Argentina

• 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.

• Saturday, September 4th 2010 - 05:00 UTC

  Argentina’s car industry booming could reach 700.000 units in 2010

  

  Argentina’s August 2010 car output reached 72,967 units, which resulted in a 52.6% rise regarding the same month of last year; sales to dealers totalled 61,599 units, or 44.8% more than in August 2009; and exports amounted to 42,526 units, representing a 45.6% year-on growth, according to the Argentine Automakers Association (ADEFA).

• Thursday, September 2nd 2010 - 06:39 UTC

  First time ever Argentine purchase of Russian military hardware

  

  Russia has signed a “historic” contract to deliver Mi-17 helicopter to Argentina, a member of a Russian delegation said on Wednesday according to a report from Russian news agency RIA Novosti.

• Wednesday, September 1st 2010 - 19:28 UTC

  Alarm in Ushuaia: cruise calls are forecasted to drop 20% this season

  

  Tierra del Fuego province, in the extreme south of Argentina, and its capital Ushuaia is anticipating a 20% fall in the cruise business this coming season 2009/10 compared to 2008/09 according to the president of the regional tourism institute.

• Wednesday, September 1st 2010 - 19:21 UTC

  Argentine-Japanese couple takes top prize in Tango World contest

  

  An Argentine-Japanese couple beat 400 dancing pairs to take top prize in the Mundial de Tango world competition held this year in Buenos Aires' Luna Park amusement centre.

• Wednesday, September 1st 2010 - 14:51 UTC

  Argentina: Squid fishing season extended

  

  The Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) has unanimously decided to extend the squid (Illex argentinus) fishing season taking place north of latitude 44º by 20 days. The closing date was originally scheduled for 31 August.

• Wednesday, September 1st 2010 - 06:48 UTC

  Argentine to increase budget defence 50%, recovering losses of Falklands war

  

  Defence minister Nilda Garré said the Argentine government would increase the defence budget in coming years from 0.9% to 1.5% of GDP to help overcome decades of divestment following the defeat in the (1982) Falklands/Malvinas war.

• Wednesday, September 1st 2010 - 06:02 UTC

  Brazilian beef producer wants to sell abattoirs and reduce Argentine operations

  

  Brazil’s JBS, the world's top beef producer is trying to sell three of its Argentine plants due to government policies that have depleted cattle stocks and supply and hurt profits, a trade group said on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, September 1st 2010 - 05:43 UTC

  Falklands’ veteran returns trumpet to Argentine POW

  

  The Argentine jets screamed overhead the young paratrooper from Dundee, dropping their deadly payloads over Sussex Mountain. For Tony Banks, the Falklands war had become real and terrifying as the battle for Goose Green got under way.

• Wednesday, September 1st 2010 - 02:44 UTC

  UK and US media blast the Kirchners for attempting “to lock-hold the press”

  

  British daily Financial Times ran an op-ed Tuesday morning blasting Argentina’s presidential couple for their attempt to “secure a lock-hold on Argentina’s press,” and accusing them of mirroring the “black arts” tactics of the Mexican Institutional Revolutionary party.