Argentina

Monday, July 30th 2012 - 05:14 UTC
End of blackout to Buenos Aires plazas but now the Obelisk flag was stolen

A good one and a bad one for the government of the City of Buenos Aires: Economy minister Nestor Grindetti announced that an agreement had been reached with power companies to bring light back to several public areas of the city that had remained in the dark for several days due to unpaid bills.
Monday, July 30th 2012 - 05:09 UTC
Argentine farmers’ leader calls for “the end to corruption and intolerance”

Argentine Rural Society (SRA) head Hugo Biolcati said that Argentine institutions are “deteriorating“ and that ”the Constitution” is no longer in use, as he inaugurated this weekend the 126th annual edition of the camp exhibition at the Palermo Rural pavilion in the City of Buenos Aires.
Monday, July 30th 2012 - 04:48 UTC
Mujica will try to appease ‘lady’ Cristina and have closer links with Dilma

President Jose Mujica travels to Brasilia on Monday for the Mercosur extraordinary summit on Venezuela, but his agenda also includes talking with Cristina Fernandez about the latest clash referred to the dredging of a shared River Plate access canal and with host Dilma Rousseff about his growing proximity to Brazil.
Monday, July 30th 2012 - 04:42 UTC
The significance of Venezuela for Brazil underlined by the country’s diplomats

Brazilian diplomats revealed during a television Globo News debate details of the controversial procedure applied by Mercosur countries to suspend Paraguay and agree the incorporation of Venezuela as full member.
Saturday, July 28th 2012 - 11:21 UTC
Argentine grains futures market in shock: government wants operations in Pesos

Argentina could require that grains futures be listed in the local Peso currency the head of the central bank said on Friday, a move that traders said would paralyze markets in the leading global food supplier.
Saturday, July 28th 2012 - 02:12 UTC
Mujica forecasts Venezuela will rapidly become Uruguay’s third trade partner

Uruguayan president Jose Mujica strongly defended the incorporation of Venezuela to Mercosur and forecasted that in a short time the country will become Uruguay’s third trade associate, behind China and Brazil.
Saturday, July 28th 2012 - 00:10 UTC
Russia investing heavily in becoming self sufficient in beef production

Russian President Vladimir Putin has an ambitious plan to cut his country's 3 billion dollars annual import bill for beef. He even aspires to return Russia's beef industry to its pre-revolutionary stature.
Friday, July 27th 2012 - 05:50 UTC
US urges Argentina to normalize relations with international financial community

US Department of State Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Mike Hammer urged the Argentine Government to normalize its relations with the international financial community and confirmed President Obama’s administration intention of having “the best possible relations” with Argentina.
Friday, July 27th 2012 - 05:34 UTC
Lisa: CFK scaring its own people with the military routine exercises in Falklands

The editor of the Falkland Islands weekly Penguin News twitted that Argentine president Cristina Fernandez is scaring its own people, regarding military exercises in the Islands, which Lisa Watson underlines are “routine”.
Friday, July 27th 2012 - 05:29 UTC
Best looking women cities: Kiev, Stockholm and in the neighborhood Buenos Aires

Travelers Digest's Top Ten Cities With The Most Beautiful Woman says Kiev is 'without a doubt, home to the world’s most beautiful women', closely followed by Stockholm and not so distant Buenos Aires.