Argentina

Tuesday, September 8th 2009 - 01:15 UTC
Kirchners ready to allow IMF review of the Argentine economy

Four years after Argentina froze relations with the International Monetary Fund under the administration of President Nestor Kirchner, the government of his wife Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is willing to accept an IMF review of the Argentine economy, according to Economy minister Amado Boudou, quoted in the Buenos Aires press.
Monday, September 7th 2009 - 14:58 UTC
Argentine pulp mill protestors promise to “fight on” whatever The Hague ruling

With only a week left for the beginning of the hearings in the International Court of Justice in The Hague on the pulp mills dispute between Uruguay and Argentina, pickets that have been blocking bridges between the two neighbouring countries promised to keep on the struggle.
Monday, September 7th 2009 - 14:06 UTC
Argentine next-of-kin preparing for trip to open Darwin cemetery Memorial

Over 300 relatives from Argentines combatants killed in 1982 during the Falkland Islands conflict are preparing for the trip for the official inauguration of the Memorial at the Argentine cemetery in Darwin, according to Cesar Trejo member of the Malvinas Families Commission.
Saturday, September 5th 2009 - 13:17 UTC
Argentine farmers end eight day boycott promising to “keep fighting”

Argentine farmers marked on Friday the end of an eight-day sales boycott with rallies and marches promising to “keep fighting” in support of aid for peers suffering from the worst drought in decades and to eliminate the current export tariffs system which distorts production and threatens several crops.
Thursday, September 3rd 2009 - 13:27 UTC
Once Argentina “has done its homework”, IMF liquidity support comes overnight

If Argentina compiles with its homework and has good relations with international financial organizations, “credit is granted overnight” said Olivier Blanchard, the International Monetary Fund Economic Counselor and Director of the IMF Research Department during his visit to Buenos Aires for a two day conference on monetary policies.
Wednesday, September 2nd 2009 - 13:30 UTC
Cristina and Nestor become Argentina’s most rejected political couple

The image of Argentina president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her predecessor and husband Nestor Kirchner have plunged to an all time record low since they took office: 23% and 21% respectively, according to the latest public opinion poll published in the site of the Buenos Aires newspaper Critica.
Wednesday, September 2nd 2009 - 07:23 UTC
Terrorist suspect to be confirmed as Iranian Defence minister

Iranian MPs have strongly backed the defence minister-designate, in defiance of Argentine demands for his arrest over a 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires. Ahmad Vahidi faced no opposition from MPs on the third day of a debate on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's choices for his new cabinet.
Tuesday, September 1st 2009 - 13:17 UTC
Argentina ‘environmentally irresponsible’ say Falklands’ strategy writers

Argentina’s lack of action with regard to over fishing in its own waters and on the high seas was described as “environmentally irresponsible” at the fisheries sector of a public presentation on the Falklands Environmental Development Strategy (EDS) last week.
Tuesday, September 1st 2009 - 12:51 UTC
Uruguayan navy arrests Argentine poachers few miles from Montevideo

Two Argentine vessels illegally fishing in Uruguayan waters were arrested over the weekend by a fisheries patrol from the Navy. The vessels had 90 tons of yellow croaker in their holds.
Tuesday, September 1st 2009 - 04:55 UTC
Argentina increasingly disappointed with the Kirchners and the ruling class

Two months after the mid term elections defeat the Argentine government has managed to recover the political initiative leaving a spastic opposition with little margin. However this has not been enough to neutralize public opinion rejection, which is similar or worse than on June 28th.