Argentina

• Thursday, March 1st 2012 - 04:09 UTC

  European MP calls for end to Argentine aid until it stops threatening Falklands

  

  A several million pounds EU aid program to help Argentina should be halted until the country stops “threatening” Britain over the Falkland Islands, said member of the European parliament Nerj Deva.

• Wednesday, February 29th 2012 - 14:35 UTC

  Foreign Office summons Argentine diplomat; limiting trade “counterproductive”

  

  Argentina's top diplomat in Britain was summoned to London's Foreign Office on Wednesday to explain his country's decision to ask 20 leading companies to stop importing British products and supplies.

• Wednesday, February 29th 2012 - 07:42 UTC

  Unasur presidents invited to Tierra del Fuego on 2 April, anniversary of the Malvinas war

  

  The Union of South American Nations, Unasur presidents have been invited by Argentina to a ceremony in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, next 2 April when the official beginning of the Malvinas war three decades ago.

• Wednesday, February 29th 2012 - 07:41 UTC

  Argentine teachers strike delays school year; four million children remain at home

  

  Almost 60% of Argentina’s school children could not begin the new school year and had to remain at home because of a 48 hours teachers strike following the collapse of salary negotiations.

• Wednesday, February 29th 2012 - 07:24 UTC

  Argentina spending more than it produces; “default situation” can’t be discarded

  

  Argentina currently consumes more than it produces and only with strong growth can it avoid another default situation since liabilities continue to increase, warns economist Diana Mondino.

• Wednesday, February 29th 2012 - 07:14 UTC

  Argentines flood Chile to purchase electronic devices and home appliances

  

  Seven out of ten Argentine cars that cross to Chile return home with electronic devices and home appliances bought in some Chilean city, according to a report from the Buenos Aires daily La Nación.

• Wednesday, February 29th 2012 - 01:43 UTC

  Pink Floyd lead singer says the Malvinas Islands “belong to Argentina”

  

  Former Pink Floyd lead singer Roger Waters, who has nine shows scheduled in Buenos Aires at the River Plate stadium this March, assured that the Malvinas Islands “belong to Argentina. He also stated that the 1982 war between Argentina and the UK “saved then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s political career.”

• Wednesday, February 29th 2012 - 01:24 UTC

  Argentina urges industry and business to cut imports from the UK

  

  The Buenos Aires media, basically the ambito.com site reports that Argentine industry and business leaders were contacted by the Ministry of Industry which tried to persuade them from buying British supplies.

• Tuesday, February 28th 2012 - 19:09 UTC

  UK ‘sad and frustrated’ with Argentine decision to turn away cruise vessels sailing from Falklands

  

  The British government has said it is a source of ”sadness and frustrated” that Argentina decided to turn away British tourists wishing to visit Argentina as a result of the ongoing row over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, February 28th 2012 - 19:07 UTC

  Argentine government takes over train line involved in tragic accident

  

  The Argentine government announced on Tuesday it was taking over two train lines, one of which was involved in last week’s tragic accident in a downtown Buenos Aires terminal which killed 51 people and left another 704 injured.