Argentina

• Friday, April 24th 2009 - 06:50 UTC

  Captain of Falklands’ war cruiser “General Belgrano” dies in Argentina

  

  The commander of the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by a British nuclear submarine during the Falkland Islands conflict 1982, Hector Bonzo died this week in Buenos Aires at the age of 76.

• Thursday, April 23rd 2009 - 05:17 UTC

  IMF forecasts Argentina to contract 1.5% in 2009 and expand 0.7% in 2010

  

  Argentina’s economy is forecasted to contract 1.5% in 2009 and will resume growth in 2010 but at a very modest 0.7%, according to the International Monetary Fund’s April World Economic Outlook (WEO).

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2009 - 12:24 UTC

  Three cases of rare newly-born with dengue in north Argentina

  

  Two children were born with dengue in the northern Argentine province of Salta, more precisely in the town of Orán after their mothers caught the mosquito transmitted disease in the last week of pregnancy, according to what was reported.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2009 - 12:21 UTC

  Mystery of sunken gold cargo in South Atlantic remains locked

  

  Another mysterious chapter for the sunken trawler “Polar Mist” and its cargo of 9.5 tons of gold, which was to be rescued this week from the South Atlantic sea shelf but had to be cancelled following seamen’ s union demands for a participation in the recovery.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2009 - 12:02 UTC

  Protectionism debate heats up among Argentine manufacturers

  

  Argentine manufacturers are openly divided over “protectionist practices” to face the current global slowdown. While a member of the board of the powerful Argentine Industrial Union, UIA argued that Argentina is ignoring the lessons of the 1929 crisis, other organizations claim ensuring domestic industry and employment must be priorities.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2009 - 03:14 UTC

  Argentina continental shelf presentation includes Falklands

  

  Argentina officially presented this week before United Nations its continental shelf claims which if approved will extend the country’s sovereign limit on the sea bed from 200 to 350 miles. The request includes all those areas claimed by Argentina: Falklands/Malvinas, South Atlantic islands and the so called Argentine Antarctic Territory.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2009 - 02:10 UTC

  Argentine fish and shellfish exports pick up in first quarter

  

  Argentina exported 88.987 tons of fish and shellfish valued at 209.3 million US dollars in the first three months of 2009, according to the latest statistics from the National Food Safety and Quality Service (SENASA).

• Saturday, April 18th 2009 - 09:39 UTC

  Summit “first step for a new regional order” says Cristina

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said Friday that the Trinidad and Tobago summit “should be the first step for a new regional order” and recalled the previous summit in Argentina had signalled “an inflection point for the continent”.

• Thursday, April 16th 2009 - 09:53 UTC

  Lula da Silva has the highest approval rating; Cristina K the lowest

  

  Brazil’s President Lula da Silva and Colombia’s Alvaro Uribe with over 70% approval have the best leaders’ performances in Latinamerica while in the other extreme figure Argentina’s Cristina Kirchner and Honduras Manuel Zelaya, below 30%, according to the prestigious Mexican pollster Consulta Mitofsky.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2009 - 10:43 UTC

  Kirchner denies recession and insists Argentina continues to expand

  

  Two reliable private consultants and advisors confirmed that the Argentine economy has gone through two consecutive negative quarters, thus in recession. However former president Nestor Kirchner denies any recession and insists that the Argentine economy keeps expanding.