Argentina

• Thursday, August 11th 2011 - 07:04 UTC

  UN Assembly president and Timerman discuss Falklands/Malvinas situation and Unasur

  

  Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Héctor Timerman received on Wednesday the president of the United Nations General Assembly, Joseph Deiss to discuss “the Malvinas situation, Unasur growing presence and the international financial crisis”, among other global issues.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 17:59 UTC

  Argentine police confirms gun confiscated was used to kill French tourists

  

  The Argentine Police investigating the double-murder case of the French tourists in Salta confirmed Wednesday that the gun confiscated last Saturday from the six people arrested in connection with the crime, was the weapon used to kill the young French women, a Salta court spokesperson said.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 07:18 UTC

  Murdered French women suspects’ genetic samples sent to Buenos Aires for DNA testing

  

  Genetic samples extracted from the six suspects arrested in connection to the murder of two French tourists in the northern Argentina province of Salta were submitted Tuesday to the Biochemistry School at the University of Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, August 9th 2011 - 22:17 UTC

  Argentina’s Congress ‘inflation index’ for July, 1.62%, doubles the official rate

  

  Argentina’s “Congress inflation index” reached 1.62% in July, confirming well over 23% for the last twelve months according to the latest release from the Lower House.

• Tuesday, August 9th 2011 - 21:09 UTC

  Argentina (and South America) “prepared to face rich countries economic crisis”

  

  Argentina’s Minister of Economy and President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner running mate for the upcoming presidential elections Amado Boudou stressed Tuesday that the country is ready to face the recent international economic crisis that has pushed world markets down for the past week.

• Tuesday, August 9th 2011 - 19:25 UTC

  “Demanding Falklands’ sovereignty talks before anything else, states Argentina’ current default position”

  

  In an interview with the Buenos Aires Herald, Argentine Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli demands that Falklands’ sovereignty talks must be started before any other issues can be discussed.

• Monday, August 8th 2011 - 05:36 UTC

  Argentina’s second electoral district elects incumbent candidate for governor

  

  Argentina’s second electoral district voted on Sunday for incumbent candidate, Jose Manuel de la Sota as the next governor of the province of Cordoba.

• 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.