Argentina

• Monday, April 12th 2010 - 05:03 UTC

  Patagonia indigenous had highly organized, dynamic and hierarchical society

  

  Argentine and Spanish researchers have shown that indigenous societies in Patagonia, the southernmost region of the Earth inhabited by humans over the past 13,000 years, were not static and marginal as had always been thought, but in fact had high levels of social organisation.

• Saturday, April 10th 2010 - 04:44 UTC

  Argentina announces debt-swap and invites US corporations to invest

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, CFK, speaking before the United States Chamber of Commerce confirmed that the debt-swap is to be launched between Wednesday and Thursday of next week and strongly praised Argentina’s conditions “for making business and investing”.

• Saturday, April 10th 2010 - 03:05 UTC

  First lesbian marriage in Argentina: both are 67 and couple for 30 years

  

  Two women that were exiled during the last Argentine military dictatorship (1976/1983) got married Friday in Buenos Aires, the first wedding among lesbians in the country, reported the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Federation of Argentina, or FALGBT.

• Friday, April 9th 2010 - 03:01 UTC

  Piñera and Cristina committed to boost bilateral relations and integration

  

  Chile and Argentina pledged Thursday to deepen bilateral relations with visiting president Sebastian Piñera saying that “the best of our relationship is yet to come” and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner anticipating that “ideological differences” won’t be an impediment to keep advancing in cooperation and joint projects.

• Friday, April 9th 2010 - 02:57 UTC

  Argentina to drill two wells next to Falklands’ waters in last quarter

  

  Several oil companies operating in Argentina have teamed up to begin hydrocarbons explorations close to Falklands’ waters. The companies have programmed to spend 140 million US dollars in two exploratory wells for which they have contracted a special drilling vessel, according to reports in the Buenos Aires press.

• Friday, April 9th 2010 - 02:51 UTC

  China enthusiastic about reaching agreement over Argentine soybean oil

  

  Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister, Li Jinzhang, assured that China is “highly enthusiastic” about reaching an agreement to unlock the trade soybean oil conflict between Argentina and the Asian giant, according to Chinese media.

• Thursday, April 8th 2010 - 22:34 UTC

  Uruguay Argentina agree hake ban in common fisheries zone

  

  The Joint Technical Commission for the Argentine-Uruguay Maritime Front (CTMFM) established an autumn ban for the common hake (Merluccius hubbsi) fishery in the Common Fishing Zone (ZCP), shared by Argentina and Uruguay. The measure became effective 7 April to 30 June 2010.

• Thursday, April 8th 2010 - 00:00 UTC

  China allows unloading of Argentine soybean oil

  

  An Argentina-China agreement to unlock the soybean oil conflict seems to move forward as a government official, who preferred to remain anonymous, told a news agency that China has agreed to allow all cargo ships on their way to China to unload soybean oil at Chinese ports.

• Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 23:57 UTC

  US federal judge rules in favour of Argentine sovereign bonds “holdouts”

  

  A United States federal judge ruled in favour of seizing 105 million US dollars from the Argentine Central Bank deposits in New York in order to pay the debt the country holds with two investment funds.

• Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 06:02 UTC

  China insists on “gradual” reduction of soy imports from Argentina

  

  China’s soybean oil traders may “gradually” delay or cancel imports from Argentina after the country toughened inspections, the China National Grain and Oils Information Center said early Wednesday from Beijing.