Argentina

• 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.

• Sunday, March 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina's trade surplus soars with commodity prices

  

  Argentina's trade surplus in February jumped 23.5% over a year ago reaching 982 million US dollars, but lower than expected because of a surge in imports according to the latest report from the Institute of Statistics and Census, Indec.

• Sunday, March 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina: 30.4% (10.8 m) live below the poverty line

  

  Higher food and fuel prices plunged 1.3 million Argentines below the poverty line in 2007, which means the income of 10.8 million Argentines is not enough to cover the costs of the basic food basket, according to a paper from the Buenos Aires think tank Sociedad de Estudios Laborales, SEL.

• Sunday, March 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Buenos Aires Mayor blames Kirchners for farmers' lockout

  

  Buenos Aires City conservative Mayor Mauricio Macri blamed Argentina's farmers lockout on the government of President Cristina Kirchner and, in what seemed a reference to her and her husband and predecessor Néstor Kirchner, he criticized “those who seek eternal power”.

• Sunday, March 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner forced to cancel meeting with PM Brown

  

  Argentina's president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner cancelled her coming trip to Great Britain because of the worsening of the farmers' 17 days conflict. Mrs. Kirchner was expecting to talk about Argentina's Falklands' claims in London.

• Sunday, March 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  CFK Malvinas Day message next Wednesday

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will head next Wednesday April 2, --the 26th anniversary of the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands--, the main ceremony of the Veterans and Fallen in the Malvinas War Day.

• Saturday, March 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  No Progress in Argentine Farm Talks

  Argentine farmers announced a temporary truce in a 16-day strike on Friday, but marathon talks with the government failed to yield an immediate agreement over disputed export tax hikes.

• Friday, March 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  First steps to defuse Argentine gov. farmers' conflict

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner called on farm leaders to a “serious” dialogue, but cautioned that the more than two weeks long strike must be previously lifted.

• Thursday, March 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina farmers' conflict: stalemate traps government

  

  The Argentine government farmers' conflict, on its fourteenth day seems to have reached a stalemate with all actors involved unable to decide what the next step is and adopting increasingly inflexible positions, even possibly loosing control of future events.