Argentina

Tuesday, June 23rd 2009 - 08:01 UTC
Argentine industry warns of “political crisis”, more serious than “economic crisis

The head of Argentina’s powerful Industrial Union, UIA, said the country is going through “a political crisis” which is more severe than the economic crisis and ventured that the current electoral climate “does not offer significant political alternatives or leaderships”.
Saturday, June 20th 2009 - 16:36 UTC
Rescuers locate vessel that went down in Patagonia with 22 million in gold

The Chilean trawler converted into an armoured transport “Polar Mist” and which went down in Patagonian waters with a haul of precious metal has finally been pinpointed on the sea bed some forty kilometres off the coast.
Saturday, June 20th 2009 - 16:31 UTC
Argentina’s trade surplus surges 139% in May but imports plunge 49%

Argentina's May trade surplus soared 139% from a year ago to 2.48 billion US dollars because of a sharp drop in imports as the economy slows, the government said on Friday.
Saturday, June 20th 2009 - 08:06 UTC
June 28 is signalling the end of the Kirchner couple hegemony

The hegemonic leadership of the Kirchner couple in Argentina, prevalent since 2003, could be coming to and end following on Sunday June 28th mid term elections, according to several Buenos Aires pollsters and political analysts.
Friday, June 19th 2009 - 17:58 UTC
Che Guevara’s granddaughter to pose nude for vegetarian diet

Lydia Guevara, granddaughter of the late revolutionary idol Ernesto “Che” Guevara, is set to star in a campaign to encourage a vegetarian diet for the organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA.
Friday, June 19th 2009 - 14:11 UTC
A/H1N1 virus influenza deaths climb to six in Argentina

Argentina health authorities announced Thursday two more people have died of A/H1N1 flu, raising the country's total to six. Buenos Aires province Health Minister Claudio Zin says a 15-year-old died in a clinic in La Matanza, while health officials in the capital are confirming the death of a girl. They did not give her age.
Friday, June 19th 2009 - 14:07 UTC
Four million live in poverty in metropolitan Buenos Aires

An estimated four million Argentines live in poverty in metropolitan Buenos Aires of which 1.2 million are described as indigent, which means they don’t have minimum resources to purchase the basic food basket according to a survey from SEL Consultores released this week.
Thursday, June 18th 2009 - 15:03 UTC
Argentina has only shown aggression towards the Falklands, says Summers

Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly elected member Mike Summers said the Argentine government has shown no willingness to discuss with the Falkland Islanders and went on to describe Argentina as resembling “a dictatorship with elections”.
Thursday, June 18th 2009 - 14:59 UTC
UN Assembly president, strong defender of Argentina in Malvinas question

The president of the United Nations General Assembly is “well informed” on the Malvinas Islands issue and is a “strong defender of Argentine rights (over the Falkland Islands) and very much personally interested in all the claim process which Argentina has been intensifying”, said Argentine Foreign Secretary Jorge Taiana in New York.
Thursday, June 18th 2009 - 08:58 UTC
Foreign tourism in Argentina slips 6% during April

Tourists arriving in Argentina through the country’s main international airport, Ezeiza dropped 6% last April compared to the same month a year ago according to the Statistics and Census office, INDEC.