Argentina

• 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.

• Thursday, November 4th 2010 - 05:22 UTC

  Argentine congress holds special sessions in memory of ex President Kirchner

  

  The Argentine Congress held Wednesday evening special sessions in memory of former deputy, Justicialist Party leader, and Union of South American Nations Secretary-General, Néstor Kirchner.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2010 - 23:46 UTC

  Gay-friendly Buenos Aires experiences massive inflow of homosexual tourism

  

  Argentina expects an important inflow of gay tourists this coming season, more specifically the capital Buenos Aires following pioneering legislation making marriage among same sex people legal.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2010 - 04:35 UTC

  Argentine president reaffirms current “economic and social development model”

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) vindicated and praised the economic model launched by her husband and predecessor, deceased former head of state Nestor Kirchner. She also promised to deepen the model.

• Tuesday, November 2nd 2010 - 04:44 UTC

  CFK admits “incredible painful time” but will carry on with her duties

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner spoke Monday at Government House and addressed, for the first time, the death of her husband and ex President Néstor Kirchner.

• Tuesday, November 2nd 2010 - 04:40 UTC

  World Bank warns of “great uncertainty” in Argentina; policy corrections needed

  

  The death of former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner creates “great uncertainty” in South America’s second-biggest economy and a rally in stocks and bonds may have been unwarranted, the World Bank’s chief economist for Latin America said.