Argentina

• Saturday, April 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Bs As. received 185.000 cruise visitors this season

  Royal Caribbean “Splendour of the Seas” with 800 passengers and a crew of 760 left Buenos Aires this week officially ending another successful cruise season which attracted 185.000 visitors who spent an estimated 110 million US dollars in Argentina's capital.

• Thursday, April 3rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Kirchners Malvinas message: no war and no Winnie the Pooh

  

  On the 26th anniversary of the beginning of the Falklands war, now renamed the Day of the Malvinas war veteran, Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner renewed calls for sovereignty over the South Atlantic Islands and emphasized that the Malvinas claim is “unflagging”.

• Thursday, April 3rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Hostage release and Paris Club in CFK Sarkozy summit

  

  With the farmers' conflict in recess for thirty days, Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, CFK, is preparing to fly next Saturday to Paris where on Monday she will meet with French President Nicolas Sarkozy to work on an agenda of mutual interest which could have significant political benefits.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  After muscle display, Kirchners and farmers seem ready to talk

  

  A huge political rally set up by the Argentine government with the support of friendly organizations in the heart of Buenos Aires was the Tuesday stage for President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to accuse striking farmers of cutting food supplies to cities and rekindling ghosts of the recent past.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Malvinas Veterans' Day commemoration moved to Air base

  

  On the 26th anniversary of the beginning of the Falkland Islands conflict, (April 2, 1982), Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will head the main commemoration which is remembered as the Day of the Malvinas veteran and the fallen in the Islands war.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine farmers agree on a 30 day truce and dialogue

  

  Argentine farmers on Wednesday decided to suspend three-weeks of strikes and road blocks aimed at reducing additional export tariffs on oil seeds and grains, calling for a 30-day truce and talks with the government.

• Tuesday, April 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Farmers continue conflict; Kirchners organize rally

  

  Argentine striking farmers confirmed on Monday that their massive protest will continue until next Wednesday following the announcement of government measures and a speech from President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

• Tuesday, April 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Twenty-six years on: Malvinas landings to be remembered

  The main memorial ceremony marking the 26th anniversary of the Argentine landings on the Malvinas is to be held today at 12.30 at Plaza San Martín in downtown Buenos Aires. Expected to speak is retired Admiral Carlos Busser, who led the landings.

• Tuesday, April 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine squid industry demands research cruises

  

  Argentina's Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) has formally requested an immediate alternative for the annual scientific cruises to assess the biomass of squid (Illex argentinus), data considered essential for the management of the fisheries.

• Monday, March 31st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Confusion and threats in Argentine farmers' conflict

  

  Argentine farmers and government representatives are set to meet again this Monday for another round of talks in spite of a resumption of road blocks and threats of use of public force to clear the way for trucks loaded with perishable goods.