Argentina

Monday, October 24th 2011 - 06:59 UTC
Governor Scioli re-elected governor of the crucial Buenos Aires province

The ruling coalition of Argentine President Cristina Kirchner also had a landslide performance in the governorships taking eight out of nine, with an impressive victory in Buenos Aires where governor Daniel Scioli was re-elected by with 56% of the vote, even better than his mentor.
Monday, October 24th 2011 - 06:50 UTC
Argentine patrols harass Falklands’ licensed jiggers outside the port of Montevideo

Spanish jiggers operating in the South Atlantic with Falkland Islands licences complain they are been harassed by the Argentine Navy just a few miles away from the port of Montevideo where they call for discharging, maintenance and bunkering.
Monday, October 24th 2011 - 06:45 UTC
Argüello claims the UK is ‘stealing’ fisheries resources from Argentine Malvinas

Jorge Argüello, Argentina's permanent representative to the United Nations, accused the United Kingdom of stealing Argentine fisheries resources around the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.
Monday, October 24th 2011 - 02:58 UTC
CFK manages re-election with the widest margin since restoration of democracy

President Cristina Fernandez was re-elected in a landslide Sunday, winning with the widest victory margin in Argentina since the recovery of democracy in 1983. At midnight and with 58% of polling stations reporting CFK had 53% of the vote with runner up Socialist Hermes Binner collecting 17.7%.
Saturday, October 22nd 2011 - 04:29 UTC
“Closer political links with Brazil” can be expected if CFK is re-elected

The most certain re-election of Cristina Fernandez as Argentina president on Sunday 23 October is expected to signal more intense and closer relations with Brazil, expanding to other foreign affairs issues and working on a shared international agenda according to analysts from both countries .
Saturday, October 22nd 2011 - 04:26 UTC
CFK poised for landslide victory and control of the congress on Sunday

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez (CFK) should be comfortably re-elected Sunday with a landslide victory which according to the latest public opinion polls indicate a support ranging from 52% to 55%
Saturday, October 22nd 2011 - 04:24 UTC
Booming regional dairy industry will meet in Uruguay to talk expansion plans

The Pan-American Milk Federation, Frepale, is scheduled to meet in Uruguay next November 15/17 to celebrate its twentieth anniversary. The federation, the strongest in the region chose Punta del Este for the event because it was here that it was born two decades ago.
Saturday, October 22nd 2011 - 00:43 UTC
Mercosur and EU will be ready to exchange trade proposals ‘in June 2012’

Mercosur and the European Union are committed to presenting their proposals with list of products for a free trade agreement in June 2012, announced on Friday Uruguay’s Foreign Affaire minister Luis Almagro.
Friday, October 21st 2011 - 05:34 UTC
Fitch warns Argentina on ‘inconsistent policies’ that spur inflation and volatility

Argentina’s sovereign rating is “heavily constrained by inconsistent” policies that have accelerated inflation and economic volatility, Fitch Ratings said three days before presidential elections.
Friday, October 21st 2011 - 01:45 UTC
Beef per capita consumption in Argentina drops to half in 53 years

Beef consumption in Argentina registered in 2011 its lowest per capita in 53 years, having dropped approximately 50% from 98.4 kilos in 1958 to 53.4 kilos last June according to the Institute for the Promotion of Beef.