Argentina

Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 07:59 UTC
“We are building a global role for Argentina”, says CFK after meeting Obama

“We are building a global role for Argentina that it did not have until now” said Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) following a meeting with US President Barack Obama Tuesday in the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit.
Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 07:57 UTC
Argentine media warns hake fishery heading for a major disaster

The dwindling stock of hubbsi hake in the South Atlantic and the Argentine government’s passive (irresponsible?) attitude anticipates a major fishery disaster points out Buenos Aires La Nación Tuesday edition.
Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 03:52 UTC
Uruguay/Argentina prepare for International Court ruling on bilateral dispute

A Uruguayan multi-party delegation will be present in The Hague next week when the International Court of Justice makes public its ruling on the Argentine/Uruguayan dispute over the construction of a pulp mill along shared waters.
Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 03:07 UTC
US botanist expert in ethanol production elected to Argentina’s Sciences Academy

Elizabeth Kellogg from the E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor of Botanical Studies at the University of Missouri–St. Louis has been elected to The National Academy of Sciences of Argentina.
Tuesday, April 13th 2010 - 23:46 UTC
Argentine minister denies soybean oil exports to China “have been interrupted”

Argentine Agriculture Minister Julián Domínguez said Tuesday that soybean oil exports to China “have not been interrupted” and assured that supplying companies “have promised to readapt themselves to the Asian country's demands”.
Tuesday, April 13th 2010 - 22:33 UTC
Argentina opens squid season to the north given poor catches south of parallel 44

Argentina’s Federal Fisheries Council, CFP, advanced fifteen days to April 15 the opening of the Illex squid fishery to the north of parallel 44°. The measure was taken after considering petitions from the Argentine Fishing Industry Chamber (CAIPA) and the Council of Argentine Fisheries Firms (CEPA), given the poor catch volumes of squid to the south of parallel 44.
Tuesday, April 13th 2010 - 05:59 UTC
Argentine Congress paralyzed; senators summoned by the press

Argentine Vice-President and Senate head Julio Cobos published a paid ad in the Monday edition of a Buenos Aires newspaper, where he summons those senators who had been absent to last week's session as a way of exerting pressure for next Wednesday round of debate in the Upper House.
Tuesday, April 13th 2010 - 05:55 UTC
Mrs. Kirchner dream comes true: half an hour with President Obama

US President Barack Obama will meet Tuesday with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit being held in Washington. According to the White House, Obama will gather for roughly a half hour with the Argentine Head of State at 4:00 pm local time.
Tuesday, April 13th 2010 - 00:25 UTC
Washington Post ad calls on Mrs Kirchner to cancel coal plant in Patagonia

In an attempt to take advantage of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's visit to the US (CFK is attending the Nuclear Security Summit), Greenpeace has posted a paid announcement on The Washington Post newspaper as a way to protest against the construction of a coal-fuelled power plant in Río Turbio, Santa Cruz province.
Monday, April 12th 2010 - 05:25 UTC
Argentine Central Bank props the Peso with Euro operations

Argentina has been forced to buy Euros in the local market to control the exchange rate of the US dollar relative to the Peso in a complicated move but necessary to avoid the risk of having additional Central Bank funds seized in New York.