Argentina

• Monday, November 5th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Cristina : Botnia must not condition links with Uruguay

  

  Argentina's elected president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner adopted a more pragmatic attitude towards the ongoing pulp mill conflict with Uruguay arguing that the outcome of the case presented before the International Court of The Hague is what matters and in the meantime ”we should not pledge our relations (with Uruguay) in other areas”.

• Sunday, November 4th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine elected president meets with foreign leaders

  Argentine elected president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will be meeting this week Chilean president Michelle Bachelet and the head of the Spanish government Jose Luis Gonzalez Zapatero, her first interviews with foreign leaders since she won October 28.

• Saturday, November 3rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Malvinas charter ban, “no policy change” insists Argentina

  

  Argentina's charter flights policy towards the Falkland Islands “remains intact since established in November 2003”, and from then on “no non regular flights, from third flag commercial airlines, between third countries and Islas Malvinas have been authorized”, reports Friday the Buenos Aires press quoting Foreign Affairs ministry sources.

• Friday, November 2nd 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Taiana and Foxley to work on common Antarctica policy

  

  Chile and Argentina's Foreign Affairs ministers, Alejandro Foxley and Jorge Taiana will be meeting in Santiago to coordinate a common position on Antarctica following on Britain's announced intention of claiming continental shelf rights off Antarctica.

• Friday, November 2nd 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  IMF says it's time Argentina deals with outstanding debt

  

  In one of his first statements since becoming the IMF new managing director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn said it was time Argentina deals with the issue of its outstanding debt, including to the Paris Club of creditor nations, thus favoring the return of investments to the country.

• Friday, November 2nd 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina's incoming government pending issues on debt front

  Argentina, Latin America's third largest economy is on track to grow more than 8% for the fifth straight year, rivaling Asian expansion rates. But there are some pending issues on the debt front.

• Thursday, November 1st 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Malvinas issue in UN Ban Ki-moon's Buenos Aires agenda

  

  “Strengthening multilateralism” and the Malvinas issue figure in the agenda United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will be considering with Argentine officials when he visits Buenos Aires next week.

• Wednesday, October 31st 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina: record corn crop; mixed views on soybeans

  

  Argentina's 2007/08 corn crop could surpass last season's record output by more than 10% but analysts had mixed views on soybeans' potential due to concerns about yields. The country produced 21.8 million tons of corn last season and a record 47.6 million tons of soybeans.

• Tuesday, October 30th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez Argentine president-elect thanks husband

  

  First lady Cristina Fernandez, in her first televised interview since winning Argentina's presidency, thanked her husband for his role in her triumph and wished Hillary Rodham Clinton well in her U.S. election bid.

• Tuesday, October 30th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentines expect 20% inflation in Cristina's first year

  Argentines expect 20% inflation in the next year, double the official rate and consumer confidence has shed 21% after hitting an all-time high in January, according to a survey done this month by Torcuato Di Tella University.