Argentina

• Monday, August 8th 2011 - 04:03 UTC

  Sarkozy thanks CFK for the investigation of the murder of two French tourists

  

  French President Nicolas Sarkozy called President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, CFK, on Sunday in order to “personally thank her for the outstanding job” carried out by local authorities in the investigation of the murder of two French tourists in Salta.

• Monday, August 8th 2011 - 03:48 UTC

  For Argentina Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty legitimacy conditions any other negotiation

  

  Argentina is not going to make things easy for Britain in the Falkland Islands and the first discussion, before any other issues are addressed, must be the legitimacy of the Malvinas Islands sovereignty, said Argentine Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli in a Sunday interview by Carolina Barrios published in the Buenos Aires Herald.

• Saturday, August 6th 2011 - 00:06 UTC

  Paraguay/Uruguay sale of power remains blocked by Argentina

  

  The sale of power from landlocked Paraguay to Uruguay remains in suspense given a “difference” in the toll price for the use of the Argentine grid to deliver the power.

• Friday, August 5th 2011 - 19:17 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas conflict: To honour the dead, not use them

  

  Argentine Veterans of the 1982 conflict want the bodies of the 123 “unknowns” at Darwin cemetery to be identified.

• Friday, August 5th 2011 - 18:50 UTC

  Argentina blasts US and EU: only way out of crisis is expanding public spending

  

  Argentina's Deputy Economy Minister Roberto Feletti criticized the fiscal austerity measures being implemented in Europe and the US, saying those policies will only hurt the global economy.

• Friday, August 5th 2011 - 18:35 UTC

  France opens court investigation into killing of two students in Argentina

  

  A court investigation over the “kidnapping, rape and murders,” of the two French women killed in Salta, northern Argentina was opened Friday in Paris, French court sources informed.

• Friday, August 5th 2011 - 08:05 UTC

  Developed countries “will try to pass the crisis down on us”, claims CFK

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) referred to plummeting global markets and blasted developed countries for the potential consequences of the crisis. Economy minister Amado Boudou said Argentina was closely following events with concern.

• Friday, August 5th 2011 - 01:43 UTC

  China takes over South Africa’s Standard Bank network in Argentina

  

  Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC) announced Friday it would buy stakes in Standard Bank Argentina and another two institutions from Standard Bank Group Ltd for about 600 million dollars as it expands into South America as part of its global strategy that includes Europe, India and Pakistan.

• Thursday, August 4th 2011 - 22:57 UTC

  French students’ killed in Argentina: claims of suspects beaten by police

  

  The family members of the French tourists who were murdered in Salta, north of Argentina were taken to the scene where the bodies were found to walk across the area, accompanied by the judge in charge of the case.

• Thursday, August 4th 2011 - 19:41 UTC

  CFK re-election bid remains unscathed in spite of recent electoral defeats, says poll

  

  In spite of the latest defeats in the province of Santa Fe and in Buenos Aires City, President Cristina Fernandez, CFK, has sufficient vote intention to ensure her re-election in the first round October 23.