Argentina

Tuesday, November 9th 2010 - 17:21 UTC
Argentine military Junta leader and “dirty war” brains dies in hospital

Argentine coup leader Emilio Eduardo Massera, 85, died Monday after suffering for years from a heart condition and dementia that left him too ill to be tried for crimes against humanity.
Tuesday, November 9th 2010 - 04:10 UTC
Getting around sovereignty

By Roberto Cox (*) - Few people in Argentina, or Britain for that matter, are aware that in the years leading up to the war that was fought over the possession of the Islands that Argentina calls the Malvinas and Britain the Falklands, the British government was trying to integrate them with the mainland. Out of deference to the islanders — the Kelpers as they are called — I will not be so bold as to write that Britain was intent on giving the islands and their inhabitants to Argentina, but that was the general idea.
Tuesday, November 9th 2010 - 04:00 UTC
Paul McCartney in Buenos Aires ready for the first show on Wednesday

Former Beatle Paul McCartney is resting in a farm in the outskirts of Buenos Aires preparing for the scheduled shows of Wednesday and Thursday at the River Plate stadium.
Tuesday, November 9th 2010 - 00:55 UTC
Population of Buenos Aires province: 15.2 million according to preliminary census

The province of Buenos Aires has the largest population of Argentina having increased 9.9% in the last nine years and reaching 15.2 million according to the preliminary results form the country’s national census.
Monday, November 8th 2010 - 17:37 UTC
30 years on Argentine wool man returns to Falklands

VETERAN Argentine wool-man Joaquin (Jack) B Allolio (71) whose Falklands/Argentine agricultural trade ambitions were interrupted by a war, is to achieve his dream of returning to the Falkland Islands after thirty years.
Monday, November 8th 2010 - 15:15 UTC
Argentina anticipates record crop and export surpluses of wheat and corn

Argentina’s Agriculture and Livestock minister Julian Domínguez and representatives from the cereals and oilseed markets coincided that Argentina will have a record crop this 2010/11 season and considerable export surplus of wheat and corn: 5.5 million and 18.5 million tons respectively.
Monday, November 8th 2010 - 04:17 UTC
Argentine president leaves for Korea to address investors and G-20 summit

Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner travels Monday to South Korea in order to take part in the Heads of State Group of Twenty (G-20) Summit that will be held Thursday and Friday in Seoul.
Saturday, November 6th 2010 - 07:38 UTC
Risk agencies caution about economic policy changes expectations in Argentina

Concern that Argentina’s government is reporting unreliable economic data is keeping Moody’s Investors Service from boosting the nation’s credit rating, said Patrick Esteruelas, an analyst with the company.
Friday, November 5th 2010 - 22:58 UTC
China opens beef market to Argentina; farmers warn lack of sufficient cattle

China will open its market to Argentine beef consolidating the end of a conflict that started earlier this year when Beijing decided to suspend “on sanitary reasons” the import of soy-oil from Argentina, a ban that was only lifted last month.
Friday, November 5th 2010 - 22:38 UTC
Argentina unemployment drops to 7.6% in third quarter from 9.1% a year ago

Argentina's unemployment rate fell to 7.6% in the third quarter of this year from 9.1% percent in the same period of 2009 as the economy rebounded, President Cristina Fernandez said on Friday.