Argentina

• Monday, March 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Farmers' conflict in Argentina seems out of control

  Argentine industrialists and teamsters called on Sunday for dialogue to end the farmers' massive, crippling strike which threatens to leave the main cities short of meat, dairy produce and other food staples. The protest begun ten days ago and there's no solution on sight.

• Monday, March 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine Armed Forces running out of officers

  Argentina is preparing a package of benefits to retain military officers, who are abandoning the services attracted by higher salaries and better working conditions in the civilian sector, reports the Buenos Aires press.

• Thursday, March 20th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Aircraft remains trawled in S. Atlantic date back to 1961

  

  Remains of a military aircraft trawled by an Argentine fishing vessel 159 kilometers off Santa Cruz belong to an Argentine Navy North American SNJ-5C Texan that went down in 1961 and not to aircrafts involved in the 1982 Falkland Islands conflict as originally believed.

• Thursday, March 20th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Lack of Argentine gas forces Methanex redundancies

  

  Methanex in the extreme south of Chile announced this week it will have to cut its work force in approximately 15% because of the insufficient supply of Argentine natural gas.

• Thursday, March 20th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Controversy over public image support for Cristina Kirchner

  

  A controversy over the support for Argentine president Cristina Kirchner has been triggered by the publication in the Buenos Aires press of a public opinion poll which shows her rating falling six points to 47%.

• Wednesday, March 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Horsemeat: Argentina main exporter of promising market

  

  Argentina became in 2007 the world's leading exporter of horse meta, totaling 35.755 tons equivalent to 87.5 million US dollars, according to the latest report from the Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food Secretary.

• Tuesday, March 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine farmers sixth day of protest, and more next week

  

  The stand off between the Argentine government and striking farmers who are protesting against export taxes on grains, beef and dairy produce has yet to see effective signals of a cooling of the situation or the possibility of a dialogue.

• Monday, March 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  US vessel to survey Argentine waters

  

  The Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) unanimously decided to authorise the US-flagged Nathaniel Palmer for “[the undertaking of] marine scientific research activities in maritime areas subject to sovereign or national jurisdiction.”

• Monday, March 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina: CFK popular inspite of inflation

  

  Supporters claim that economic growth has strengthened, more is being done to combat the energy crisis and to ensure road safety, and Argentina has played a significant role in bringing about an end to the recent border conflict between Colombia and Ecuador.

• Saturday, March 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina to survey seabed from “North Malvinas to Georgia”

  Argentina will begin in April, to the north of the “Malvinas islands all the way to South Georgia”, the last leg of its seabed survey to comply with the United Nations Law of the Sea May 2009 timetable, reports the Buenos Aires Saturday press.