Argentina

• Thursday, December 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina Playboy bunny campaigns for whales in Chile

  

  Argentine top model Vanesa Carbone cat-walked topless in front of the Japanese embassy in Santiago de Chile to protest Japan's indiscriminate whale hunting and the use of animal skins in human clothing.

• Thursday, December 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Export financing and incentives for Argentine fisheries

  

  Argentina announced an 80 million US dollars support plan for the fishing industry to help pre finance exports with a special credit line from Banco Nacion which acts as a development bank.

• Thursday, December 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Cruise vessel with 122 pax and crew trapped in Antarctic ice

  

  The Panamanian flagged cruise vessel Ciudad de Ushuaia, with 122 people on board, called for help Thursday after getting stuck in the ice, suffering a fuel leak and letting in a “minimal” amount of water, the Argentine Navy said in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, December 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Open letter to Argentines from new UK ambassador

  

  The new British ambassador in Argentina presented her credentials on Wednesday to Foreign Affairs minister Jorge Taiana and simultaneously published an open letter in the embassy's site saying how privileged she was to be in Buenos Aires underscoring the many coincidences between UK and Argentina. Her message included an implicit message on Falklands “there are differences of policy and opinion between the UK and Argentina on some important matters”.

• Wednesday, December 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina denies cutting trade links with Iran

  

  Argentina has denied it is suspending commercial ties with Iran worth a billion US dollars annually. The Argentine Jewish news agency and several Argentine newspapers earlier reported the suspension.

• Wednesday, December 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Casa Rosada world stage for Cristina, Ingrid and Madonna

  

  US pop star Madonna met with Argentina's president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and former guerrilla-held hostage Ingrid Betancourt on Tuesday at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires where she filmed “Evita” twelve years ago.

• Monday, December 1st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine industrial sector wants lower Peso to prop exports

  

  Argentina's industrial sector is demanding that the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner lower the value of the peso to improve exports in a move to overcome the economic crisis.

• Monday, December 1st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  CFK administration increasingly jittery about global crisis

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's government defended the controversial financial incentive scheme proposed in its anti-crisis bill last week, which will be debated this week in Congress, stating that there is “no chance” it will promote money laundering.

• Thursday, November 27th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Qantas begins non-stop flights Sydney-Buenos Aires

  

  After a six-year absence, Australia's flagship airline Qantas returned to Argentina on Monday with direct flights between Sydney and Buenos Aires. The inaugural flight to Buenos Aires departed Sydney at 10.50am and arrived in Buenos Aires at 11am.

• Wednesday, November 26th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina admits global crisis, unveils stimulus plan

  Argentina announced on Tuesday a package of measures to soften the impact of the global crisis by boosting investments and protecting jobs. The plan includes tax breaks to encourage companies to retain workers and incentives for savers and companies to bring back funds deposited overseas.