Argentina

• Monday, June 15th 2009 - 13:35 UTC

  Argentina is “waging economic warfare” on the Falklands

  

  The Falkland Islands government has accused Argentina of waging a campaign of “economic warfare” against it, according to an article in the Sunday edition of The Guardian by Robert Booth.

• Monday, June 15th 2009 - 13:28 UTC

  Cuban dissident neurosurgeon arrives in Argentina

  

  The Cuban neurosurgeon Hilda Molina arrived in Argentina on Sunday to visit relatives, 15 years after she broke ranks with former leader Fidel Castro over the healthcare system on the island.

• Thursday, June 11th 2009 - 11:16 UTC

  Argentina reaffirms rights on “Malvinas Sovereignty Day”

  

  Argentina condemned on Wednesday the United Kingdom’s negative to resume sovereignty negotiations over the disputed Falklands/Malvinas Islands, South Atlantic islands (South Georgia and Sandwich) and adjacent maritime spaces. June 10th, according to the Argentine calendar is Malvinas Sovereignty Day

• Thursday, June 11th 2009 - 06:39 UTC

  Buenos Aires and Santiago most liveable cities of Latinamerica

  

  Santiago de Chile is Latinamerica’s second best city in terms of “liveability,” according to a new report by British magazine “The Economist.”

• Thursday, June 11th 2009 - 03:20 UTC

  Argentine opposition calls for close trade, education, culture ties with Falklands

  

  Argentina should insist in developing the natural interdependency between the Malvinas Islands and the rest of Argentine territory, promoting sea and air links to help develop trade, educational and cultural ties with Islanders, according to Hipolito Solari Irigoyen, a political figure from the opposition Radical party and international jurist.

• Wednesday, June 10th 2009 - 08:00 UTC

  Over 70 Argentine officers face trial for torturing conscripts in Malvinas

  

  An Argentine federal judge considers the abuses allegedly suffered, --in over eighty cases-- by Malvinas war veterans during the 1982 Malvinas war as “crimes against humanity” and therefore “imprescriptible”, according to reports in the Buenos Aires press.

• Wednesday, June 10th 2009 - 07:55 UTC

  Argentina will consume Uruguayan beef for bicentenary celebration

  

  Argentina will celebrate its bicentenary consuming Uruguayan beef forecasted the president of the powerful farmers’ association Argentine Rural Society, Hugo Biolcati. Production won’t be enough to cover Argentina’s demand next year, “either we bring per capita consumption down from 70 kilos to 50 kilos, or we import beef and it won’t be cheap”.

• Wednesday, June 10th 2009 - 02:39 UTC

  Argentina declares Darwin memorial “national historic place”

  

  The Argentine cemetery in Darwin, Falkland Islands, has been declared by the Argentine government a “national historic place”. The bill with the initiative was approved by Congress on May 13 and promulgated June 4th, according to the Tuesday publication in the official gazette.

• Tuesday, June 9th 2009 - 09:44 UTC

  Repsol, Petrobras and BP to explore for oil next to Falklands’ waters

  

  A consortium led by Spanish oil firm Repsol YPF SA (REP) plans to explore for oil in international waters between Argentina and the Falkland Islands, officials from the company said Monday.

• Friday, June 5th 2009 - 08:13 UTC

  Argentina’s spat with Uruguay not exclusive, say diplomats

  

  The diplomatic spat to which Uruguay is being exposed by Argentina over the Botnia pulp mill conflict is not exclusive or an isolated case, it was revealed during a recent meeting of Uruguayan ambassadors that returned to Montevideo to address trade issues.