Argentina

Thursday, June 2nd 2011 - 04:38 UTC
Argentina expected to return to international credit markets at the end of 2011

Barclays Capital expects the administration of President Cristina Fernandez might issue bonds on international credit markets towards the end of this year in a bid to prop up Argentina's fast-growing economy.
Wednesday, June 1st 2011 - 08:56 UTC
Grondona: the only time I asked for something was for the English to return our Malvinas Islands

Julio Grondona president of Argentina’s Football Association, AFA, and FIFA Vice-president strongly denied having been bribed to support Qatar World Cup bid in 2022 and said the only time he ever asked for something was when he told the English they could have his vote “if they returned what belongs to Argentina, the Malvinas Islands”.
Tuesday, May 31st 2011 - 22:57 UTC
Cristina Fernandez plans to launch re-election bid June 23, says close associate

Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner may announce her bid to run for re-election at a rally on June 23, according to ruling-party lawmaker and close associate of the head of state, Carlos Kunkel.
Tuesday, May 31st 2011 - 08:32 UTC
CFK praises Mexico and thanks Calderón for understanding Argentine trade policy

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, CFK, described relations with Mexico as “splendorous” and said links are solid because both countries “have helped each other through out difficult times in history”.
Tuesday, May 31st 2011 - 08:22 UTC
Industry ministers meet in Brasilia to address Argentina/Brazil trade differences

Argentine Industry Minister, Debora Giorgi, and her Brazilian counterpart Fernando Pimentel will meet this Thursday in Brasilia in order to discuss a possible solution for the trade conflict currently affecting Brazil and Argentina
Tuesday, May 31st 2011 - 07:32 UTC
Argentine provincial elections confirm support for President Cristina Fernandez

“This victory belongs to the President (Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner)” said governor elect of the Argentine province of La Rioja, Luis Beder Herrera after he swept with 67% of ballots in Sunday’s election.
Monday, May 30th 2011 - 06:20 UTC
“The best thing for Argentina is for Cristina to become president again”

“The best thing that could happen to Argentina is for Cristina Fernández de Kirchner “to become President again” said Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo at the close of the national congress of the ruling Justicialista Party who nevertheless suggested has yet to decide when to register.
Monday, May 30th 2011 - 06:05 UTC
Ex Brazilian minister calls for treating Argentina gently, “not with a cannon ball”

Former Brazilian Industry and Foreign Trade Minister Miguel Jorge decided to weight in on the bilateral trade conflict currently affecting Brazil and Argentina, and surprisingly came out in defence of the Cristina Fernández de Kirchner administration, comparing President Rousseff’s move to impose non-automatic licenses on car and auto-parts imports as “firing a cannon ball.”
Monday, May 30th 2011 - 05:51 UTC
CFK ratified her administration’s economic policies before Mexican business elite

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner ratified before Mexican businessmen that her government will continue to advance the current ‘development inclusion model’ with strong policies in support of the domestic market and exports with added value.
Sunday, May 29th 2011 - 20:05 UTC
Argentine refurbished ice-breaker should be ready for 2012/13 Antarctic season

The Argentine navy icebreaker “Almirante Irizar” which became an almost total loss in 2007 should be back fully refurbished and operational for the 2012/2013 Antarctic season following an investment of over 100 million US dollars reveals the Buenos Aires press.