Argentina

• Wednesday, November 11th 2009 - 11:54 UTC

  Book crudely exposes Kirchner’s tactics to remain in power

  

  The Landlord (El Dueño) is the title of the latest book released in Argentina which tells the story of how a shy and humiliated adolescent manages to become the richest, most powerful and vindictive president of Argentina, according to the internet site Hipercritico.com which belongs to the author of the book Luis Majul.

• Wednesday, November 11th 2009 - 11:23 UTC

  Argentina Seeks to Resolve Defaulted Debt Issues, While “Vulture Funds” Are Determined to Undermine

  The Argentine government recently announced a plan to offer a debt swap to investors still holding US$20 billion (plus interest) in unpaid bonds from the country’s 2001 debt default.

• Wednesday, November 11th 2009 - 10:50 UTC

  Peruvian navy interested in Argentine manufactured sea-air missiles

  

  The Peruvian Navy expressed interest in the acquisition of Argentine manufactured missiles currently under development, basically a version of the sea air Aspide, according to a Monday release from the Argentine Defence ministry.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 11:53 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner blames opposition and the press for social unrest feeling

  

  In the midst of growing social unrest which has taken to the streets of Buenos Aires to protest, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said Monday that she believes in order, in organization, but not through repression.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 11:50 UTC

  Argentine Church concerned with “social tension and coexistence problems”

  

  The Argentine Catholic Church showed their “great concern” on “the social tension and coexistence problems” in the country and demanded “consensus and dialogue” during the opening of this year's last plenary of Bishops at Pilar district, Buenos Aires province.

• Monday, November 9th 2009 - 15:17 UTC

  Latinamerican media blasts populist regimes for trying to gag press critics

  

  Populist leaders in Latin America increasingly use legal and political means to silence critics in the media, according to Enrique Santos Calderón, president of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA). Tactics include revoking broadcast licenses, fostering hostility toward journalists, and giving a free hand to government supporters who have attacked broadcast stations, newsrooms and printing plants.

• Monday, November 9th 2009 - 12:54 UTC

  Amorim and Taiana meet to address “trade difficulties”

  

  Brazilian Foreign Affairs minister Celso Amorim will receive Monday in Rio do Janeiro his Argentine counterpart Jorge Taiana to discuss several issues of the “bilateral agenda” including, according to Argentine diplomatic sources the ongoing “trade differences”.

• Monday, November 9th 2009 - 08:43 UTC

  With Iran in mind Israeli president begins historic visit to Argentina and Brazil

  

  Israeli President Shimon Peres begins Monday a “historic visit” to Brazil and Argentina, the first in decades to both countries for an Israeli head of state, and one of the main issues of the agenda will be the so-called “Iranian infiltration” in Latinamerica.

• Thursday, November 5th 2009 - 12:59 UTC

  Argentina after an agreement with the IMF at the G20 Scotland meeting

  

  Argentina’s Economy Minister Amado Boudou travels to Scotland Thursday where he will participate in a meeting with his G-20 counterparts. Boudou is also scheduled to meet with International Monetary Fund (IMF) head Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

• Thursday, November 5th 2009 - 12:53 UTC

  Argentina/Brazil trade dispute: partners can’t agree who’s to blame

  

  Argentina has accused Brazil of not keeping to agreed “self regulated” bilateral trade understandings originally destined as an umbrella for Argentine industry, and instead has resorted to customs barriers which are delaying or impeding exports.