Argentina

• Friday, July 13th 2012 - 06:36 UTC

  Argentine organized labour splits and pledges to challenge Cristina Fernandez

  

  Argentina’s CGT Central Labour Confederation leader Hugo Moyano, who on Thursday was re-elected for a third period during the umbrella organization’s congress warned that “we will have to rethink our vote in 2013 if the Government (of President Cristina Fernandez) does not give an answer to our claims.”

• Friday, July 13th 2012 - 03:21 UTC

  Commons report reveals UK sold £ 2.3m of military equipment to Argentina

  

  The British government must exercise more caution in granting licences for the export of arms, according to a parliamentary report which mentions authoritarian regimes such as Bahrain but also areas of direct concern for UK such as Argentina and the Falklands.

• Thursday, July 12th 2012 - 07:16 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez challenges organized labour determined to have Moyano sacked

  

  The Argentine powerful organized labour unions, CGT is heading for a fracture from the moment two different congresses have been convened at different dates, one of them supportive of President Cristina Fernandez’ administration and the other entirely in the opposition.

• Thursday, July 12th 2012 - 07:11 UTC

  Argentina displaces Venezuela as holder of the region’s highest inflation title

  

  Venezuela’s president Hugo Chavez running for re-election received a considerable boost for his campaign from his peer and political associate President Cristina Fernandez when it was revealed that Argentine inflation in the first half was over two digits.

• Thursday, July 12th 2012 - 07:09 UTC

  Argentine economy suffering from a mix of stagnation and strong inflation

  

  The stagnation of the Argentine economy at the end of the first half of the year is “palpable” and so is tension in the money exchange market because of the restrictions on the purchase of US dollars imposed by the government of President Cristina Fernandez, according to a report from economic advisors Ecolatina from Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, July 11th 2012 - 23:02 UTC

  Uruguay concerned with Argentine economy growing misbalances

  

  Uruguay’s Economy minister Fernando Lorenzo expressed concern about the deteriorating indicators from the Argentine economy which could have a negative impact on the country’s activity.

• Wednesday, July 11th 2012 - 20:19 UTC

  Argentina to apply new software for quantifying international jigger fleet

  

  Argentina’s National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development, Inidep, announced the development of software that can process, validate and/or automatically calibrate satellite night images of jiggers operating for squid at the 201 mile.

• Wednesday, July 11th 2012 - 07:17 UTC

  Defence of Argentine sovereignty over Malvinas has become “a regional issue”

  

  The Argentine ambassador in London Alicia Castro said that South America has reached such a degree of unity that it is possible to think “on the defence of Argentine sovereignty over the Malvinas in regional terms”.

• Wednesday, July 11th 2012 - 06:28 UTC

  CFK announces pay rise for the military and plays the nationalistic tune

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández, CFK, announced Tuesday evening a pay rise for all military personnel, effective July first during the Armed Forces annual dinner at the Libertador Building, in the Ministry of Defence.

• Tuesday, July 10th 2012 - 21:07 UTC

  Argentina reports the US and Japan before the WTO for restrictions on beef and lemons

  

  Argentina announced it has formally reported the United States and Japan before the World Trade Organization for the constant barriers set to Argentina’s meat and lemon exports to the afore mentioned countries.