Argentina

• Saturday, June 23rd 2012 - 03:25 UTC

  Mercosur/Unasur anticipate “appropriate measures” against coup in Paraguay

  

  President Cristina Fernández assured on Friday night that “Argentina does not condone the coup in Paraguay” and anticipated that “appropriate measures” will be taken at next week’s Mercosur Summit, scheduled to take place in Mendoza.

• Friday, June 22nd 2012 - 08:40 UTC

  Argentina experiences tighter trade surplus and slower industrial growth in May

  

  Argentina’s trade surplus was 1.5 billion dollars in May, compared to 1.71bn a year earlier according to the official stats office Indec, while industrial production in the same month continued to languish, according to the medium estimate of more than 50 banks, economic research firms and universities surveyed by the Central Bank.

• Thursday, June 21st 2012 - 20:26 UTC

  Teamsters return to work in Argentina, but new national strike programmed for next week

  

  Argentina’s head of organized labour confederation CGT, Hugo Moyano came on stage Thursday afternoon to announce the end of the national strike led by the Teamsters’ union.

• Thursday, June 21st 2012 - 18:00 UTC

  Dollar clamp measures hit Argentine mining industry and exports are “at bare minimum”

  

  Mining companies in Argentina have sharply reduced exports because they are unable to meet a new government rule forcing them to cash in the proceeds within 30 days, the head of an industry group said.

• Thursday, June 21st 2012 - 16:42 UTC

  Uruguay/Argentina agree to 3-month hake ban in the shared maritime zone

  

  Argentina and Uruguay agreed a ban on hake catching in the shared maritime zone beginning next July first, confirmed on Thursday Uruguayan Aquatic Resources Department (Dinara) sources.

• Thursday, June 21st 2012 - 15:53 UTC

  Argentina running out of fuel; strikers challenge Cristina Fernandez and rally at Plaza de Mayo

  

  Argentina is on the verge of a possible oil national and gas shortage within the next few hours as the teamsters three day strike knocks out refineries distribution in spite of the government’s decision to fine the union and file charges against the leaders of the mobilization.

• Thursday, June 21st 2012 - 06:17 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez forced to return to address a three-day teamsters strike

  

  As Argentine president Cristina Fernandez was landing in Buenos Aires Wednesday night cutting short her international tour, Gendarmerie forces were clashing with striking teamsters at a major fuel refinery which is vital for the supply of gas to the province of Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, June 21st 2012 - 06:00 UTC

  Welsh nationalist party rebuffs Argentine approach on Falklands’ dispute

  

  Diplomats from the Argentine embassy in London invited senior representatives from Plaid Cymru, for talks in the past six months, reports The Daily Telegraph.

• Thursday, June 21st 2012 - 05:51 UTC

  Argentine government authorizes the export of 6 million tons of 2012/13 wheat

  

  Argentina's government authorized this week the export of 6 million tons of 2012/13 wheat as farmers advance with early plantings, officials said.

• Thursday, June 21st 2012 - 05:46 UTC

  Drought hit Argentina soy beans and corn crops really hard

  

  Argentina's biggest grains exchange trimmed its forecast for 2011/12 soy output this week to 40.5 million tons, down from May's estimate of 40.9 million tons as harvesting enters the home stretch.