Argentina

Monday, October 13th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Argentine “soy king”: export duties makes farming “non viable”

Argentina's “Soy King”, Gustavo Grobocopatel warned that if export taxes remain averaging 35%, and commodities don't recover prices of early 2008, next year many people will be going bankrupt because with current costs oilseeds production “is not viable”.
Monday, October 13th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Decisive week for Aerolineas Argentinas control dispute

Argentina's Transport Secretary scoffed at the assets valuation by a Swiss bank of the Argentine flag carrier Aerolineas Argentinas which was recently re-nationalized and is embroiled in a dispute with the Spanish group that until a few months ago controlled the airline.
Monday, October 13th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina blames IMF for poor supervision in rich countries

Argentina's Economy Minister Carlos Fernández, not known for his loquacity, spoke at large about the international financial market meltdown during the IMF and World Bank annual assemblies in Washington.
Sunday, October 12th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Campaign to have ex President Kirchner run for Congress

Argentine officials applauded the possibility that former president Nestor Kirchner run as a candidate to become a national deputy for the province of Buenos Aires in next year's mid term election but the opposition said it was an attempt to get him “off the hook” in several scandal cases.
Sunday, October 12th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Caroline McCain admits “having fallen in love with Bs. Aires”

Caroline McCain the eldest grand daughter of US Republican presidential candidate John McCain, currently studying journalism in Buenos Aires, admits she has fallen in love with the city and said she would vote for Barack Obama if his rival was George W Bush.
Saturday, October 11th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Ex-Argentine dictator leaves house arrest for military prison

Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla was taken to a military prison Friday, after a federal judge revoked the benefit of house arrest that he had enjoyed for 10 years.
Thursday, October 9th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina's Justice Minister accuses FBI of “terrible crimes”

Argentine Justice Minister Aníbal Fernández said on Wednesday that the FBI was trying to bribe María Luján Telpuk â€“ the former airport security officer who discovered the suitcase with 800,000 dollars last year and who is currently in Miami testifying in another related case â€” by offering her political asylum and employment.
Thursday, October 9th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina will apply a tit-for-tat visa charges policy

Argentina will apply a tit-for-tat visa charges policy for visitors and new immigration rules to be introduced in the near future announced Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo at a Government House, Casa Rosada, press conference.
Wednesday, October 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Kirchner challenges Jazz effect: “crisis does not affect us”

Guess who is back? Argentina's First Escort and with a resounding “This crisis does not affect us”. Former president Nestor Kirchner has returned to open politics and in a rally to prop President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner made the daring remarks.
Monday, October 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina reluctant to accept a repeat of farmers' conflict

Argentine farmers' decision to resume protests against the government has put their demands back on the agenda but is unlikely to reignite the bitter conflict that gripped the country for four months.