Argentina

• Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 07:10 UTC

  Argentine/Brazil trade talks stalled but ‘technical negotiations’ were good

  

  Brazilian Industry Secretary Alessandro Teixeira said on Wednesday that no progress has been made so far regarding the trade impasse over Brazil’s import delays for Argentine cars and auto parts, but denied any crisis with Argentina since negotiations are on-going.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2011 - 22:37 UTC

  Uruguay/Argentine LNG floating terminal project attracts 39 industry leaders

  

  Uruguay and Argentina have received interest from 39 companies to build infrastructure for a floating LNG terminal, a project they are fast-tracking to start operations by the end of 2013, a project adviser said Tuesday.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2011 - 07:20 UTC

  Brazil/Argentina agree monthly trade meetings and gradual liberation of licences

  

  Brazil and Argentina agreed to monthly meetings on commerce, Argentina said, as the neighbouring countries try to overcome tensions that flared earlier this month over car imports.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2011 - 06:08 UTC

  Chile and Argentina probe alleged bribe case involving Lan and President Piñera

  

  Chilean prosecutors have opened an investigation into an alleged bribe paid to a former Argentine minister by Chile’s flag carrier Lan sometime in 2006/2007 to help with the opening of operations in Argentina. At the time Chilean president Sebastián Piñera was the main share holder of the airline.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2011 - 02:54 UTC

  Reutemann says CFK will seek re-election and downplays clashes with organized labour

  

  A leading and respected Argentine Senator forecasted he is certain that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will be seeking re-election in the October presidential elections, and assured that her recent clash with the organized labour CGT unions’ umbrella are “nothing but mere disagreements.”

• Tuesday, May 24th 2011 - 00:48 UTC

  Argentina auto industry vows export surplus in 2012 after a 6 billion USD deficit in 2010

  

  Ford Motor Argentina is the latest carmaker to sign an agreement with the government to boost exports to compensate for increased imports. Ford has vowed to boost its export surplus to 90 million USD by 2012, the Economy ministry said in a press release Monday. That follows a deficit of 250 million USD in 2010.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2011 - 00:46 UTC

  Argentina’s April trade surplus suffers significant contraction on soaring imports

  

  Argentina's trade surplus narrowed 38% in April compared to a year ago with imports increasing far more swiftly than exports, official data showed on Monday.

• Monday, May 23rd 2011 - 06:16 UTC

  France wants to combat commodities volatility, not limit prices

  

  The best way to cool soaring food prices is to boost output, the Argentine government said, following talks on a French proposal for increased regulation of commodity markets in the framework of a G20 meeting in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, May 23rd 2011 - 01:04 UTC

  Violent riots in Argentine port on rumours two vessels were involved in Falklands oil exploration

  

  Two Norwegian flagged vessels contracted in support of Argentina’s YPF oil rigs in the South Atlantic but which rumours had them working for the Falkland Islands, triggered major rioting and protests Friday and early Saturday in the city of La Plata.

• Monday, May 23rd 2011 - 00:09 UTC

  Argentina and Chile organize winter land SAR operation in Antarctica

  

  Argentina and Chile Antarctic organizations are planning this year’s edition of the Search and Rescue training operation which is scheduled to take place sometime between August and September in the Antarctic Peninsula