Argentina

• Wednesday, October 19th 2011 - 07:01 UTC

  Brazilian press not fond of CFK and criticizes her populism and use of icons

  

  Brazilian media toughened up its opinion about President Cristina Fernandez ahead of the general elections on Sunday. Several news vehicles have run stories on CFK use of alleged populism and of political icons such as Juan Domingo Péron and Eva Perón and the Peronism to draw in more votes.

• Wednesday, October 19th 2011 - 06:47 UTC

  Three men charged with the rape and killing of French tourists in Argentina

  

  Three men were charged in Argentina with murder and aggravated sexual abuse in the case of two French tourists who were found shot to death in a nature preserve to the north of the country nearly three months ago.

• Wednesday, October 19th 2011 - 06:32 UTC

  Argentine farmers promise that “claims from our sector will keep coming”

  

  Argentine Rural Society’s head, Hugo Biolcati, praised the visit President Cristina Fernández made to Coninagro farmers’ federation, but emphasized that “the claims from our sector will keep coming.”

• Tuesday, October 18th 2011 - 18:42 UTC

  As volcanic ash cloud recedes air traffic returning to normal in Argentina and Uruguay

  

  Regular operations have gradually resumed at the main airports of Buenos Aires and in Montevideo’s Carrasco air terminal, where most flights had been cancelled since Sunday due to ash cloud generated from Chile's volcano eruption, authorities said.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2011 - 09:01 UTC

  Mujica: relations with Argentina excellent; Vazquez retiring is ‘no tragedy’

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica currently visiting Germany said that relations with Argentine are very good and forecasted that President Cristina Fernandez will win he re-election bid next Sunday as he had anticipated two years ago.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2011 - 08:54 UTC

  Argentine farmers join the fold and say the conflict ‘is over’ and praise CFK

  

  One of the four rural organizations that for several years clashed with the Argentine government over export taxes considers the conflict “to be over” and said that President Cristina Fernandez “remains committed to helping the farming sector”.

• Monday, October 17th 2011 - 18:09 UTC

  International Oil and Gas expo in Buenos Aires with 300 exhibitors

  

  Argentina's 8th International Oil & Gas Expo, sponsored by the Argentine Institute of Petroleum and Gas is taking place this week in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, October 17th 2011 - 04:09 UTC

  Argüello insists: Falklands ‘lives off MPA and the British Antarctic Survey’

  

  Argentine representative before United Nations Jorge Argüello insisted in a public statement that ”be it not for the aid from London, the Falkland Islands could under no concept subsist without its natural continent, South America”.

• Saturday, October 15th 2011 - 04:30 UTC

  Argentine September official inflation 0.8%, less than half private estimates

  

  September inflation in Argentina climbed 0.8%, less than half the estimate from private consultants, according to the latest report from the discredited Statistics and Census Institute, Indec. In nine months accumulated inflation reached 7.3% and compared to a year ago, 9.9%.

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 21:44 UTC

  Falklands’ government responds Argüello’s ‘poorly researched comments’ in Mexico

  

  The Falkland Islands government responded Friday to the Argentine ambassador to United Nations Jorge Argüello for his comments on the Falklands’ economy and self-sufficiency while in Mexico.