Argentina

• Wednesday, September 28th 2011 - 00:58 UTC

  Argentine 2010/11 crop a “historic record” breaks 100 million tons benchmark

  

  Argentina 2010/2011 crop reached 102.082 million tons of grains and oil seeds, a ‘historic record’, according to an official release from the Ministry of Agriculture.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2011 - 22:35 UTC

  Argentina’s bumpy ride (and hopefully smooth landing)

  

  The following piece was written by Andrés Velasco, a former Minister of Finance of Chile, and visiting professor at Columbia University for 2011-2012. As a neighbour of Argentina, first, and then as an economist he is well entitled to give an accurate briefing.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2011 - 05:58 UTC

  World Bank reminds Argentina of G20 duties and urges payment of defaulted debts

  

  Argentina should pay its debt with the Paris Club group of creditor nations if it wants to continue receiving foreign investment, said Paolo Martelli, director for Latin America of the World Bank’s International Finance Corp, reports Buenos Aires daily La Nación.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2011 - 05:15 UTC

  UK reaffirms Falklands’ sovereignty: ‘they are British and not negotiable’

  

  The UK has no doubts about Falkland Islands sovereignty: ‘they are British and they are not negotiable’, said on Monday a Foreign Office spokesperson in reply to a Sunday statement from the G77 plus China calling on Argentina and UK to resume sovereignty negotiations over the South Atlantic Islands.

• Monday, September 26th 2011 - 06:45 UTC

  Given global crises Argentina urges region countries “to implement their own solutions”

  

  Argentine Economy Minister Amado Boudou urged countries in the region to “seize the opportunity created as a result of the crisis affecting developed nations and implement their own solutions.”

• Monday, September 26th 2011 - 06:34 UTC

  IMF insists Argentina must improve measuring inflation method

  

  Nicolas Eyzaguirre, the IMF director for Latin America, stated that Argentina must apply “major measures” to improve its method of measuring the inflation.

• Monday, September 26th 2011 - 06:27 UTC

  The Economist analyzes trade restrictions (protectionism) in Argentina and Brazil

  

  The Economist in its latest edition has a two-chapter piece on trade restrictions imposed by South America’s two biggest economies. The first (“Keep Out”) refers to Argentina and the second (“A self made siege’) to Brazil.

• Monday, September 26th 2011 - 04:43 UTC

  Argentine inflation controversy reaches the courts: Judge subpoenaed reporters

  

  An Argentine Judge has subpoenaed six newspapers for the names and phone numbers of all reporters and editors who have covered Argentina's economy the past five years, so they can be called as witnesses against their sources.

• Monday, September 26th 2011 - 04:07 UTC

  Los Pumas snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

  

  No one would relish a match against the host nation of the Rugby World Cup, but Argentina, unless the improbable happens next weekend, will face the “All Blacks” in the quarter-finals on 9th October.

• Monday, September 26th 2011 - 03:34 UTC

  G77 urges UK to return to Malvinas sovereignty negotiations with Argentina

  

  For the first time ever the 131 Foreign Affaire ministers from the countries in the G77 coalition plus China urged the United Kingdom to return to negotiations with Argentina over the sovereignty of the Falklands/Malvinas Islands, the Argentine Foreign Ministry informed on Sunday.