Argentina

• Thursday, May 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine law targets Falklands' licensed fishing operations

  

  The Argentine Senate unanimously approved on Wednesday a bill that severely sanctions fishing companies and their vessels “illegally” operating in the Argentine Sea (South West Atlantic), in other words without Argentine awarded licenses, reports the Buenos Aires press.

• Wednesday, May 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine farmers resume protest; block grain exports

  

  Argentine farmers are back on the road protesting following the government's decision to cancel Monday's scheduled meeting to discuss sliding export levies on oil seeds and grains. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's administration alleged that farmers' leaders had been particularly offensive during the massive rally held on Sunday in Rosario and which convened over 300.000 people.

• Wednesday, May 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina cuts gas supply to Chile for “several days”

  

  Chile's Minister of Energy Marcelo Tokman announced Wednesday that because of “low production problems” Argentina will not be pumping natural gas “for several days”, although he said that home and commercial provision was guaranteed.

• Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine farmers call for patience after negotiations canceled

  

  Argentine farm leaders warned the government against ending negotiations to resolve a dispute over export taxes and will meet today as pressure builds in the countryside to halt grain and oilseeds exports for a third time since March.

• Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner's unsolved problems according to NYT

  

  The New York Times forecasts bad times ahead for President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in spite of booming times for the Argentine economy. “Mrs. Kirchner is struggling to break free of the curse of Argentine leaders past: the failure to govern successfully in the good times”, writes Alexei Barrionuevo from Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina confirms continental shelf presentation May 09

  

  Argentina announced that in May 2009 it will be making the official presentation of the outer boundaries of its continental shelf, (including the Falkland Islands) before the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in the framework of the Law of the Sea.

• Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina's trade surplus positive but down 30% in April

  Argentina's trade surplus narrowed 30% in April from a year earlier to a lower-than-expected 864 million US dollars as surging imports offset high commodities export prices, according to official data from the Argentine government.

• Monday, May 26th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina: Fish exports continue to notably decline

  

  Argetnine exported 132.847 tons of fish and shellfish worth 261 million US dollars during the first four months of the year, according to statistics released by the National Food Safety and Quality Service (SENASA). These figures represent a 19.7%drop in volume and a 15.6% drop in value compared to the same four-month period in 2007, when 165.441 tons, worth 309 million US dollars were exported.

• Sunday, May 25th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine farmers and government dig into their positions

  

  Argentine farmers and the government held huge separate rallies in shows of strength ahead of talks scheduled for Monday aimed at resolving a two month and a half conflict over export levies on grains and oilseeds which has expanded to demand a new farm policy.

• Saturday, May 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine officials attitude “boosting” farmers Sunday's rally

  

  The Argentine government attitude towards camp has given farmers scheduled Sunday rally in the city of Rosario “its greatest boost” and “they will have to expand the city to get all the people in” said farmers'leaders.