Argentina

• Thursday, December 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Open letter to Argentines from new UK ambassador

  

  The new British ambassador in Argentina presented her credentials on Wednesday to Foreign Affairs minister Jorge Taiana and simultaneously published an open letter in the embassy's site saying how privileged she was to be in Buenos Aires underscoring the many coincidences between UK and Argentina. Her message included an implicit message on Falklands “there are differences of policy and opinion between the UK and Argentina on some important matters”.

• Wednesday, December 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina denies cutting trade links with Iran

  

  Argentina has denied it is suspending commercial ties with Iran worth a billion US dollars annually. The Argentine Jewish news agency and several Argentine newspapers earlier reported the suspension.

• Wednesday, December 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Casa Rosada world stage for Cristina, Ingrid and Madonna

  

  US pop star Madonna met with Argentina's president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and former guerrilla-held hostage Ingrid Betancourt on Tuesday at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires where she filmed “Evita” twelve years ago.

• Monday, December 1st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine industrial sector wants lower Peso to prop exports

  

  Argentina's industrial sector is demanding that the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner lower the value of the peso to improve exports in a move to overcome the economic crisis.

• Monday, December 1st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  CFK administration increasingly jittery about global crisis

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's government defended the controversial financial incentive scheme proposed in its anti-crisis bill last week, which will be debated this week in Congress, stating that there is “no chance” it will promote money laundering.

• Thursday, November 27th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Qantas begins non-stop flights Sydney-Buenos Aires

  

  After a six-year absence, Australia's flagship airline Qantas returned to Argentina on Monday with direct flights between Sydney and Buenos Aires. The inaugural flight to Buenos Aires departed Sydney at 10.50am and arrived in Buenos Aires at 11am.

• Wednesday, November 26th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina admits global crisis, unveils stimulus plan

  Argentina announced on Tuesday a package of measures to soften the impact of the global crisis by boosting investments and protecting jobs. The plan includes tax breaks to encourage companies to retain workers and incentives for savers and companies to bring back funds deposited overseas.

• Wednesday, November 26th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine October trade surplus healthy but ceases to grow

  

  Argentina's trade surplus was 1.13 billion dollars in October, unchanged from a year earlier, the government announced this week. Earlier in the month the government had anticipated that the trade surplus totalled 11.37 billion US dollars in the January-October period.

• Wednesday, November 26th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina insists in can meet 2009 debt obligations

  

  Argentina can meet its debt obligations despite the global financial crisis and a slowing economy, said Economy Minister Carlos Fernández. “The state has the necessary resources to meet its 2009 debt obligations, even taking into account the difficult conditions in the international financial markets,” he said.

• Monday, November 24th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Mexican leader in Bs As to sign strategic association

  

  Mexican president Felipe Calderón arrived in Buenos Aires late Sunday for a two-day official visit, during which he and President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will make the first steps in the Strategic Association deal signed by the countries last year.