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Montevideo, December 5th 2025 - 09:39 UTC

Argentina

  • Friday, July 17th 2009 - 05:33 UTC

    Argentina obtains Non-Aligned Movement observer status

    The decision was approved at the Sharm el-Sheikh summit.

    The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) leaders approved this week the admission of Argentina and the World Peace Council (WPC) as observers at the its 15th summit currently held in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

  • Thursday, July 16th 2009 - 15:36 UTC

    US travel alert to Argentina because of the H1N1 virus

    Travel plans should be discussed with doctor, recommends State Department

    The United States Department of State has sent out a travel alert to US citizens travelling to or residing in Argentina on the health risks associated with the World Health Organization (WHO)-declared 2009-H1N1 influenza pandemic, which has resulted in illness in numerous countries. The current outbreak in Argentina has caused federal, provincial, and municipal authorities to announce several measures to prevent the illness from spreading.

  • Wednesday, July 15th 2009 - 23:50 UTC

    Ten years on - still disagreement on Falklands’ agreement

    The 1999 agreement reinstated Lan Chile flights to the Falklands from Punta Arenas and allowed holders of Argentine passports to visit the Islands.

    On the tenth anniversary of the agreement July 14th 1999 between Britain and Argentina on the Falklands, an elected representative of the time still maintains she was right to disagree with the decision that allowed Argentine passport holders the right of access to the Islands.

  • Wednesday, July 15th 2009 - 11:51 UTC

    The Kirchner couple fortune soared 158% last year: totals 12.1 million US dollars

    The ruling couple have proved to be excellent investors in Patagonia real estate

    The fortune of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her husband and former president Nestor Kirchner soared 158% in 2008 having reached the equivalent of 12.1 million US dollars according to sworn statements from the couple published Tuesday in the Buenos Aires press.

  • Wednesday, July 15th 2009 - 11:39 UTC

    Divers have recovered part of the gold lost in the South Atlantic

    In another three weeks the whole cargo of 9.6 tons of gold and silver form the sunken “Polar Mist” should be recovered by “C-Sailor”

    Part of the gold and silver which went down in the South Atlantic, off Patagonia, with the Chilean flagged trawler converted into a transport vessel “Polar Mist”, has been winched aboard the rescuers’ tug contracted to recover the precious cargo.

  • Wednesday, July 15th 2009 - 07:56 UTC

    Argentine inflation cooling as economy slows down

    “Official” June inflation was 0.4%, while private estimates put it at 0.6%

    Argentina’s official consumer inflation in June was 0.4%, totalling 5.3% in the last twelve months and 2.7% in the first half of this year, according to the latest release from the controversial Statistics and Census Office, Indec.

  • Tuesday, July 14th 2009 - 11:14 UTC

    Countdown for Kirchners special powers: August 24

    Nine billion US dollars of revenues are at stake

    A “D” day has emerged in Argentina’s congressional calendar which helps to explain some of the latest dialogue overtures by the administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, according to a columnist from Buenos Aires daily La Nacion.

  • Tuesday, July 14th 2009 - 11:10 UTC

    Argentina convenes regional meeting to address H1N1 pandemic

    Minister Juan Manzur will host the Buenos Aires meeting Wednesday

    Argentina called for a meeting of regional Public Health ministers to address the A/H1N1 virus situation and try to harmonize measures to counterattack the pandemic, announced the Ministry of Health in an official release.

  • Tuesday, July 14th 2009 - 11:01 UTC

    Argentine corporations expect US dollar to reach 4.30/4.50 pesos in 12 months

    Domestic issues have displaced the global crisis as the main source of concern for the Argentine economy.

    A majority of Argentine entrepreneurs believes the local currency will suffer a significant depreciation against the US dollar in the next twelve months according to a poll among 137 leading corporations.

  • Tuesday, July 14th 2009 - 02:41 UTC

    Argentina requests Non-Aligned Movement observer status

    The NAM conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, will consider the request

    The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries will consider the admission of Argentina and the World Peace Council (WPC) as observers during the XVth. conference and triennial summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, according to a press release distributed by the summit secretariat Sunday.