Argentina

• 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.

• Monday, October 29th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Conciliatory first speech from elected president Mrs Kirchner

  

  Argentina's First Lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has become the first elected woman president of the country in what seems a landslide victory and with no need for a run off, according to exit polls and the first official results.

• Monday, October 29th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Election of President Cristina Kirchner sets several records

  

  The Argentine presidential calendar will remember 2007 for several events: the 53rd president is the first elected woman to reach the highest office, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, and possibly the only country in the world where a husband (President Nestor Kirchner) hands over the blue and white sash to his wife.

• Monday, October 29th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Next government in Argentina with ample support in Congress

  

  Elected Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner should face no obstacles with Executive initiatives in Congress according to the results of her windfall victory which consolidated the government's grip on the Senate and now becomes extensive to the Lower House.

• Friday, October 26th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Polls unanimous: four more years of Kirchner dynasty

  

  Argentina's First Lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is set to win Sunday's presidential election according to all the public opinion polls published in the Buenos Aires media a few hours before the two days ban on political campaigning becomes effective.