Argentina

• Friday, December 18th 2009 - 11:55 UTC

  Duhalde tosses his hat into the 2011 Argentine presidential election

  

  Former Argentine caretaker president Eduardo Duhalde announced on Thursday he is “convinced” to be running for president in order to face Representative Néstor Kirchner in the upcoming Justicialista Party primary elections. He stated: “There are no candidates willing to confront Kirchner.”

• Friday, December 18th 2009 - 03:20 UTC

  UK/Argentina: Tension over Falklands “likely to increase over the coming years”

  

  Argentina has had to reduce military expenditure because of the recession but tension with the UK over the Falkland Islands is likely to increase over the coming years, according to a report from Companiesandmarkets.com (*) released this week.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2009 - 05:50 UTC

  Banco do Brazil interested in Argentina’s fourth largest bank

  

  Banco do Brazil (BB), Latinamerica’s largest government-managed bank, is in talks with Argentina’s Banco Patagonia, seeking to expand internationally, announced CEO Aldemir Bendime.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2009 - 04:48 UTC

  Proposed trans-Andes tunnel, crucial link for Pacific-Atlantic highway

  

  A proposed 916 million US dollars road tunnel linking Chile and Argentina was endorsed last week by the Coquimbo (Region IV) regional government. The approval gives a green light to the proposed 14-km tunnel linking Chile’s Coquimbo province with the Argentine province of San Juan.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2009 - 11:10 UTC

  Argentina announces 6.5 billion USD guarantee fund for 2010 debt payments

  

  Argentina will set aside 6.5 billion US dollars of its foreign currency reserves to ensure the country meets its 2010 debt payments, the government said on Monday. The move is seen as an attempt to lower costs for issuing new debt, ahead of a complicated year.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2009 - 07:51 UTC

  Argentina: TAC for southern blue whiting, hoki and Patagaonian toothfish

  

  Argentina’s Federal Fisheries Council, (CFP) has fixed the 2010 total allowable catch (TAC) for hoki (Macruronus magellanicus), Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) and southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis) at 170,000, 2,500 and 60,000 tonnes, respectively.

• Saturday, December 12th 2009 - 14:52 UTC

  The “blond angel of death” on trial in Buenos Aires

  

  A former Argentine navy captain has gone on trial in Buenos Aires for his alleged involvement in the disappearance and torture of dissidents during the country's 1976 to 1983 military dictatorship.

• Friday, December 11th 2009 - 14:14 UTC

  Brazil and Argentina try again to reach an agreement on bilateral trade

  

  Brazil and Argentina are currently discussing the possibility of reducing the number of products subject to the so called non automatic import licences which has been obstructing bilateral trade and causing a rift between Mercosur’s largest partners.

• Friday, December 11th 2009 - 13:52 UTC

  Argentina clears the way for outstanding debt swap and new bonds issue

  

  In the latest step to finish with outstanding debt problems and return to markets, the Argentine government officially allowed issues of new bonds to be swapped for defaulted government paper.

• Monday, December 7th 2009 - 11:20 UTC

  Opposition does not discard impeachment of President Cristina Kirchner

  

  A leader of the Argentine opposition does not discard the possibility of impeaching President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner for alleged acts of corruption.