Argentina

Monday, March 29th 2010 - 04:38 UTC
Malvinas Families Commission founder resigns: he was Army spy (1981/1983)

Hector Cisneros has resigned as president of the Malvinas Families Commission three days after it was revealed by a Buenos Aires newspaper (“Critica”) that he had worked for Argentine military intelligence during the last dictatorship (1976/1983).
Saturday, March 27th 2010 - 06:40 UTC
Argentina and Bolivia sign expansion of natural gas agreement

Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner met Friday with her Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales and signed a deal that expands until 2026 the current gas-sharing bilateral agreement, which is expected to supply the Argentine Northeast.
Friday, March 26th 2010 - 22:01 UTC
Argentine top union leader back-peddles in inflation controversy

“Inflation in a growing country is good” said Hugo Moyano Argentina’s leader of the powerful labour unions confederation, CGT, a day after having openly complained that “inflation in Argentina is a fact, and nobody can deny it’s a reality”.
Friday, March 26th 2010 - 04:23 UTC
Kirchner key ally says that inflation in Argentina can’t be denied, “it’s reality”

Argentina’s main union leader and a close political ally of President Cristina Kirchner, Hugo Moyano said that “inflation in Argentina is a fact, and nobody can deny it’s a reality”. His words follow previous statement from Economy minister Amado Boudou who admitted “prices’ tension but “not necessarily inflation”
Friday, March 26th 2010 - 04:18 UTC
Brazil/Argentina hold new round of talks to facilitate bilateral trade

Mercosur main country members, Argentina and Brazil begun on Thursday a two-day round of bilateral trade talks in Brazil to discuss basically whether to continue or not with the non-automatic licenses both countries hold.
Friday, March 26th 2010 - 03:48 UTC
Agreement would allow Chinese jiggers to operate from Argentine ports

Norberto Yahuar, Argentina’s Fisheries Under Secretary is currently in China to advance on a fisheries cooperation agreement which would open Argentine ports to Chinese trawlers and jiggers while Beijing would lower tariffs to Argentine produce.
Thursday, March 25th 2010 - 03:11 UTC
Die-off of whales along Argentine Patagonia alarm scientific community

The scientific community is alarmed by the die-off of southern right whales along the coasts of Argentine Patagonia. In the last three years some 300 specimens of these marine mammals have been found dead on the beaches of Valdes Peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean, a number far beyond what would be considered normal, according to scientific experts.
Thursday, March 25th 2010 - 03:05 UTC
UN report points to “clear inequities” in province, class and gender in Argentina

Argentina is confronting “clear inequities” as reflected by the incidence of “avoidable” maternal deaths during childbirth, the frequency of abortion among poor women and the concentration of new HIV infections in the most marginalized sector of the population, according to a U.N. report presented this week.
Wednesday, March 24th 2010 - 05:21 UTC
Argentina’s default restructure: 9.5% dollar bonds due in 2017

Argentina will offer 9.5% dollar bonds due in 2017 in its plan to restructure 20 billion USD in defaulted debt, Ambito Financiero newspaper reported Tuesday. The bonds will be issued to compensate for past-due interest and the most recent past-due payment on warrants linked to economic growth, the Buenos Aires newspaper said.
Wednesday, March 24th 2010 - 02:54 UTC
Peru made available “Mirage aircraft, missiles and pilots” in Falklands 82 conflict

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner thanked Peru for the military support and having made available aircraft, missiles and pilots in the conflict with Britain over the Falkland Islands back in 1982.