chilean Puyehue which erupted five months ago.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 - 07:29 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez admits “the model has distortions which must be corrected”

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez promised on Monday to continue defending with ‘tooth and nails’ the powerful wheel of domestic consumption that has boosted the current economic model but also admitted the existence of ‘distortions which must be corrected’.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 - 07:19 UTC

  Argentine industry supports subsidy-elimination policy, but calls for gradualism

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez received strong support from the industrial sector for her latest policy of eliminating subsidies which are widely extended in the economy, but manufacturers also called for prudence and gradualism.

• Monday, November 21st 2011 - 15:31 UTC

  A third of metropolitan Buenos Aires live below poverty line claims Catholic Church

  

  Over a third of metropolitan Buenos Aires, 34.9%, live below the poverty line which is equivalent to 4.4 million people, more than double the official Argentine government estimate, according to a paper from the Argentine Catholic University, UCA, and the local Caritas chapter from the Catholic Church.

• Monday, November 21st 2011 - 07:10 UTC

  Argentina forecasts 49.5 million tons of soybeans 12 million tons of wheat

  

  Argentina's 2011-12 soybean area will likely rise 0.6% on the year to 19 million hectares, the Agriculture Ministry said in its weekly crop report. The forecast is the first from the ministry for soybeans, the country's top crop and export.

• Saturday, November 19th 2011 - 06:09 UTC

  Argentina sponsors a free movement of peoples’ area in Magallanes and Tierra del Fuego

  

  Argentina announced its full support to make the tip of the South American continent ‘a free movement of peoples’ area’ that would include Chile’s Magallanes region in the extreme south of the country and Tierra del Fuego, shared by the neighbouring countries.

• Friday, November 18th 2011 - 21:39 UTC

  Argentine economic activity expands in September for 25th straight month

  

  Argentina's economy grew 7.7% in September from a year earlier, the government said on Friday, beating market expectations and marking the 25th straight month of growth.

• Friday, November 18th 2011 - 21:27 UTC

  CFK calls for a national ‘intellectual sovereignty’ commitment and ‘the 2003 model’

  

  President Cristina Fernández urged Argentines ”to make an effort to understand the moment the country and the world are undergoing” while heading a ceremony to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the Vuelta de Obligado battle in the Buenos Aires area of San Pedro.

• Friday, November 18th 2011 - 06:11 UTC

  Argentine economic activity expands at steady pace, but signs of cooling

  

  Argentine economic activity grew at a steady pace in October but there are signs that growth will cool in the coming months, local consultants Orlando J. Ferreres & Asociados, OJF, said Thursday.

• Friday, November 18th 2011 - 05:27 UTC

  Peugeot and GM Argentina promise not to remit dividends for two years

  

  The French auto consortium Peugeot-Citröen agreed with the Argentine government not to remit earnings during two years (2011/2012), approximately 50 million dollars announced Argentine government sources.