Argentina

• Saturday, September 11th 2010 - 19:30 UTC

  Argentine poor legislation and corruption promote trafficking of persons, says UN

  

  United Nations Special Rapporteur on trafficking of persons Joy Ngozi Ezeilo advised Argentine authorities that “an ‘urgent’ reform of the governing law for this crime, whose victims do not have protection or access to justice, is urgently needed”.

• Friday, September 10th 2010 - 04:31 UTC

  Kirchner cabinet refutes FT report: no IMF revision of Argentine economy

  

  Argentina is still opposed to having its economy reviewed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), government ministers said on Thursday, refuting recent media reports to the contrary.

• Thursday, September 9th 2010 - 05:33 UTC

  Argentina’s industrial production expands 11.8% in first seven months of 2010

  

  Argentina's industrial production rose sharply on the year in July but slowed somewhat from the brisk pace posted in June, the manufacturing group UIA said in a report Wednesday.

• Thursday, September 9th 2010 - 05:31 UTC

  Time Magazine has Cristina Kirchner among the world’s top ten Female Leaders

  

  Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has been listed by Time magazine among the top ten Female Leaders of the world. Time says Mrs. Kirchner “has proven to be her own woman” having survived since elected in 2007 several serious standoffs.

• Thursday, September 9th 2010 - 01:01 UTC

  “Legal security” in Argentina not an issue for US, according to Timerman

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman assured that in his last visit to Washington DC, neither US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton nor Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela had any comments regarding legal security in Argentina or Latin America.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2010 - 23:19 UTC

  Chilean rig at east access of Magellan Strait catches fire: all crew saved, no spill

  

  A Chilean-operated oil rig off Argentine Patagonia in the South Atlantic caught fire early on Wednesday, forcing all its eight workers to evacuate by rafts and oil production to shut down, reported the Argentine navy.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2010 - 00:38 UTC

  Ten years to recover Argentina’s cattle herd, if current policies are changed

  

  Recovering Argentina’s herd to 2007 levels will require at least ten years even if current policies, which have caused its downfall, are drastically changed, according to a report from the Catholic University of Argentina released last month.

• Tuesday, September 7th 2010 - 05:06 UTC

  Cristina Kirchner, puppet of her raging husband

  

  Life in the pink palace of Argentina's ruling couple is no bed of roses, says a new biography of President Cristina Kirchner. It portrays her as the puppet of an authoritarian husband who once punched her in the face for defying his will.

• Monday, September 6th 2010 - 05:11 UTC

  First Pink Point LGTB in South America opens in Buenos Aires

  

  Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires has been dubbed the new “gay mecca” of South America, and the Argentine Ministry of Tourism is running with it, according to an article published by LGBT contributed by Roy Heale.

• Monday, September 6th 2010 - 04:49 UTC

  Canadian companies fighting to control rich gold and silver project in Patagonia

  

  Rival Canadian gold mining companies Goldcorp and Eldorado have locked horns in a fight to buy up Andean Resources Ltd.