Argentina

• Tuesday, June 22nd 2010 - 04:59 UTC

  Timerman promises Congress support with alleged bribes investigation

  

  Newly appointed Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman officially takes office Tuesday at a ceremony at Casa Rosada but already has a full table of issues. On Monday in a short release he stated that former Argentine ambassador to Venezuela Eduardo Sadous would ”brief Congress tomorrow (Tuesday), with all the freedoms and responsibilities that come with being a member of the Nation's diplomatic corps.”

• Monday, June 21st 2010 - 05:46 UTC

  The downfall of the ‘loyal, orthodox’ Jorge Taiana

  

  Suspicious deals with Venezuela, a ministry with different areas of influence, alleged leaks to the press, a close alignment with Washington and in spite of his submission, probably too ‘autonomous’ for the Kirchner couple’s taste seems to have condemned the orthodox Jorge Taiana as Argentina’s Foreign Affairs minister.

• Monday, June 21st 2010 - 04:10 UTC

  Falklands’ and decolonization debate, Timerman’s international debut

  

  Argentina’s newly designated Minister of Foreign Affairs Hector Timerman will be making his international debut with the Falkland Islands debate, next Thursday/Friday at the United Nations Decolonization Committee, C24.

• Saturday, June 19th 2010 - 00:24 UTC

  Taiana resigns after “strong exchange” with Mrs. Kirchner; Timmerman replaces him

  

  Argentine Foreign Affairs minister Jorge Taiana and a close ally of the ruling Kirchner couple since 2003, unexpectedly resigned Friday allegedly because of “lack of support and differences” in the implementation of the country foreign policy.

• Friday, June 18th 2010 - 20:39 UTC

  Argentina does not rule out Brazil in the River Uruguay joint monitoring

  

  Argentina’s Deputy Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti did not rule out the possibility of Brazil integrating the joint environmental monitoring of the River Uruguay currently being arranged by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her Uruguayan counterpart José Mujica.

• Friday, June 18th 2010 - 00:13 UTC

  Veteran politician replaces Chilean outspoken ambassador in Argentina

  

  Adolfo Zaldívar, the president of Chile’s Independent Regional Party (PRI), is now Chile’s new ambassador to Argentina.

• Friday, June 18th 2010 - 00:02 UTC

  Record crop of corn in Argentina: 22.5 million tons; yield 8.5 tons per hectare

  

  Argentina’s 2009/2010 crop of corn is estimated to reach 22.5 million tons of corn, based on better than expected yields, according to Buenos Aires Grains Chamber.

• Thursday, June 17th 2010 - 06:13 UTC

  Argentine activists suspend blockade; 60 days to reach agreement

  

  Argentine activists voted Wednesday night to temporarily lift the roadblock on a bridge leading to Uruguay which has been at the heart of a diplomatic dispute between the two countries regarding the construction of a pulp mill on the Uruguayan side which allegedly contaminates.

• Thursday, June 17th 2010 - 06:06 UTC

  Taiana and Tierra del Fuego governor heads of delegation to C 24 in New York

  

  A new chapter of the Argentine escalation of the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty dispute is scheduled for next week at the United Nations Decolonization Committee or C24.

• Thursday, June 17th 2010 - 03:19 UTC

  Mercosur and EU clash over mining environmental regulations

  

  Mercosur and associate members Chile and Ecuador rejected environmental regulations for the mining sector, under consideration by the European parliament and which could become a barrier for minerals’ exports to the EU.