Argentina

Wednesday, November 18th 2009 - 04:10 UTC
Argentine fruit exports to Brazil loosing 300.000 USD per day

Argentine exporters claim they are loosing huge sums of money because of Brazilian delays at Customs posts and in extending import licences. This is particularly sensitive for fruit and other perishable exporters.
Wednesday, November 18th 2009 - 03:44 UTC
Cristina and Lula da Silva meet to address bilateral trade conflict

Argentina and Brazil presidents are scheduled to address trade disputes, Mercosur and other coming foreign policy issues when they meet Wednesday in Brasilia for their agreed regular contacts.
Tuesday, November 17th 2009 - 09:14 UTC
Shimon Peres in Argentina proposes “a new relation for a new world”

Israeli President Shimon Peres met on Monday with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Shimon arrived on Sunday in Argentina, home to Latin America's biggest Jewish community for a two-day visit.
Tuesday, November 17th 2009 - 09:08 UTC
Argentina’s first gay couple marriage scheduled for December, AIDS Day

An Argentine gay couple that was enabled by a Buenos Aires City court ruling to get married after declaring the articles of the Civic Code that prohibit it as unconstitutional, requested on Monday a wedding date, according to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transvestite Federation (LGBT).
Monday, November 16th 2009 - 16:31 UTC
Israeli president Shimon Peres in Argentina for two-day visit

Israeli President Shimon Peres, who will meet Monday with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, arrived Sunday night in Buenos Aires for his two-day official visit, the first of an Israeli head of state in decades.
Monday, November 16th 2009 - 16:24 UTC
The Hague ruling on Botnia pulp mill controversy will “favour Uruguay”

The International Court of The Hague will rule favourably for Uruguay in the litigation with Argentina over the Botnia pulp mill constructed on the Uruguayan side of a jointly managed river, anticipated Uruguay’s chief attorney in the case, Paul Reichler.
Monday, November 16th 2009 - 14:15 UTC
FIFA bans Maradona for two months on qualifier incident in Montevideo

Argentina head coach Diego Maradona has been banned from football for two months and fined by FIFA as punishment for his rant at journalists following Argentina's qualification for the World Cup finals a month ago in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Saturday, November 14th 2009 - 13:51 UTC
Argentine bishops call on CFK to combat poverty and consolidate democracy

The Argentine Catholic Church urged the government to combat the “dramatic” situation of the poor and demanded the authorities consolidate democratic institutions and defuse growing social unrest.
Saturday, November 14th 2009 - 13:47 UTC
Argentina’s retail inflation climbs 0.8% during October

Argentina’s consumer price index increased 0.8% during October, according to the official Statistics office, Indec. The education and apparel industries were the ones that most gained. The main private pollsters were expecting the retail prices index to rise between 1 and 1.3%.
Friday, November 13th 2009 - 09:26 UTC
Lavagna blasts Cristina Kirchner failed government: “stop looking for excuses”

Argentina’ former Economy minister Roberto Lavagna said on Thursday that when governments begin to fail, “they begin to look for all kind of excuses”. The administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner faced with mounting social unrest and financial problems claims a “destabilization plan” has been set in motion.