Argentina

• Wednesday, July 21st 2010 - 07:14 UTC

  Amnesty International praises Argentina’s same-sex marriage landmark bill

  

  Amnesty International welcomed Argentina's landmark decision on Thursday to become the first country in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage.

• Wednesday, July 21st 2010 - 06:59 UTC

  Argentine only has natural gas reserves for the next seven years

  

  Argentina’ natural gas reserves dropped to half their 2000 level when they totalled 378.862 million cubic metres, which means at the current consumption rate in seven and a half years the country will ran out of the vital fuel, according to a report released this week in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, July 20th 2010 - 23:47 UTC

  Argentina blockading the Falklands with “no respect for Islanders human rights”

  

  The Falklands Chamber of Commerce claims that Argentina has in effect imposed a sea-blockade of the civilian population of the Falklands with no respect whatsoever for the human rights of the Falkland Islanders, while at the same time it cynically promotes commitment to human rights on the world stage.

• Tuesday, July 20th 2010 - 03:25 UTC

  Argentina/Uruguay towns celebrate first month with no pickets

  

  The Argentine city of Gualeguaychú and Fray Bentos across the shared River Uruguay celebrated Monday the first month of the end to pickets that since 2006 had impeded traffic and trade across the international bridge linking the two neighbouring locations.

• Monday, July 19th 2010 - 02:37 UTC

  Argentina expects more than five million foreign tourists in 2010

  

  Argentina is expecting over five million tourists this year, a historic record which represents a 15.5% increase over 2009, said Tourism Minister Enrique Meyer.

• Saturday, July 17th 2010 - 06:52 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner leaves China with no announcement on the soy-oil embargo dispute

  

  Talks between China, the world's biggest user of cooking oils, and Argentina regarding Beijing’s ban on imports of soybean oil from Argentina are on course although the country is moving to alternative markets said President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

• Saturday, July 17th 2010 - 06:01 UTC

  Buenos Aires City prepares for the coldest Saturday in recent decades

  

  A polar air mass settled in Argentina the week of July 13, pushing temperatures down across the country and causing rare snowfall in the Buenos Aires province. People in downtown Buenos Aires City bundled up against the cold as temperatures ducked down near freezing.

• Friday, July 16th 2010 - 07:58 UTC

  Cold wave in Argentina forces shutdowns in gas powered industries

  

  The cold wave in Argentina has killed at least five people, forced the closure of highways and left most of industry short of gas given the soaring residential consumption.

• Friday, July 16th 2010 - 03:10 UTC

  Argentina legalizes same-sex marriages including adopting children

  

  Following a long and tense debate among lawmakers, Argentina has joined the group of select few nations to legalize marriages between same-sex couples.

• Thursday, July 15th 2010 - 23:26 UTC

  Uruguayan concern with Argentine interception of vessels bound for the Falklands

  

  Uruguay’s leading newspaper dedicated its Sunday’s editorial to the recent incident when the Argentine Navy, in shared Uruguayan-Argentine waters, forced a small merchant vessel linked to the Falklands/Malvinas Islands to identify itself and provide all the information related to cargo and destination.