Argentina

Tuesday, January 3rd 2012 - 02:56 UTC
Cristina Fernandez returns to Buenos Aires ahead of Wednesday’s surgery

After spending New Year’s Eve with her family, Argentine President Cristina Fernández returned to Buenos Aires Monday midday from El Calafate, Santa Cruz province, less than 48 hours before she undergoes surgery for a thyroid gland carcinoma.
Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 20:51 UTC
Cristina Fernandez confirms full support for new governor of Rio Negro

A senior lawmaker from the ruling coalition of Argentine President Cristina Kirchner said that the Peronist party in the province of Rio Negro “would stand by” Vice-Governor Alberto Weretilneck, scheduled to take office as provincial governor on Tuesday due to the death of former governor Carlos Soria.
Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 06:21 UTC
Saudi dairy farm buys 30.000 acres of prime land in Argentina

Saudi Arabia's largest dairy company announced it was buying Argentine farm operator Fondomonte for 83 million dollars to secure access to a supply of animal feed. The acquisition will give Riyadh-based Almarai Co. control of roughly 30,000 acres of farmland just ahead of tough new limits to be imposed by Argentina's government on foreign ownership of productive land.
Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 06:15 UTC
Argentine central bank confirms (unorthodox) growth policies for 2012

Argentina's economy should expand by 4.5% to 7.5% in 2012 according to the Central bank that also warned about the threat of the consequences of the Euro crisis. The bank’s latest approved monetary program states that the policies that have helped Argentina's economy boom over the last nine years will remain largely in place.
Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 06:07 UTC
Peronist youth organize a ‘donate blood’ campaign in solidarity with CFK

As a demonstration of support for Argentine President Cristina Fernandez who will undergo surgery for a thyroid carcinoma, the youth branch of the ruling Argentine Peronist Party has invited the Argentine people to donate blood to local clinics and hospitals.
Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 06:00 UTC
Australia was prepared to take refugees from the Falklands during 1982 conflict

Australia’s Malcolm Fraser Government considered taking British refugees from the Falkland Islands at the height of the South Atlantic conflict in 1982, reports the Sydney press based on the release of National Archives.
Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 00:40 UTC
Argentine Patagonian province governor killed in New Year in ‘strange’ incident

The Governor of the Argentine Patagonian province of Rio Negro died in the early morning of the first day of 2012 after having allegedly received two shots in the face. Governor Carlos Soria, an ally of President Cristina Fernandez had ended last October 28 years of opposition dominance of his province.
Saturday, December 31st 2011 - 18:50 UTC
The grueling three-country Dakar Rally takes off from Mar del Plata to Lima

The 33 edition of the Dakar Rally got off to a symbolic start on Saturday ahead of a 15-day race that will take 466 registered competitors from Argentina through Chile to a finish in Lima, Peru.
Saturday, December 31st 2011 - 18:43 UTC
A Malvinas war veteran dies in an attempt to cross to the Falklands in a kayak

A Malvinas war veteran drowned in an attempt to reach the Falkland Islands in a kayak from Ushuaia while his companion was rescued by an Argentine Navy patrol and is in hospital in a state of chock, reported the Buenos Aires press in the last day of 2011.
Saturday, December 31st 2011 - 03:18 UTC
Thatcher was warned about risks of Navy cuts a year before the Falklands conflict

Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was warned about the risks in slashing Britain's navy, a year before the 1982 Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, secret files released Friday showed.