Argentina

• Tuesday, January 5th 2010 - 12:48 UTC

  Argentina car production booming expects record year in 2010

  

  Argentine car manufacturers are looking ahead with great optimism to what they consider an “excellent” 2010 when they expect to break several records, according to Cesar Luis Ramirez Rojas, president of the Argentine car manufacturers association

• Tuesday, January 5th 2010 - 12:33 UTC

  Uruguayan beef and vegetables in Argentina’s 2011menu

  

  Argentina is a nation that prides itself on having more cattle than people but because of erred policies may soon be forced to import beef to keep its meat-loving citizens happy at the dinner table.

• Tuesday, January 5th 2010 - 12:24 UTC

  Argentine General: demining a humanitarian and ethical imperative

  

  ”Argentina is free of all type of mines, with the exception of those planted in the Malvinas Islands which motivated Argentina to request and obtain a ten year de-mining extension, because Argentina currently does not have access to the Islands illegitimately occupied by the United Kingdom”.

• Monday, January 4th 2010 - 07:56 UTC

  Argentina recalls events of 1833 and reiterates Malvinas claim

  

  On the 177th anniversary of the “illegitimate occupation” by the United Kingdom of the Malvinas Islands, Argentina “repudiates” events of 3 January 1833 and calls on the UK to comply with the mandate of the international community and find a peaceful solution to the conflict.

• Thursday, December 31st 2009 - 12:04 UTC

  Argentine archbishop convicted for sexual abuse

  

  Argentine cleric gets 8 years in sex abuse case. An Argentine judge convicted a former Roman Catholic archbishop Wednesday of sexually abusing a seminarian in 1992.

• Thursday, December 31st 2009 - 11:07 UTC

  Argentina’s stock market completes biggest annual gain in 18 years: 115%

  

  Argentina’s main stock index completed its biggest annual gain in 18 years. The Merval index’s 115% rise this year is its best performance since 1991 and reverses a 50% drop in 2008.

• Thursday, December 31st 2009 - 02:22 UTC

  Scientific warning that Argentina’s hake TAC “high risk scenario”

  

  Measures recently adopted by the Argentina’s Fisheries Federal Council regarding hake TACs imply very high risks for sustainability and, therefore, to the continuity of related economic activities throughout the country, claims the Centre for Development and Sustainable Fisheries (CeDePesca).

• Wednesday, December 30th 2009 - 15:10 UTC

  Search for missing children in Argentina involves prominent media mogul

  

  The adopted son and daughter of a prominent Argentine businesswoman gave DNA samples Tuesday to help determine whether their biological parents were political prisoners killed during the country's “dirty war,” the family's lawyer said.

• Wednesday, December 30th 2009 - 15:08 UTC

  Ushuaia hosts the first same-sex marriage in Latinamerica

  

  Less than one month after a Buenos Aires court derailed the marriage of Alex Freyre and Jose Maria di Bello, the couple wed this week at the southern tip of Argentina, making it the first same-sex marriage in Latin America.
  “As a couple, we dreamed of marrying for a long time,” Freyre told the state-run Telam news agency.

• Tuesday, December 29th 2009 - 12:09 UTC

  More testimonies incriminate Argentine officers in Malvinas war abuses

  

  Over 150 testimonies, covering 79 cases and relating to torture and human rights abuses allegedly committed by Argentine military officers against conscripts, during the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas war, are under investigation by Argentine federal judge Liliana Herraz, reports the official news agency Telam.