Argentina

Saturday, December 8th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Buenos Aires prepares for Kirchners ceremony on Monday

Hours before the first elected woman president takes office in Argentina, the preparations for the ceremony are underway. The preparations in Buenos Aires Colón Square, where the outdoors ceremony is due to take place, were finished on Thursday and foreign heads of state are currently arriving in Buenos Aires city to participate in Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's inauguration.
Friday, December 7th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina's Executive economic emergency powers on hold

The Argentine Senate this week passed into law the 2008 budget and the Ministries bill, but delayed for next week's session the vote on the extension of the Economic Emergency bill and other tax bills.
Thursday, December 6th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Chavez expected in Buenos Aires and Mercosur summit

Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez has confirmed he will be in Buenos Aires for next Monday's taking office ceremony of elected Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and a week later he will be back in the River Plate but in Montevideo for the Mercosur presidential summit.
Thursday, December 6th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
In a rare interview Kirchner anticipates “much better times”

President Nestor Kirchner, credited with leading Argentina out of an economic meltdown after his 2003 election, said Wednesday in a rare television interview that his president-elect wife would have a “much better” administration than his.
Wednesday, December 5th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
US and UK low profile representation to Cristina K ceremony

United States and Britain will be sending low profile representatives to the taking office ceremony of Argentine elected president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner next Monday December 10 in Buenos Aires.
Sunday, December 2nd 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Argentine pulp mill pickets financed by local government

Argentine municipal and provincial governments are helping finance the pickets protesting the construction of a pulp mill in neighboring Uruguay along the coast of a shared border river, was confirmed by officials.
Sunday, December 2nd 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Argentine fishing industry warns about excessive costs

The Argentine fisheries industry and unions have warned that the coming squid and prawn seasons are imperiled because of the drop in international prices and rising domestic costs.
Saturday, December 1st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
No end to “economic emergency” rule under the Kirchners

Argentina's Lower House Budget Committee gave this week majority support to the extension of the controversial Economic Emergency Act, passed during the 2002 crisis, until December, 2008.
Friday, November 30th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
China interested in South Atlantic oil and gas exploration

China is interested in exploring for hydrocarbons on continental Argentina and in the South Atlantic, revealed Beijing's new ambassador in Buenos Aires Zeng Gang. He also said that talks for a possible joint undertaking offshore with Argentina's oil corporation Enarsa are also advancing.
Friday, November 30th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Frosts cut Argentine wheat production by 1.2 million tons

According to the first reports late frosts in early November could have cut Argentina's expected wheat production by an estimate of 1.5 to 2 million tons according to wheat farmers organizations.