Argentina

• Friday, September 25th 2009 - 03:25 UTC

  International Excopesca 2009 attracts 100 exhibitors to Mar del Plata

  

  The second edition of Argentina’s Excopesca 2009 was opened this week at the Mar del Plata Exposition Centre. The international fishing and aquaculture industry event set to run through Saturday has attracted some 100 exhibitors representing the entire fishing industry chain of value: catch, processing, cold storage and logistics plus other sectors linked to the industry.

• Friday, September 25th 2009 - 02:09 UTC

  Catholic Church blasts “irritating” Argentine government numbers on poverty

  

  Argentina’s Catholic Church considers “irritating” the argument that poverty had diminished in the country when it is plain evidence that this is not the case, “rather the contrary”. It is indignant for Argentina that the system should consider the excluded as “a variable of political success”.

• Thursday, September 24th 2009 - 12:12 UTC

  Uruguay opposition parties blast Argentine ambassador’s interferences

  

  Uruguayan opposition parties are demanding Argentine ambassador Hernan Patiño be sanctioned for his active participation in a political rally in support of the ruling Broad Front coalition, an action described as “interference” in Uruguayan internal affairs.

• Thursday, September 24th 2009 - 11:59 UTC

  Argentina’s industrial production showing signs of recovery

  

  Argentina's industrial production index in August rose 1.4% on the month, but was down 4.7% on the year, the Foundation for Latin American Economic Research, FIEL, said in a report released Wednesday.

• Thursday, September 24th 2009 - 11:50 UTC

  Beef export peak forecasted in Argentina for 2009

  

  Argentine exports of refrigerated beef reached 34.923 tons in August equivalent to 131.2 million US dollars, according to official data provided by Senasa (Animal Health National Service).

• Thursday, September 24th 2009 - 11:22 UTC

  Building Falklands/South America relationship playing rugby

  

  A proposed visit by a team of rugby players to the Falkland Islands, scheduled to arrive for a week long visit on December 12, has caused controversy in the Islands, reports the Penguin News.

• Thursday, September 24th 2009 - 09:11 UTC

  Dutch pilot arrested on charges he flew “death flights” in Argentina

  

  Spanish authorities have arrested a pilot for Dutch airline Transavia.com on charges he flew “death flights” for Argentina's former military rulers, a Dutch Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2009 - 11:14 UTC

  Argentina to host 2010 Ibero-American summit in Mar del Plata

  

  Mar del Plata, Argentina will host the next Ibero-American summit in November 2010 in coincidence with the bicentennial of the country, announced Ibero-American chairman Enrique Iglesias following a meeting with President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in New York.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2009 - 12:55 UTC

  Argentina: no agreement yet with holdouts from 2005 debt restructuring

  

  Argentina has not yet reached a definitive agreement with holdouts from its 2005 debt restructuring, the country's Economy Minister Amado Boudou said on Monday. He added that Argentina's economic strategy is “to access the international markets in order to obtain credits”.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2009 - 12:43 UTC

  Argentina’s primary surplus plunges in August

  

  Argentina reported another sharp drop in the fiscal primary surplus for August, while the overall government accounts were once again in the red. Growth in public spending has outpaced growth in tax revenues, eroding the surplus adding to the economic downturn.