Argentina’s organized labour leader Hugo Moyano called on Wednesday for additional workers' presence in the ballots for the coming October election. “It’s not possible that us workers, who created Peronism, are excluded from the ballots” he said.
Argentina's industrial output rose sharply and the trade surplus beat market expectations during the month of February signalling that the economy is still growing strong.
In the Malvinas Islands, guess what? They speak English according to Juan Antonio Agulles, mayor of the Argentine town of Malargüe, recently back from a trip to the Falkland Islands with a delegation of the so-called Rugby with out Frontiers.
Goldman Sachs raised its forecast for Argentina’s economic growth in 2011 after the economy expanded last year at the fastest pace since 2005. Alberto Ramos Goldman Sachs economist raised the GDP expansion estimate to 6.8% from a previous 5.6%, according to an e-mail statement.
Argentina’s powerful organized labour head, Hugo Moyano kept his pressure on the government saying that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, CFK, will seek re-election on October’s elections.
Argentina’s 2010/2011 grains and oilseeds harvest is estimated to have reached 100.46 million tons, which is above last year’s according to the latest technical report from the Ministry of Agriculture released this week.
Several Argentine provinces mistrustful of government statistics, particularly inflation have mounted their own offices which show that consumer prices in the last twelve months have soared on average 27.5%, which is almost two and a half times the official index applicable to Buenos Aires City and Buenos Aires province
Flights began to be resumed late Monday in Argentina’s two main airports after they had to be cancelled due to technical problems with the Control Tower system.
A Southern Cone cruise (Uruguay, Argentina, Falkland Islands and Chile) was described as “the best in the world” by John Tercek, Vice President of Commercial Development, Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited, at last week’s Seatrade Cruise Shipping Miami.
Argentine organized labour continues to put pressure on the government insisting that a representative from the unions should be in the presidential ticket with Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner who is expected in the coming weeks to announce her re-election bid for next October elections.