Argentina

• Wednesday, October 19th 2011 - 07:23 UTC

  After the Falklands war, Brazil helped repatriate Argentine repressor jailed in the UK

  

  The Brazilian dictatorship mediated before London in 1982 to have Navy Captain and notorious repressor Alfredo Astiz, repatriated to Argentina from Britain, where he had been flown after he surrendered the South Georgia garrison to the British Task Force.

• Wednesday, October 19th 2011 - 07:11 UTC

  Argentina’s economy still roaring at full speed, say official stats

  

  Argentina’s monthly economic activity index (EMAE) climbed 8.6% in August, compared to the same month of 2010 and 0.6% over July, Indec the national statistics bureau reported Tuesday.

• Wednesday, October 19th 2011 - 07:07 UTC

  Argentine football ‘dictator’ “Don Julio” elected for an ninth time running

  

  FIFA senior vice-president Julio Grondona, key right-hand man to Sepp Blatter, won a record ninth four-year term as Argentine Football Association (AFA) chief on Tuesday which will keep him in office until 2015.

• Wednesday, October 19th 2011 - 07:01 UTC

  Brazilian press not fond of CFK and criticizes her populism and use of icons

  

  Brazilian media toughened up its opinion about President Cristina Fernandez ahead of the general elections on Sunday. Several news vehicles have run stories on CFK use of alleged populism and of political icons such as Juan Domingo Péron and Eva Perón and the Peronism to draw in more votes.

• Wednesday, October 19th 2011 - 06:47 UTC

  Three men charged with the rape and killing of French tourists in Argentina

  

  Three men were charged in Argentina with murder and aggravated sexual abuse in the case of two French tourists who were found shot to death in a nature preserve to the north of the country nearly three months ago.

• Wednesday, October 19th 2011 - 06:32 UTC

  Argentine farmers promise that “claims from our sector will keep coming”

  

  Argentine Rural Society’s head, Hugo Biolcati, praised the visit President Cristina Fernández made to Coninagro farmers’ federation, but emphasized that “the claims from our sector will keep coming.”

• Tuesday, October 18th 2011 - 18:42 UTC

  As volcanic ash cloud recedes air traffic returning to normal in Argentina and Uruguay

  

  Regular operations have gradually resumed at the main airports of Buenos Aires and in Montevideo’s Carrasco air terminal, where most flights had been cancelled since Sunday due to ash cloud generated from Chile's volcano eruption, authorities said.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2011 - 09:01 UTC

  Mujica: relations with Argentina excellent; Vazquez retiring is ‘no tragedy’

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica currently visiting Germany said that relations with Argentine are very good and forecasted that President Cristina Fernandez will win he re-election bid next Sunday as he had anticipated two years ago.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2011 - 08:54 UTC

  Argentine farmers join the fold and say the conflict ‘is over’ and praise CFK

  

  One of the four rural organizations that for several years clashed with the Argentine government over export taxes considers the conflict “to be over” and said that President Cristina Fernandez “remains committed to helping the farming sector”.

• Monday, October 17th 2011 - 18:09 UTC

  International Oil and Gas expo in Buenos Aires with 300 exhibitors

  

  Argentina's 8th International Oil & Gas Expo, sponsored by the Argentine Institute of Petroleum and Gas is taking place this week in Buenos Aires.