Argentina

• Monday, November 9th 2009 - 15:17 UTC

  Latinamerican media blasts populist regimes for trying to gag press critics

  

  Populist leaders in Latin America increasingly use legal and political means to silence critics in the media, according to Enrique Santos Calderón, president of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA). Tactics include revoking broadcast licenses, fostering hostility toward journalists, and giving a free hand to government supporters who have attacked broadcast stations, newsrooms and printing plants.

• Monday, November 9th 2009 - 12:54 UTC

  Amorim and Taiana meet to address “trade difficulties”

  

  Brazilian Foreign Affairs minister Celso Amorim will receive Monday in Rio do Janeiro his Argentine counterpart Jorge Taiana to discuss several issues of the “bilateral agenda” including, according to Argentine diplomatic sources the ongoing “trade differences”.

• Monday, November 9th 2009 - 08:43 UTC

  With Iran in mind Israeli president begins historic visit to Argentina and Brazil

  

  Israeli President Shimon Peres begins Monday a “historic visit” to Brazil and Argentina, the first in decades to both countries for an Israeli head of state, and one of the main issues of the agenda will be the so-called “Iranian infiltration” in Latinamerica.

• Thursday, November 5th 2009 - 12:59 UTC

  Argentina after an agreement with the IMF at the G20 Scotland meeting

  

  Argentina’s Economy Minister Amado Boudou travels to Scotland Thursday where he will participate in a meeting with his G-20 counterparts. Boudou is also scheduled to meet with International Monetary Fund (IMF) head Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

• Thursday, November 5th 2009 - 12:53 UTC

  Argentina/Brazil trade dispute: partners can’t agree who’s to blame

  

  Argentina has accused Brazil of not keeping to agreed “self regulated” bilateral trade understandings originally destined as an umbrella for Argentine industry, and instead has resorted to customs barriers which are delaying or impeding exports.

• Thursday, November 5th 2009 - 08:21 UTC

  Squid landings in Argentine ports down 74% to 65.983 tons

  

  Fisheries landings in Argentine ports during the first ten months of the year were down 31% to 576,623.7 tons (from 832.655 tons) mainly because of the significant decline in squid catches.

• Thursday, November 5th 2009 - 06:20 UTC

  Interpol suggests mediation between Argentina and Iran over terrorist attack

  

  France based Interpol proposed Argentine and Iranian authorities meet at Interpol's General Secretariat Headquarters in Lyon, central-south France, to unlock the judicial stalemate of the 1994 AMIA terrorist bombing in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, November 3rd 2009 - 12:25 UTC

  Thousands of Argentine pickets camp in the world’s widest avenue

  

  Thousands of members from Argentine picket organizations camped Monday night in the world’s widest avenue, 9 de Julio in the heart of Buenos Aires demanding the incorporation of other groupings to the government’s unemployment subsidy plans and family allowances.

• Tuesday, November 3rd 2009 - 11:58 UTC

  French Defence minister calls on Argentina to follow the steps of Brazil

  

  French Defence minister Hervé Morin said that Argentina could increase its international influence following on the steps of Brazil, which is currently modernizing its military hardware and planning on the long term.

• Tuesday, November 3rd 2009 - 11:33 UTC

  Argentina’s last military dictator on trial for human rights abuses

  

  Argentina's last dictator and five military leaders who helped rule the country more than 25 years ago went on trial Monday on human rights charges