Argentina

• Tuesday, August 16th 2011 - 06:09 UTC

  July official inflation in Argentina 0.8%; private estimates, 1.62%

  

  Argentina's official inflation was up to 0.8% in July, the government reported on Monday, but private analysts said the real rate was about double that.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2011 - 06:06 UTC

  Industrial activity soars 9.3% in Argentina led by the auto production

  

  Argentina's industrial activity in June rose 9.3% on the year led by automobile production, according to manufacturers association UIA (Argentine Industrial Union).

• Tuesday, August 16th 2011 - 06:02 UTC

  DNA samples close to solving case of murdered French tourists in Argentina

  

  Forensic studies conducted on the DNA samples found on the bodies of the two murdered French tourists in the Argentine northern province of Salta matched the samples extracted from one of the suspects in the double murder case.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 22:32 UTC

  Chilean family group interested in taking over Shell assets in Argentina

  

  Chile's Luksic family group plans to buy Royal Dutch Shell Plc's assets in Argentina, which include service stations and the country's second-biggest oil refinery, financial daily Ambito Financiero reported on Monday.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 21:52 UTC

  CFK victory in all districts including Buenos Aires City and farming provinces

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was by far the undisputed winner of Sunday’s first-ever simultaneous national primary elections after she was the most voted presidential candidate in all provinces except for San Luis, where the votes went to Alberto Rodríguez Saá.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 11:56 UTC

  USDA estimates Argentine 2011/12 wheat crop at 13.5 million

  

  The coming 2011/12 wheat crop of Argentina will reach 13.5 million tons instead of the 15 million forecasted last July, reported the US Agriculture Department, USDA.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 04:55 UTC

  Landslide victory for CFK with more votes than her main rivals together

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, CFK, won a landslide support Sunday at the unified simultaneous national primaries having collected more votes than the rest of the presidential candidates for next October 23.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 01:13 UTC

  Eighth suspect arrested in connection with killing of French tourists in Argentina

  

  The police from the Argentine province of Salta arrested on Sunday the eighth suspect in connection to the killings of the two French tourists raped and murdered in Quebrada de San Lorenzo last month.

• Sunday, August 14th 2011 - 02:46 UTC

  Argentine presidential primaries a test for the real competition next October 23

  

  Argentina will go to the polls Sunday for simultaneous direct primaries which are also a test to indicate if any of the presidential hopefuls has a real chance of challenging Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner re-election bid next October 23.

• Friday, August 12th 2011 - 17:37 UTC

  Falklands claims Argentina responsible for ending Southern Blue Whiting fishery

  

  Argentina contributes for the destruction of the species Southern Blue Whiting in the South West Atlantic claim Falkland Islands Fisheries Department scientists and fishing company executives.