Under the banner of time is running out Argentine farm leaders gathered in a rally to call for action from President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner administration or they will be forced to resume the protests that they staged for four months until mid-July and that forced the government to roll back higher grain export duties.
After six years of rapid growth, Argentina's economy is at a familiar turning-point, in which the president's refusal to change course threatens to make it poorer
Argentina's Lower House approved early Friday following twelve hours debate the government's purchase of the flag air carrier Aerolineas Argentinas and its subsidiary Austral from Spanish travel conglomerate Marsans. The bill must be approved by the Senate before becoming law.
A severe drought in central north Argentine provinces has caused the death of 700.00 livestock, hampered milk production and delayed sowing wheat and sunflower in other regions of the country, according to farmers' organisations leaders.
A jack-up oil platform for exploration in shallow waters is expected to arrive in the coming weeks in the Argentine San Jorge Gulf basin where three exploratory wells have been scheduled for drilling plus a fourth offshore Santa Cruz province, according to reports in the Argentine press.
The Argentine government will have to increase in 19% its budget for 2008 and in 16% its income in order to balance public spending, as the estimations with which it was calculated were surpassed by inflation.
Argentine Economy Minister Carlos Fernandez told exporters the country's economy is more vigorous than ever and confirmed the current economic productive model,' one week after the government began buying back its own bonds to shore up waning investor confidence.
Seven out of ten Argentines don't believe in the official inflation index from the country's controversial statistics office and trust private estimates, according to a public opinion poll released this week in Buenos Aires.
Argentine farmers warned time is running out and if there are no announcements regarding their claims by the end of the month a new country wide stoppage or another non sale of grains and oilseeds sales is back on the protest agenda.
The Argentine economy seems to be suffering of fatigue according to the latest official reports and which had been anticipated by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner earlier in the week.