Argentina

• Tuesday, April 28th 2009 - 10:26 UTC

  Bolivia and Paraguay seal peace and limits 74 years after the Chaco war

  

  Bolivia and Paraguay formally sealed Monday in Buenos Aires the end of an armed conflict dating back 74 years and which is considered the bloodiest of the last century in South America with over 100.000 killed.

• Tuesday, April 28th 2009 - 06:05 UTC

  Fifth year-running march to protest against Botnia pulp mill

  

  For the fifth year running a massive concentration of Argentine environmentalists and picketers marched Sunday across an international bridge linking with Uruguay to protest against a pulp mill built on the Uruguayan side and which has been at the heart of a bilateral political and diplomatic dispute between the neighbouring countries.

• Saturday, April 25th 2009 - 11:00 UTC

  Voting before the going gets tough. The president of Argentina brings forward mid-term elections

  

  A piece from The Economist Intelligence Unite Views Wire on Argentina’s coming mid term elections sets out the scenario of the day after, and its consequences for the ruling Kirchner couple and obviously Argentine stability.
  An issue too sensitive to be openly addressed in Argentina, the article basically states the election has turned into a referendum on the still powerful Kirchners.
  “A heavy defeat for the candidates and allies of the governing Frente para la Victoria (FV, a faction of the Peronist party) could well hasten the end of their power, increasing the risk that the president will not see out her term (due to expire in January 2012) and presaging a bumpy political transition”.

• Friday, April 24th 2009 - 10:26 UTC

  Argentina, Brazil agree to disagree …more discreetly

  

  Argentina and Brazil confirmed on Thursday their strategic alliance particularly in the face of the current global crisis challenge and also tried to bridge their differences regarding bilateral trade and claims of protectionism.

• Friday, April 24th 2009 - 06:50 UTC

  Captain of Falklands’ war cruiser “General Belgrano” dies in Argentina

  

  The commander of the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by a British nuclear submarine during the Falkland Islands conflict 1982, Hector Bonzo died this week in Buenos Aires at the age of 76.

• Thursday, April 23rd 2009 - 05:17 UTC

  IMF forecasts Argentina to contract 1.5% in 2009 and expand 0.7% in 2010

  

  Argentina’s economy is forecasted to contract 1.5% in 2009 and will resume growth in 2010 but at a very modest 0.7%, according to the International Monetary Fund’s April World Economic Outlook (WEO).

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2009 - 12:24 UTC

  Three cases of rare newly-born with dengue in north Argentina

  

  Two children were born with dengue in the northern Argentine province of Salta, more precisely in the town of Orán after their mothers caught the mosquito transmitted disease in the last week of pregnancy, according to what was reported.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2009 - 12:21 UTC

  Mystery of sunken gold cargo in South Atlantic remains locked

  

  Another mysterious chapter for the sunken trawler “Polar Mist” and its cargo of 9.5 tons of gold, which was to be rescued this week from the South Atlantic sea shelf but had to be cancelled following seamen’ s union demands for a participation in the recovery.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2009 - 12:02 UTC

  Protectionism debate heats up among Argentine manufacturers

  

  Argentine manufacturers are openly divided over “protectionist practices” to face the current global slowdown. While a member of the board of the powerful Argentine Industrial Union, UIA argued that Argentina is ignoring the lessons of the 1929 crisis, other organizations claim ensuring domestic industry and employment must be priorities.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2009 - 03:14 UTC

  Argentina continental shelf presentation includes Falklands

  

  Argentina officially presented this week before United Nations its continental shelf claims which if approved will extend the country’s sovereign limit on the sea bed from 200 to 350 miles. The request includes all those areas claimed by Argentina: Falklands/Malvinas, South Atlantic islands and the so called Argentine Antarctic Territory.