Argentina

• Monday, August 16th 2010 - 05:05 UTC

  Argentina developing satellite launcher; ready by 2013 in Puerto Belgarno

  

  Argentina is in the process of developing a satellite launcher which could become operational in three years time, making it the sixth country in the world with that capacity, according to a Sunday edition report in La Nacion.

• Monday, August 16th 2010 - 04:52 UTC

  It is official: Cristina or Nestor will be running for president in 2011

  

  Argentine Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández said Sunday that either Néstor Kirchner or Cristina Fernández de Kirchner would be the candidates for the 2011 presidential elections from the ruling party.

• Friday, August 13th 2010 - 07:00 UTC

  “Discriminatory trade” measures could limit Chinese interest in Argentina

  

  As China is gaining ever wider economic influence, Argentina runs the risk of losing the opportunity to benefit from the trend by keeping discriminatory measures against Chinese products, an Argentine expert warned.

• Friday, August 13th 2010 - 06:39 UTC

  Argentine wheat farmers slash land sown to a 111 year low, says FT

  

  British newspaper “The Financial Times” has run a story focusing on Argentina's wheat production, explaining that due to export limits and taxes, “farmers have slashed the land sown with wheat to a 111-year low” and cereal exports “have been halved over the past five years.”

• Thursday, August 12th 2010 - 04:30 UTC

  Hillary Clinton praises Argentina for its role in helping consolidate peace

  

  Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Héctor Timerman and US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, met at the US Department of State Wednesday on what was the second and final day of the minister's diplomatic trip to Washington, DC

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 06:43 UTC

  Timerman meets Hillary Clinton to elaborate bilateral and regional agenda

  

  Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Héctor Timerman is travelling to Washington for a series of meetings with several of US President Barack Obama's advisors in relation to regional, economic and nuclear issues in Latin America.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 06:27 UTC

  Private sector anticipates strong performance of Argentine economy in 2010/11

  

  Argentina’s Finance Executive's Institute (IAEF) indicates Argentina could grow 6.5% in 2010 and 4.5% in 2011 according to its August report released this week.

• Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 11:51 UTC

  Basic Foods’ Basket in Argentina increased 35.9% in twelve months

  

  The Basic Foods Basket, CBA, an index from Argentina’s Foundation for Latin American Economic Research (FIEL) increased 0.6% in July compared to the previous month, 21% in the first seven months of the year, and 35.9% over a year ago.

• Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 01:30 UTC

  Argentina confident it can issue debt in US dollars below 9% interest rate

  

  Argentine Economy Minister Amado Boudou confirmed what newspaper Ámbito Financiero had anticipated a week ago: the plan is to issue debt in US dollars but below the 9% mark, which with the current panorama may allow for an even lower percentage index.

• Monday, August 9th 2010 - 07:46 UTC

  Argentina's warning to would-be Euro deserters

  

  The tensions between the eurozone's north and south, and the complex and politically costly transfers of money required to dampen the euro crisis, have led many people to think the unthinkable: saving Europe's common currency may require that some countries abandon it.