Argentina

• Tuesday, March 17th 2009 - 23:30 UTC

  “Peaceful and emotional” Falklands visit for Argentine marathon runners

  

  PEACEFUL and emotional is how five Argentine runners, including three 1982 war veterans, describe their visit to the Falkland Islands and their participation in the Standard Chartered Bank Stanley Marathon on Sunday.

• Tuesday, March 17th 2009 - 13:46 UTC

  Businessman sentenced in Miami for suitcase cash scandal

  

  A Venezuelan businessman was sentenced in Miami on Monday to four years in prison for acting as an unregistered agent of Venezuela in the United States. Franklin Duran had been convicted of conspiring to cover up the origin and destination of a suitcase stuffed with 800.000 US dollars in cash that was found in 2007 in a Buenos Aires airport.

• Tuesday, March 17th 2009 - 03:23 UTC

  Falklands surprised with unexpected arrival of 60 Argentine veterans

  

  FALKLAND Islanders have expressed surprise at the unexpected arrival in Stanley of around sixty Argentine veterans of the 1982 War.

• Monday, March 16th 2009 - 08:52 UTC

  Uruguay adopts low profile approach to Argentina’s trade hurdles

  

  Uruguay has no plans to appeal before Mercosur against Argentina’s decision to expand the list of products which no longer have access to automatic import licences which is significantly slowing bilateral trade, said Uruguay’s director of the Mercosur Economic Affairs and Integration Office, Walter Cancela.

• Saturday, March 14th 2009 - 05:29 UTC

  Cristina wants to bring forward mid term elections to June

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez announced Friday the presentation next week of a bill to Congress to bring forward mid-term elections to June from October, to let the government focus on fighting economic problems and less on politics.

• Friday, March 13th 2009 - 12:50 UTC

  Protesting Argentine farmers prepare for another clash in Congress

  

  Argentine farmers are back on active protest after the latest frustrating meetings with government officials for the moderation or elimination of export taxes on grains and oilseeds and requests of aid for drought stricken areas.

• Thursday, March 12th 2009 - 08:55 UTC

  Argentine oil provinces request floor price to ensure employment

  

  Argentina’s oil and gas producing provinces are requesting from the Buenos Aires a floor price for hydrocarbons to ensure income from royalties for their weakened budgets.

• Thursday, March 12th 2009 - 08:10 UTC

  Recovery of sunken vessel with gold in South Atlantic begins next week

  

  An offshore services support Norwegian vessel will begin next week working for the recovery of the Chilean flagged trawler “Polar Mist” loaded with containers containing gold and silver that was lost in the South Atlantic offshore Argentina.

• Thursday, March 12th 2009 - 06:24 UTC

  Cristina Kirchner and PM Brown to hold bilateral meeting in Chile

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will be holding a bilateral meeting next March 27th in Viña del Mar, Chile during the progressive leaders’ forum and most probably the Falklands/Malvinas claim issue will be on the table, according to reports in Buenos Aires daily La Nación.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2009 - 05:56 UTC

  UK military honours for Argentine remain burial in Falklands

  

  The remains of Argentine 1st Lt. Jorge Casco killed in 1982 while flying a Skyhawk fighter plane during the South Atlantic Islands conflict were buried at the Falkland Islands Darwin cemetery on Saturday 7 March 2009.