Argentina

• Friday, April 25th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine Economy Minister Martin Lousteau Resigns

  

  Argentine Economy Minister Martin Lousteau resigned four months into President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's administration amid disputes over farm policies and accelerating inflation in South America's second-largest economy

• Friday, April 25th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Frustrated Argentine farmers preparing for a second conflict

  With only a week left for the end of the month long truce, negotiations between Argentine farmers and government are virtually paralyzed, --and with growing animosity--, while rural organizations begun to review protest mechanisms, taking lessons from the three weeks strike, in the event of the resumption of the conflict as of May 2.

• Friday, April 25th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Incoming Argentine economy minister “thinks just like us”

  

  Argentina's incoming Economy Minister “thinks in the same terms as us” and will follow on “with government main guidelines”, said cabinet chief Alberto Fernandez who also confirmed that the controversial Secretary of Interior Trade, Guillermo Moreno remains in his post.

• Friday, April 25th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Kirchner inflation index for March 1%; Argentina's CPI 4.2%

  

  Two Argentine provinces, which are out of the Kirchners' political influence, have reported monthly inflation almost four times the official percentage, according to the latest releases from the Statistics and Census Office in Buenos Aires and its branches in Santa Fe and San Luis.

• Wednesday, April 23rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine farmers frustrated with government tactics

  Argentine farmers and government officials couldn't reach an agreement Tuesday on wheat taxes triggering fears of a revival of the three week protests which caused food shortages and a major political challenge to the administration of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

• Monday, April 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Frustrated Argentine farmers ready to resume conflict May 2

  

  In a massive Sunday rally the Argentine farmers ratified their willingness to continue the round of talks with government, --in spite of some attitudes and unilateral decisions--, but also warned that time is running out and the agreed deadline is May 2.

• Sunday, April 20th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina; Smoke cloud engulfs Buenos Aires for 5th day

  

  President Cristina Fernandez surveyed more than 200 raging brush fires by air, vowing to prosecute anyone who lit the blazes that have sent smoke billowing across the capital, clouding highways and grounding jetliners.

• Saturday, April 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Choking Buenos Aires with no relief unless weather changes

  

  With no forecasts of change, smoke blanketing Buenos Aires and extending to neighboring Uruguay has thickened forcing local authorities to close airports, major highways and declare a yellow alert in many hospitals.

• Saturday, April 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  “Puerto Deseado” surveying north Falklands' waters

  

  The Argentine Navy scientific research vessel Puerto Deseado set to sea last Thursday towards the Falkland Islands to conclude collecting data and double checking on previous information referred to the outer limits of the continental shelf, contemplated in the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, reports the Argentine press.

• Friday, April 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Aerolineas could be returning to the “Argentine fold”

  

  The Spanish tourism operator Marsans which has a majority stake in Aerolineas Argentinas announced in Buenos Aires the intention of making the flag air carrier “ever more Argentine”, and simultaneously taking advantage of the expertise and opportunities the Spanish group can offer.