Argentina

Friday, December 19th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Argentine court orders release of jailed officers

The order to release of 12 torture suspects from Argentina's 1976-1983 military dictatorship unleashed a storm of condemnation from President Cristina Fernandez as well as human rights organizations in Argentina Thursday.
Thursday, December 18th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Patagonia unveils it was the land of a giant, vicious raptor

Scientists have discovered what they say is a completely unexpected new giant dinosaur that lived 70 million years ago in Argentina. At 5 to 6.5 meters long, depending on its tail size, Austroraptor cabazai is among the largest of the slender, carnivorous, two-legged dinosaurs called raptors, said Fernando Novas, the lead researcher behind the discovery.
Thursday, December 18th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Creditors group condemns Ecuadorian decision to default

The American Task Force Argentina (ATFA) condemned on Thursday Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa's decision to default on 3.8 billion US dollars in government debt owed to foreign lenders, the country's second such default in the last decade.
Thursday, December 18th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Argentine Congress backs expropriation of flag air carrier

The Argentine Congress on Wednesday backed a government plan to expropriate Argentina's flag carrier and biggest airline after months of negotiations with the company's Spanish owners broke down.
Tuesday, December 16th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina bolsters size of the stimulus package to 32 b. USD

Argentina will spend the equivalent of 16.6 billion USD on infrastructure projects next year in an attempt to create 380,000 construction-related jobs it was announced Monday in Buenos Aires.
Tuesday, December 16th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Kirchner government admits Botnia plant “does not pollute”

The administration of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner openly supported the provincial governor who declared that a pulp mill on the Uruguayan side of a jointly managed water course, --and at the heart of a bitter dispute between the neighbouring countries--, “does not contaminate”.
Monday, December 15th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Light at the end of corridor for Botnia pickets conflict

A political ally of Argentina's president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner admitted over the weekend that the Botnia pulp mill in Uruguay, and at the heart of ongoing dispute between the neighbouring countries, does not contaminate and called for the liberation of the bridges currently blocked by pickets.
Friday, December 12th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Fire scorches centuries old forests in Tierra del Fuego

A federal state of emergency has been declared in Argentina's extreme south Tierra del Fuego province, where more than 6.000 hectares of centuries-old forest have been scorched or are threatened by several fires, forcing the evacuation of dozens of people, according to an official release.
Thursday, December 11th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
YPF, Pan American, Petrobras to explore Malvinas basin

Argentina's YPF, Brazil's Petrobras and Pan American Energy signed several agreements for the joint oil and gas exploration offshore in the San Jorge Gulf, the Malvinas basin and along the South Atlantic coastline, according to a report released Wednesday in Buenos Aires.
Thursday, December 11th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Bones remains found in Argentine former detention centre

More than 10,000 bone fragments have been unearthed at a secret Argentine detention centre in the city of La Plata where political dissidents allegedly were held and tortured during Argentina's dictatorship, 1976/1983.