Argentina

Wednesday, August 12th 2009 - 12:10 UTC
“Discrimination-free” and when possible “free-of-charge” soccer in Argentina

The Argentine Football Federation Executive Committee agreed Tuesday to end the contract that for two decades had united AFA with television company Televisión Satelital Codificada, owner of the television rights for Argentina’s soccer.
Tuesday, August 11th 2009 - 12:10 UTC
The Kirchner couple wants football TV transmission to be free

Argentina’s cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández said football transmission should be free because it is not only a national passion but an industry that generates many jobs and activity.
Monday, August 10th 2009 - 12:21 UTC
What a couple: “lefty hearts”, right wing pockets and can’t stop loving the poor

What can bring together an Argentine farm leader and one of the most outstanding writers of the Spanish language: the Argentine presidential couple, “what a couple!”, and their personal wealth which skyrocketed in a few years.
Monday, August 10th 2009 - 12:13 UTC
Pope triggers “scandalous poverty” debate in Argentina

Buenos Aires province governor Daniel Scioli will be meeting this week with all Catholic bishops of his area following the controversy triggered by Pope Benedict XVI who in one his homilies spoke of the “scandalous poverty” and social inequality in Argentina.
Friday, August 7th 2009 - 11:49 UTC
Following months of dispute Kirchner easing its grip on agriculture markets

Officials from the administration of Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner have announced a set of measures toward the liberalization of meat and grains exports -following demands made by farming organizations- in a move to resolve the ongoing conflict with farming leaders.
Wednesday, August 5th 2009 - 12:50 UTC
Former Argentine president De la Rúa indicted in bribes case

The Argentine Federal Appeals court has confirmed the indictment of ex-president Fernando de la Rúa in a case linking the former Radical president to the payment of bribes at the Senate in 2000 and which ended with a major political crisis.
Tuesday, August 4th 2009 - 10:44 UTC
Argentina pays bond and seeks to return to global capital markets

Argentina paid creditors a total of 2.25 billion dollars on government-issued debt Monday, as it sought to shed the last vestiges of its 2001 default and return to the financial mainstream. Economy Minister Amado Boudou said the payment, or coupon, had been made to holders of dollar-denominated Boden 2012 bonds -- meeting a debt obligation that aims to boost confidence.
Monday, August 3rd 2009 - 13:05 UTC
Lloyd’s recovers most of gold from trawler sunk in South Atlantic

Most of the 9.5 tons of gold and silver (valued in 20 million US dollars) that went down in the South Atlantic off the Argentine coast on board a converted Chilean trawler have been recovered by a rescue mission contracted by the insurers of the cargo, reports the Argentine press.
Monday, August 3rd 2009 - 12:58 UTC
Former minister exposes Kirchners leniency towards union leaders abuses

Argentina’s former Health Minister Graciela Ocaña revealed she resigned because she has “a different way of acting in politics” and criticized the growing influence in the Kirchner couple administrations of the head of the country’s main unions’ organization Hugo Moyano.
Sunday, August 2nd 2009 - 12:08 UTC
Argentine/Chilean ministerial summit this week in Buenos Aires

Argentine and Chilean cabinet ministers will be meeting next Thursday in Buenos Aires to advance in the integration process and address an agenda of bilateral issues, according to reports in the Argentine capital.