Argentina

Monday, June 13th 2011 - 16:20 UTC
Agriculture emergency is Argentine Patagonia because of the volcanic ash

The Argentine government is expected to announce Monday an agriculture emergency in several Patagonian areas as a consequence of the Chilean Andes volcanic eruption that has covered most of the territory with a blanket of ash leaving thousands of sheep with no water or pasture.
Monday, June 13th 2011 - 12:37 UTC
Argentina in 2011 is exporting more fish than beef

Argentina’s cattle herd and beef production continues to contract and the latest statistics give full support to the tendency that begun in 2006: in the first four months of the year fisheries exports were more significant that beef overseas sales.
Monday, June 13th 2011 - 12:10 UTC
US main interest is a “stable Argentina”, warns Falklands Task Force head

The head of the Royal Navy Task Force that recovered the Falkland Islands during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict has warned about UK defense cuts and underlined that United States has little interest in supporting Britain in any conflict since a stable Argentina is more important to the State Department.
Monday, June 13th 2011 - 11:33 UTC
Ban Ki-moon in Argentina; Falklands/Malvinas question on the table

UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon is in Buenos Aires for a two-day official visit and will be meeting President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Monday morning. Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman is expected to bring up the “question of Falklands/Malvinas”.
Saturday, June 11th 2011 - 11:27 UTC
Cristina Fernandez presidential bid “is headed towards a predictable scenario”

The candidacy of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner “is headed towards a predictable scenario” assured Buenos Aires province Governor Daniel Scioli in an interview he granted to Ambito Financiero's new TV show, “Ambito de debate”.
Saturday, June 11th 2011 - 10:38 UTC
Successful launching of Argentine/NASA satellite to map oceans’ surface salinity

The joint Argentine/US satellite Aquarius/SAC-D (Satellite de Aplicaciones Cientaficas) mission was successfully launched Friday from Vandenberg military air base in California. Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said the Argentines “on this day should feel happy and proud”.
Saturday, June 11th 2011 - 09:38 UTC
Flights from Buenos Aires and Montevideo airports gradually begin to normalize

As the volcanic ash cloud begun dissipating airlines operating from the airports of Buenos Aires, Montevideo, and the south of Brazil resumed some flights Friday afternoon but it will take several days to be back to normal as companies reprogram backlogs.
Friday, June 10th 2011 - 05:55 UTC
The South Cone and Falklands remain under the volcanic ash cloud

Uruguay, most of Argentina, the south of Chile and even the Falkland Islands is the South Atlantic are suffering the consequences of the volcanic ash cloud that remains hovering over the region forcing airlines to cancel flights until further notice.
Thursday, June 9th 2011 - 21:25 UTC
World conquering Argentina ants defeated and rolled back in California

Argentine ants are showing up all over the world-conquering the entire coastline around the Mediterranean Sea, parts of South Africa, Hawaii, Japan and Australia, as well as the full length of the California coastline-and no native ant species has been known to withstand their onslaught until now.
Thursday, June 9th 2011 - 14:19 UTC
Montevideo and Buenos Aires flights cancelled as ash cloud remains over the area

Flights from Uruguay’s main international airport Carrasco and from Buenos Aires busiest air terminals have been cancelled Thursday until further notice because of the volcanic ash cloud which again is hovering over the River Plate as winds have changed.