Argentina

Thursday, November 5th 2009 - 08:21 UTC
Squid landings in Argentine ports down 74% to 65.983 tons

Fisheries landings in Argentine ports during the first ten months of the year were down 31% to 576,623.7 tons (from 832.655 tons) mainly because of the significant decline in squid catches.
Thursday, November 5th 2009 - 06:20 UTC
Interpol suggests mediation between Argentina and Iran over terrorist attack

France based Interpol proposed Argentine and Iranian authorities meet at Interpol's General Secretariat Headquarters in Lyon, central-south France, to unlock the judicial stalemate of the 1994 AMIA terrorist bombing in Buenos Aires.
Tuesday, November 3rd 2009 - 12:25 UTC
Thousands of Argentine pickets camp in the world’s widest avenue

Thousands of members from Argentine picket organizations camped Monday night in the world’s widest avenue, 9 de Julio in the heart of Buenos Aires demanding the incorporation of other groupings to the government’s unemployment subsidy plans and family allowances.
Tuesday, November 3rd 2009 - 11:58 UTC
French Defence minister calls on Argentina to follow the steps of Brazil

French Defence minister Hervé Morin said that Argentina could increase its international influence following on the steps of Brazil, which is currently modernizing its military hardware and planning on the long term.
Tuesday, November 3rd 2009 - 11:33 UTC
Argentina’s last military dictator on trial for human rights abuses

Argentina's last dictator and five military leaders who helped rule the country more than 25 years ago went on trial Monday on human rights charges
Tuesday, November 3rd 2009 - 11:15 UTC
Buenos Aires looking forward to a “very good cruise season”

Buenos Aires City is looking forward to what it considers a “very good cruise season” with the number of visitors increasing 11% and the number of calls 15%, according to Hernán Lombardi Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Argentine capital.
Monday, November 2nd 2009 - 14:09 UTC
Antarctica cruise season begins in Ushuaia; 225 calls anticipated this year

With the departure last week of icebreaker “Kapitan Khlebnikov” (*), Ushuaia marked the beginning of the Antarctica cruise season. Located in the extreme south of Argentina Ushuaia has become the gateway for Antarctic cruises virtually monopolizing 92% of the traffic
Saturday, October 31st 2009 - 11:41 UTC
Argentina and Uruguay again clash over the Botnia pulp mill

The Argentine government strongly repudiated on Friday a report from the Environmental Board of Uruguay saying Argentina had “adulterated” information referred to the pulp mill dispute submitted to the International Court at The Hague.
Friday, October 30th 2009 - 21:59 UTC
Argentina buys wine from Chile to face shortfall in production

Still hurting from a yearlong drought, Argentina is turning to Chile for wine imports in order to keep up with popular demand for wine.
Friday, October 30th 2009 - 11:10 UTC
Argentina Chile plan to bore two integration tunnels under the Andes

Relations between Argentina and Chile are going through an optimum moment and once we drill through the Andes, “ghosts of the past will definitively have gone”, said Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner during the first of her two day visit to Chile.