Argentina

• Thursday, January 7th 2010 - 17:05 UTC

  Argentina opens “dirty war” files except those related to South Atlantic conflict

  

  Argentina declassified and has made public all documents and information related to military activities for the period extending from 1976 to 1983 when the country was ruled by the Armed Forces, However decree 4/2010 excludes all information and documents related to the South Atlantic (Falklands/Malvinas) conflict and any other inter-state conflict”.

• Thursday, January 7th 2010 - 16:47 UTC

  Puerto Madryn cruise industry faces bleak future

  

  Puerto Madryn in Argentine Patagonia expects a considerable fall in the number of cruise calls following Norwegian Cruise Lines decision to stop operating in the Valparaíso/Buenos Aires tour in the next 2010/2011 season.

• Wednesday, January 6th 2010 - 11:18 UTC

  Buenos Aires Mayor tossed his hat into the Argentine presidential ring

  

  Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri tossed his hat into the 2011 Argentine presidential ring by saying that it would be a “boyhood dream” to face off against ex-president Néstor Kirchner next year. “We are building a candidacy” he underlined.

• Tuesday, January 5th 2010 - 13:06 UTC

  Argentina’s inflation third highest in the world, say private consultants

  

  Private consultants estimate that Argentina’s inflation in 2009 and in spite of the devalued government statistics was the third highest in the world behind the Democratic Republic of Congo and Venezuela.

• Tuesday, January 5th 2010 - 12:48 UTC

  Argentina car production booming expects record year in 2010

  

  Argentine car manufacturers are looking ahead with great optimism to what they consider an “excellent” 2010 when they expect to break several records, according to Cesar Luis Ramirez Rojas, president of the Argentine car manufacturers association

• Tuesday, January 5th 2010 - 12:33 UTC

  Uruguayan beef and vegetables in Argentina’s 2011menu

  

  Argentina is a nation that prides itself on having more cattle than people but because of erred policies may soon be forced to import beef to keep its meat-loving citizens happy at the dinner table.

• Tuesday, January 5th 2010 - 12:24 UTC

  Argentine General: demining a humanitarian and ethical imperative

  

  ”Argentina is free of all type of mines, with the exception of those planted in the Malvinas Islands which motivated Argentina to request and obtain a ten year de-mining extension, because Argentina currently does not have access to the Islands illegitimately occupied by the United Kingdom”.

• Monday, January 4th 2010 - 07:56 UTC

  Argentina recalls events of 1833 and reiterates Malvinas claim

  

  On the 177th anniversary of the “illegitimate occupation” by the United Kingdom of the Malvinas Islands, Argentina “repudiates” events of 3 January 1833 and calls on the UK to comply with the mandate of the international community and find a peaceful solution to the conflict.

• Thursday, December 31st 2009 - 12:04 UTC

  Argentine archbishop convicted for sexual abuse

  

  Argentine cleric gets 8 years in sex abuse case. An Argentine judge convicted a former Roman Catholic archbishop Wednesday of sexually abusing a seminarian in 1992.

• Thursday, December 31st 2009 - 11:07 UTC

  Argentina’s stock market completes biggest annual gain in 18 years: 115%

  

  Argentina’s main stock index completed its biggest annual gain in 18 years. The Merval index’s 115% rise this year is its best performance since 1991 and reverses a 50% drop in 2008.