Argentina

• Friday, July 23rd 2010 - 06:07 UTC

  Buenos Aires Palermo Agro-Fair takes off with the export levies conflict latent

  

  Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri inaugurated the 124th edition of the Agriculture, Livestock and Industry Fair organized by the Argentine Rural Society (SRA) that will open on Saturday in the Palermo grounds. SRA head Hugo Biolcati was also present and took the opening honours along with the city Mayor.

• Friday, July 23rd 2010 - 03:41 UTC

  Argentina walks out of Prosecutors organization to protest Falklands’ membership

  

  Argentina walked out of the International Association of Prosecutors, IAP, because the Falkland Islands were admitted as a full member of the organization according to press reports from Buenos Aires.

• Friday, July 23rd 2010 - 02:44 UTC

  Argentina imposes antidumping measures on Chinese and Brazilian imports

  

  In spite of the ongoing dispute with China over the soy-oil import ban, Argentina this week imposed antidumping measures in the form of ad valorem rights on multi-processors originated in China and Brazil.

• Thursday, July 22nd 2010 - 09:53 UTC

  Cristina Kirchner signs bill legalizing same-sex couples’ marriage

  

  President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner signed a new law Wednesday making Argentina the first country in Latin America to legalize marriage for same-sex couples. Civil registries across the nation will now begin processing long lists of marriage applications from gay couples. The first such ceremony in Buenos Aires is set for August 13.

• Thursday, July 22nd 2010 - 09:47 UTC

  Travel conference to promote gay tourism takes off in Buenos Aires

  

  A marketing and travel conference aimed at promoting tourism for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community was opened Wednesday by Argentina’s new tourism minister Enrique Meyer.

• Thursday, July 22nd 2010 - 09:05 UTC

  Uruguay/Argentina on 48 hours ‘reflection period’ before retaking negotiations

  

  Uruguay and Argentina agreed Wednesday on a 48 hours “reflection period” before retaking formal negotiations for the joint monitoring of the River Uruguay, which is at the heart of the pulp mills dispute, and alleged contamination, between the neighbouring countries.

• Wednesday, July 21st 2010 - 07:14 UTC

  Amnesty International praises Argentina’s same-sex marriage landmark bill

  

  Amnesty International welcomed Argentina's landmark decision on Thursday to become the first country in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage.

• Wednesday, July 21st 2010 - 06:59 UTC

  Argentine only has natural gas reserves for the next seven years

  

  Argentina’ natural gas reserves dropped to half their 2000 level when they totalled 378.862 million cubic metres, which means at the current consumption rate in seven and a half years the country will ran out of the vital fuel, according to a report released this week in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, July 20th 2010 - 23:47 UTC

  Argentina blockading the Falklands with “no respect for Islanders human rights”

  

  The Falklands Chamber of Commerce claims that Argentina has in effect imposed a sea-blockade of the civilian population of the Falklands with no respect whatsoever for the human rights of the Falkland Islanders, while at the same time it cynically promotes commitment to human rights on the world stage.

• Tuesday, July 20th 2010 - 03:25 UTC

  Argentina/Uruguay towns celebrate first month with no pickets

  

  The Argentine city of Gualeguaychú and Fray Bentos across the shared River Uruguay celebrated Monday the first month of the end to pickets that since 2006 had impeded traffic and trade across the international bridge linking the two neighbouring locations.