Argentina

• Saturday, January 17th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine unions: supermarkets index for wage increases

  

  The head of Argentina's powerful General Labour Confederation, Hugo Moyano said this week that when collective wage bargaining opens unions will seek salary hikes higher than the official inflation rate of 7.2% announced by the state-run INDEC statistics office.

• Saturday, January 17th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Amnesic Kirchner denies having ever supported pickets

  

  Former president Nestor Kirchner joined the long list of Argentine officials which have lately called publicly for an end to the pickets on an international bridge leading to neighbouring Uruguay.

• Tuesday, January 13th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner back to business on a light, private agenda

  

  Contrary to Buenos Aires press speculation and apparently to medical counselling, Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner retook on Monday afternoon her agenda at the official residence of Olivos, although at a lighter pace and with breaks for short walks in the gardens.

• Monday, January 12th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Another Kirchner official calls for end to Botnia pickets

  Another strong voice joined the choir of Argentine officials calling for a “responsible attitude” to guarantee free circulation along the three international bridges linking Argentina with Uruguay, which for over two years have been under control of pickets protesting the construction of a pulp mill on the Uruguayan side.

• Saturday, January 10th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Lipotimia bout forces Cristina Kirchner to postpone trip to Cuba

  

  Argentina's president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, suffering from an acute bout of low blood pressure has been forced to postpone for a week her planned visits to Cuba and Venezuela that should have begun this Sunday, according to reliable government sources reports the Buenos Aires media

• Wednesday, January 7th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Dakar rally in Argentina claims motorcyclist life

  French motorcyclist Pascal Terry has been found dead after being reported missing on Sunday during the second stage of the Dakar Rally which was relocated to Argentina and Chile for its 31st edition.

• Monday, January 5th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Record low Parana River threatens Argentine second city

  

  The mighty Parana River, one of South America's main waterways which connect the River Plate with the heartland of Argentina, Brazil and landlocked Paraguay and Bolivia has reached a low of 1.02 meters of water just 9 centimetres from the all time record of 0.93 in 1917.

• Saturday, January 3rd 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina recalls 1833; Falklands, new constitution

  

  On the eve of the 176th anniversary of the “illegitimate occupation” of the Islas Malvinas by the United Kingdom (January 3rd.) the administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner issued a statement emphasizing Argentina's sovereignty claims over the South Atlantic archipelago and described “as unjustified the British negative to address the question”.

• Wednesday, December 31st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Builders unearth 18th century galleon in Buenos Aires

  

  Argentine builders stumbled across the wreck of an 18th century Spanish galleon while digging the foundations for a riverside high-rise building in Buenos Aires, archeologists said on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, December 30th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina temporarily takes over gas pipeline operator

  

  Argentina appointed a supervisor to help oversee pipeline operator Transportadora de Gas del Norte SA, TGN, after the company said it will default on 22.1 million US dollars debt, Federal Planning Minister Julio De Vido announced Monday.