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Argentina

  • Wednesday, October 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Riots caused Spanish fishing companies EUR 100 million losses

    Vice-Pte. Daniel Scioli and Xunta Pte. Emilio Perez  meet over recent events

    Xunta de Galicia authorities disclosed that the four Galician owned companies located in southern Argentina that were attacked by fishery workers in the midst of violent riots, have not yet recovered labour-wise or economically.

  • Tuesday, October 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Cristina K rejects “monetarist” and “neo-liberal” economics

    Opinion polls show Cristina a head but inflation is trailling

    Argentine Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said if elected president her administration would discard “monetarist” and “neo-liberal” solutions to combat any outbreak of inflation, which has become the main campaign issue of those opposing her husband President Nestor Kirchner.

  • Tuesday, October 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Argentine Dirty War priest sentenced to life imprisonment

    Father Von Wernich showed no emotion during the sentence

    A court in Argentina on Tuesday sentenced a former Roman Catholic police chaplain to life imprisonment for collaborating in murders during the country's military dictatorship. Christian Von Wernich, 69, was convicted for involvement in seven murders, 42 abductions and 31 cases of torture during the 1976-83 “Dirty War”.

  • Monday, October 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Argentine dairy farms tempted to turn to wheat and soy

    Dairy farms will have to wait until after the Elections for solutions

    Farmers from Argentina's dairy belt, one of the most productive in the world are considering converting into cereals and oil seeds given the low reference prices imposed by the Argentine government.

  • Sunday, October 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Argentine presidential candidate cancels Chile visit

    Cristina Kirchner, wife of the current President of Argentina and herself senator and presidential candidate, has cancelled a previous scheduled trip to Santiago.

  • Thursday, October 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Alleged Malvinas war dead discovered in Brazilian prison

    He was given for dead and honoured in multiple ceremonies as one of the 649 Argentine combatants who lost their lives 25 years ago in the Malvinas war. However just a few days ago with the help of internet his sister discovered Efrain Renato Salcedo was alive, but imprisoned in Brazil, reports the Argentine press.

  • Thursday, October 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    FT mocks Mrs. K devotion to foreign travel

    Forced to delegate if she wants to keep travelling

    The Buenos Aires Financial Times office wrote a scathing article about the Argentine First Lady and presidential candidate Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner saying she devotes so much time to foreign travel during her election campaign that it almost looks as though “she is running for a job at the United Nations, not the presidency of Argentina”.

  • Wednesday, October 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Argentina closer to an agreement on Paris Club debt

    Argentina is considering submitting a report on its economic program to the International Monetary Fund to help unblock negotiations on its 6.3 billion US dollars debt with the Paris Club, a government official said yesterday.

  • Wednesday, October 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Setback for Argentina in international energy dispute

    The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington, D.C., has awarded Sempra Energy approximately 172 million US dollars, including interest, to settle a 2002 dispute involving the company's 43% ownership in two Argentine natural gas holding companies, Sodigas Pampeana and Sodigas Sur.

  • Wednesday, October 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Argentina announces “discouragement letter” to Billinton

    Argentina announced a “formal protest” before the United Kingdom for having extended hydrocarbons exploration and production licences to the east and south of the Falkland Islands. The Foreign Affairs Ministry also anticipated “discouragement letters” to the companies involved reported the Buenos Aires press Tuesday evening.