Argentina

Friday, June 13th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Grain truckers' road blocks strangling Argentine economy

The grain truckers strike in Argentina who are blocking major roads in the country and on Thursday evening confirmed the industrial action are causing major food and fuel shortages in cities forcing cuts on public transport and higher prices in stores.
Friday, June 13th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Specter of new default in Argentina “closer”, says FT

London's prestigious Financial Times has published a scathing report on Argentina's financial situation and the loss of confidence in the current government which it argues “has brought the specter of a new default closer”.
Friday, June 13th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina unable to fulfill export quota of prime beef to EU

Argentina is unlikely to fulfill its contract to supply the European Union with 28,000 tonnes of boneless top prime cuts of beef, also known as Hilton cuts, according to government and meat industry sources.
Thursday, June 12th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine petitioners and Falklands Cllrs. address C24

Argentina's claim over the Malvinas and other South Atlantic islands under British sovereignty was the main purpose of the meeting held on Wednesday between United Nations Secretary General Van Ki-Moon and Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Taiana.
Thursday, June 12th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Ezeiza airport readies for 13 million pax and Airbus 380

Argentina's main international air terminal Ezeiza is to undergo a remodeling program involving 400 million US dollars announced this week the concessionary company which also manages most of the country's main airports
Thursday, June 12th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina back in the list of “key” countries for the US

Argentina was included in a list of Latinamerican “key” countries for the US State Department and with whom the US is intent in having closer relations. The description belongs to US Deputy Secretary of State for hemispheric relations Thomas Shannon, during a speech at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.
Thursday, June 12th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Taiana calls UK's Malvinas dispute attitude inadmissible

Britain's refusal to negotiate Argentine sovereignty over the Malvinas islands is “inadmissible” said Argentina's Foreign Affairs minister Jorge Taiana addressing on Thursday in New York the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization or C24.
Thursday, June 12th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
The Economist and latest “hocus-pocus” from the Kirchners

Under the title of “Hocus-pocus” the June 12th edition of The Economist refers to the latest “cooking the books” decision by the current administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
Wednesday, June 11th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Supreme Court to rule on Argentine farmers' conflict controversy

Argentina's Supreme Court accepted competence on the sliding export taxes on grains and oilseeds question, which triggered the farmers' conflict, and will consider a demand presented by an Argentine province which argues they “undermine federal taxes co-participation”, according to Justice sources quoted in Buenos Aires La Nacion.
Wednesday, June 11th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine consumers' expectations decline to lowest since 2003

Public opinion perception and expectations about the Argentine economy are currently going through the most serious declination since the Kirchner couple first reached government in 2003.