Argentina

• Friday, April 15th 2011 - 00:01 UTC

  ‘Argentina’s protectionism’ the great obstacle for EU/Mercosur trade talks

  

  European Union’s top trade negotiator, Karel de Gucht, accused Argentina of being “the great obstacle” in an association agreement between the EU and Mercosur, and threatened to take the case before the WTO.

• Thursday, April 14th 2011 - 23:22 UTC

  Argentine de facto president following Falklands’ war defeat sentenced to life imprisonment

  

  The military officer who as de facto president led Argentina following the Falkland Islands invasion defeat in 1982 was sentenced to life in prison over human rights violations committed during the country’s last military dictatorship, 1976/1983.

• Thursday, April 14th 2011 - 19:47 UTC

  Argentine soy-oil industry diversifies markets following China’s ban

  

  China is far from normalizing soy-oil purchases in Argentina since it has not placed new orders according to the Argentina Cooking Oil Industry Chamber, CIARA. However the industry has managed to diversify markets.

• Thursday, April 14th 2011 - 19:43 UTC

  Venezuela and Argentina have the highest inflation rates in South America

  

  Venezuela and Argentina recorded the highest rates of inflation in South America during the first quarter of 2011 according to the latest data available.

• Thursday, April 14th 2011 - 16:50 UTC

  Doctors tell Argentine president to cancels Mexico trip and rest another 24 hours

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner cancelled her trip to Mexico City and rescheduled it for May 30 after being told by Presidential Medical Unit doctors to rest for a further 24 hours, despite showing a 'satisfactory improvement' from the turn of low blood pressure she suffered Tuesday.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 05:31 UTC

  Re-elected governor gives full support to CFK re-election; criticizes Moyano

  

  A recently re-elected Argentine provincial governor gave his full support for the re-election of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, CFK, and asked for “more limits” to be imposed on Hugo Moyano, Argentina’s organized labour chief who attacked the incumbent candidate during the campaign.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 05:28 UTC

  Cristina suffers hypotension and suspends all official activities for 24 hours

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was forced to suspend all of her official activities for the next 24 hours after suffering from low blood pressure in the Olivos presidential residence. She is expected to remain there under observation until Wednesday.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 04:44 UTC

  Turkey slams Argentine Judge ruling blaming Ottomans for Armenian genocide

  

  Turkey has slammed an Argentine judge's ruling that it committed genocide against Armenians around the time of World War I. The Turkish Foreign Affairs Ministry said the ruling was an example of how legal systems are abused by extreme nationalists belonging to the Armenian Diaspora.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2011 - 04:20 UTC

  IMF presents report to develop a new consumer price index in Argentina

  

  The IMF has presented a report to Argentine authorities with specific recommendations for developing a new, nationwide consumer price index to replace the much-criticized current index, the fund said in a press release Monday.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2011 - 04:11 UTC

  Argentina poised to grow 6% in 2011, but highly exposed to Brazil dependency

  

  Strong demand in Brazil and Latin America has created the conditions for a stronger-than-expected economic rebound in Argentina, an IMF official said on Monday.