Argentina

Friday, April 8th 2011 - 22:51 UTC
US report on Argentina questions judicial system and campaign against the media

The US State Department released its annual report on human rights around the world and questioned the Argentine judicial system’s independence along with a series of abuses carried out by police forces including deaths and torture claims.
Thursday, April 7th 2011 - 20:14 UTC
Messi’s Facebook page collects 7 million Likes in just a few hours

Few hours after Argentine football star Lionel Messi started a Facebook Page, the Barcelona's striker has almost 7 million Likes.
Thursday, April 7th 2011 - 10:06 UTC
Argentina under pressure to approve anti money-laundering legislation

The Argentine administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner called Wednesday on the opposition lawmakers to pass an anti money laundering bill before June other wise Argentina could be black-listed for not having the proper controls.
Thursday, April 7th 2011 - 09:08 UTC
“If we don’t unite, Cristina beats us with 40% of the vote”, warns Duhalde

Argentina’s presidential hopeful and former caretaker president Eduardo Duhalde warned that if the opposition doesn’t unite, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will defeat them next October 23 and be re-elected for a second four year mandate.
Thursday, April 7th 2011 - 08:43 UTC
Unasur letter supporting Argentina’s Malvinas claims delivered to Ban Ki-moon

Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman met Wednesday with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and reiterated Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas and other South Atlantic Islands this time reinforced with a formal request from the Union of South American Nations, Unasur leaders in support of Argentina’s “historic and legitimate rights”.
Wednesday, April 6th 2011 - 18:44 UTC
Argentina opens boat access to Tierra del Fuego eliminating Chilean crossing

Argentina’s government is opening a new path to Tierra del Fuego that will give travellers, who once had to pass through Chile to reach the southernmost tip of the continent, the option of skipping Chile altogether.
Wednesday, April 6th 2011 - 06:10 UTC
Venezuela to begin shipping Argentina 12 million barrel of fuel in May

Venezuela will send Argentina 12 million barrels of diesel and fuel oil starting in May, an official from Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA said.
Tuesday, April 5th 2011 - 22:12 UTC
Pickets’ leader demanding extortion sum from Clarin captured on video

Argentina’s most important daily Clarin has filed an extortion complaint against the leader of the pickets that have prevented the circulation of the newspaper by blocking distribution at the press plant and who was recorded in a tape asking for the equivalent of 2.2 million US dollars to end the attacks.
Tuesday, April 5th 2011 - 09:42 UTC
IMF begins to work in Argentina in the elaboration of a new cost of living index

International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff arrived Monday at Argentina’s Statistics Bureau, Indec headquarters in Buenos Aires to meet with its chief Ana María Edwin and its Director Norberto Itzcovich and begin the elaboration of a new cost of living index.
Tuesday, April 5th 2011 - 08:50 UTC
The Malvinas issue is putting “UN to test” on disputes among its members

Argentine ambassador Jorge Argüello said that “when we talk about Malvinas, we’re talking about the oldest sovereignty dispute of modern times. And Malvinas is putting United Nations to test for solving dispute among countries”.