Argentina

• Friday, October 2nd 2009 - 09:23 UTC

  Former Argentine president Menem indicted for alleged “terrorist cover up”

  

  An Argentine judge has indicted former President Carlos Menem, several of his aides and an ex judge Juan Jose Galeano for allegedly trying to cover up evidence related to a deadly 1994 terrorist bombing in Buenos Aires against a Jewish organization.

• Thursday, October 1st 2009 - 09:25 UTC

  Tango and candombe declared intangible cultural expressions by Unesco

  

  Two of Uruguay’s most typical cultural expressions, tango and candombe (*) were declared on Wednesday part of the world's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO.

• Thursday, October 1st 2009 - 08:07 UTC

  Argentina recovering from the global crisis, says World Bank

  

  Argentina's economy is recovering from the global financial crisis in step with the international community, Augusto de la Torre, chief economist of the World Bank, said during a conference in Miami.

• Thursday, October 1st 2009 - 05:35 UTC

  Argentine Catholic Church says human rights are violated by extreme poverty

  

  Primate Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio blasted the Argentine government saying “the social debt violates all the rights of the citizens to develop a full and active life.” Argentina's leading bishop added that “human rights are not only violated by acts of terrorism, but also by extreme poverty”.

• Thursday, October 1st 2009 - 05:22 UTC

  Argentina creates new Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Food

  

  Argentina has officially created the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Food, which previously worked as a secretariat of the Production Ministry. The decision of the Kirchner couple administration to raise the status of the Agriculture Secretariat to a ministry comes amid tensions with farming leaders who are protesting the government's farming policies.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2009 - 13:37 UTC

  Falklands’ government “integral part” of discussions with Argentina

  

  Even when Argentina ignores Falkland Islanders and the Islands’ elected government and privileges the United Kingdom, “we are always integral part to the three legged discussions” pointed out former member of the Legislative Assembly Andrea Clausen in an interview with the Argentine press.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2009 - 13:31 UTC

  Kirchners “surrendered” to the IMF, says leading Argentine economist

  

  Argentina surrendered to the IMF during the last G20 summit having admitted that the international multilateral organization will be monitoring the country’s economic program during the next fiver years, said economist Jose Luis Espert.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2009 - 05:33 UTC

  Argentina imposes tough guidelines on fisheries’ permit and quota transfers

  

  Argentina’s Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) will have the final responsibility in the approval of all new projects regarding the transfer of vessels and fishing quotas that are remitted to the Sub-Secretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture.

• Saturday, September 26th 2009 - 12:34 UTC

  Argentina holds first meeting with Club of Paris

  

  Argentina’s Economy Minister Amado Boudou met Friday with his French counterpart, Christine Lagarde, during the G-20 summit, in order to advance in the Club of Paris negotiations over Argentina's debt, one of the government's priorities.

• Friday, September 25th 2009 - 23:42 UTC

  Argentina, Chile and Uruguay lead broadband use in South America

  

  A recent survey by the Cisco Latin America Broadband Barometer showed that Chile has the highest percentage of broadband Internet connections in South America. The study found that 9.7% of Chile’s population has access to broadband.