Argentina

• Friday, March 20th 2009 - 05:36 UTC

  Argentina’s current account surplus begun downturn in fourth quarter

  

  Argentina's fourth-quarter current account surplus shrank 40% from a year earlier to 1.81 billion USD, mainly because of a smaller merchandise trade surplus as the global financial crisis hurt the local economy, the government said on Thursday.

• Friday, March 20th 2009 - 05:21 UTC

  Thousands march in Argentina demanding more action against rampant crime

  

  An estimated 10.000 Argentines marched Wednesday evening on the historic Plaza de Mayo in the capital, Buenos Aires to demand more anti-crime measures, reflecting a top priority among Argentines, according to recent polls. The protest was repeated in other marches through out Argentina at the same time.

• Thursday, March 19th 2009 - 05:18 UTC

  Argentine squid fleet complains about costs, poor catches and unfair competition

  

  Companies dedicated to squid (Illex argentinus) fishing still find themselves in a critical situation mainly due to an increase in fishing costs, warned this week the head of the Argentine Chamber of Jigger Fishing Vessels Shipowners (CAPA), Fernando Georgiadis.

• Thursday, March 19th 2009 - 04:44 UTC

  Falkland Islanders ‘have treated us kindly’ say visiting Argentine veterans

  

  ARGENTINE war veterans visiting the Falkland Islands have been treated with, “…respect and kindness,” by Islanders, Marcelo Gustavo Sanchez of Centro de Veteranos de Guerra de Lujan, told Mercopress.

• Wednesday, March 18th 2009 - 15:20 UTC

  Argentina prepares to take over US air industry plant in Cordoba

  

  President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner announced Tuesday she will send Congress a bill to re-nationalize the Military Aircraft Manufacturing Centre, a defence contractor currently controlled by US Lockheed Martin Corp.

• Tuesday, March 17th 2009 - 23:30 UTC

  “Peaceful and emotional” Falklands visit for Argentine marathon runners

  

  PEACEFUL and emotional is how five Argentine runners, including three 1982 war veterans, describe their visit to the Falkland Islands and their participation in the Standard Chartered Bank Stanley Marathon on Sunday.

• Tuesday, March 17th 2009 - 13:46 UTC

  Businessman sentenced in Miami for suitcase cash scandal

  

  A Venezuelan businessman was sentenced in Miami on Monday to four years in prison for acting as an unregistered agent of Venezuela in the United States. Franklin Duran had been convicted of conspiring to cover up the origin and destination of a suitcase stuffed with 800.000 US dollars in cash that was found in 2007 in a Buenos Aires airport.

• Tuesday, March 17th 2009 - 03:23 UTC

  Falklands surprised with unexpected arrival of 60 Argentine veterans

  

  FALKLAND Islanders have expressed surprise at the unexpected arrival in Stanley of around sixty Argentine veterans of the 1982 War.

• Monday, March 16th 2009 - 08:52 UTC

  Uruguay adopts low profile approach to Argentina’s trade hurdles

  

  Uruguay has no plans to appeal before Mercosur against Argentina’s decision to expand the list of products which no longer have access to automatic import licences which is significantly slowing bilateral trade, said Uruguay’s director of the Mercosur Economic Affairs and Integration Office, Walter Cancela.

• Saturday, March 14th 2009 - 05:29 UTC

  Cristina wants to bring forward mid term elections to June

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez announced Friday the presentation next week of a bill to Congress to bring forward mid-term elections to June from October, to let the government focus on fighting economic problems and less on politics.