MercoPress, en Español

Montevideo, December 23rd 2024 - 11:29 UTC

Argentina

  • Wednesday, June 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Argentine gas cuts force partial closure of methanol plant

    Methanex the world's largest methanol plant which operates from Punta Arenas has seen a drastic reduction of its production because of the persistent cuts in natural gas supply provided by neighboring Argentina.

  • Wednesday, June 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Argentina's privileged relation with Brazil is heart of Mercosur

    Argentina is determined in strengthening the “privileged” relation with Brazil, which it considers the heart of South America's regional integration said Eduardo Sigal Argentina's Deputy Secretary for Economic Integration of the Americas and Mercosur.

  • Wednesday, June 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Six thousands trucks stranded by snow blocked Andes tunnel

    6.000 fully loaded trucks stranded

    Heavy snow and wind storms that are punishing the Andes region have forced the closure of a key mountain highway and tunnel connecting Argentina with Chile leaving an estimated 6.000 fully loaded trucks stranded.

  • Tuesday, June 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Kirchner insists with mud slinging in Bs As mayor campaign

    “We're not going to play ball with the dirty campaign launched by the Kirchner administration” said candidate Macri

    Buenos Aires City mayor run off candidates will not be debating ahead of Sunday June 24th vote. Conservative candidate Mauricio Macri who defeated President Nestor Kirchner's man, Daniel Filmus by 22 points in the first round said the campaign had turned “too aggressive and dirty”.

  • Tuesday, June 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Pulp mills: Human Rights group blasts IFC and pollution experts

    Botnia-Orion pulp mills under construction

    The construction of a pulp mill in Uruguay along a river shared with Argentina has turned into an acrimonious spiraling contention between the neighboring countries particularly because of the alleged pollution impact of such an industry.

  • Tuesday, June 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    New UN Argentine ambassador takes office in New York

    Ambassador Jorge Arguello

    Recently named, Argentine former legislator Jorge Arguello officially became this Tuesday in New York the new ambassador before United Nations. Arguello succeeds Ambassador Cesar Mayoral.

  • Tuesday, June 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Argentine protestors to block dredging of the River Uruguay

     Busti grants funds to protesters to continue pickets

    The pulp mills dispute between Argentina and Uruguay has scaled another step following environmentalists' decision to block all dredging along the river Uruguay which is the vital access waterway for the Botnia plant.

  • Monday, June 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Argentine farmers threatened by a shortage of fuel

    Sixteen provinces, over half of the Argentine territory, are short of gas oil endangering crop harvesting and preparing the soil for this year's wheat production, warned the Argentine Agrarian Federation, FAA which is planning a national stoppage to underline the seriousness of the situation.

  • Sunday, June 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    American buys slices of South America

    The Pumalin Park in the south of Chile, owned by Douglas Tompkins

    The American multimillionaire who founded the North Face and Esprit clothing lines says he is trying to save the planet by buying bits of it. First Douglas Tompkins purchased a huge swath of southern Chile, and now he's hoping to save the northeast wetlands of neighboring Argentina.

  • Sunday, June 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Argentina blasts UK's reluctance to negotiate Falklands' sovereignty

    Twenty five years after the end of the Falkland Islands war, Argentine ratified this weekend its unflinching determination over the Islands sovereignty and described as “incomprehensible” the British attitude for having consistently denied resuming direct negotiations as has been established by United Nations since 1982.