Argentina

Saturday, March 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
No Progress in Argentine Farm Talks

Argentine farmers announced a temporary truce in a 16-day strike on Friday, but marathon talks with the government failed to yield an immediate agreement over disputed export tax hikes.
Friday, March 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
First steps to defuse Argentine gov. farmers' conflict

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner called on farm leaders to a “serious” dialogue, but cautioned that the more than two weeks long strike must be previously lifted.
Thursday, March 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina farmers' conflict: stalemate traps government

The Argentine government farmers' conflict, on its fourteenth day seems to have reached a stalemate with all actors involved unable to decide what the next step is and adopting increasingly inflexible positions, even possibly loosing control of future events.
Wednesday, March 26th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Extreme tension after CFK speech: indefinite farming strike

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez refused to ease tax hikes on agricultural exports Tuesday, facing down angry farmers embroiled in a nationwide strike that has all but halted production in one of the world's biggest beef-exporting nations.
Tuesday, March 25th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine officials tell farmers “no dialogue under pressure”

The Argentine government will not dialogue “under pressure” with striking farmers said Monday Justice minister Anibal Fernandez. Farmers have completed twelve days of surprising successful protests against the government's tax policy on grain, beef and dairy exports.
Tuesday, March 25th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina's foreign debt stands at 123 billion US dollars

Argentina's foreign debt stood at the end of 2007 at 123.197 billion US dollars, a 13.3% hike over the 108.762 billion of 2006, according to the latest report from the country's Statistics and Census Institute, Indec.
Monday, March 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Farmers' conflict in Argentina seems out of control

Argentine industrialists and teamsters called on Sunday for dialogue to end the farmers' massive, crippling strike which threatens to leave the main cities short of meat, dairy produce and other food staples. The protest begun ten days ago and there's no solution on sight.
Monday, March 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine Armed Forces running out of officers

Argentina is preparing a package of benefits to retain military officers, who are abandoning the services attracted by higher salaries and better working conditions in the civilian sector, reports the Buenos Aires press.
Thursday, March 20th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Aircraft remains trawled in S. Atlantic date back to 1961

Remains of a military aircraft trawled by an Argentine fishing vessel 159 kilometers off Santa Cruz belong to an Argentine Navy North American SNJ-5C Texan that went down in 1961 and not to aircrafts involved in the 1982 Falkland Islands conflict as originally believed.
Thursday, March 20th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Lack of Argentine gas forces Methanex redundancies

Methanex in the extreme south of Chile announced this week it will have to cut its work force in approximately 15% because of the insufficient supply of Argentine natural gas.