Argentina

• Saturday, August 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  UN General Assembly president Srgjan Kerim visits Argentina

  

  United Nations General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim yesterday met with Vice-President Julio Cobos and Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana as part of an official three-day visit to Argentina, which is part of a wider tour in South America.

• Saturday, August 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  CFK: “I would do each and every thing that I did again”

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, who has spent most of her first eight-months in office in a deep political crisis, defended her administration on Saturday and ruled out further cabinet changes.

• Friday, August 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine gov. planning review of farm export taxes

  

  The Argentine government is re-drafting modifications to the grains and oilseeds exports tax system with the purpose of raising the levy on soy but reducing it for wheat and corn, according to reports in the Buenos Aires media.

• Friday, August 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner with a sustained negative rating of 50%

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has a negative image rating of 50.4% and a positive one of only 19.2%, according to the results of an opinion poll conducted by the Giacobbe & Asociados consultancy which were released recently.

• Thursday, July 31st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Aerolineas and Austral rated among worst air carriers

  

  Aerolíneas Argentinas and Austral have been rated among the worst air carriers out of a total of 90 in five continents according to the Argentine Tourism Law Association, Aadetur, which ranks them 81 and 82.

• Thursday, July 31st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine building industry declining tendency accelerates

  

  Argentine construction activity fell the most in more than four years last month as faster inflation and a farmers strike threatened to undermine a five year running expansion of the economy.

• Wednesday, July 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentines remain uneasy about domestic markets

  

  During the second quarter of this year, an estimated 8.5 billion US dollars left Argentina, double the worst quarter in 2007 and higher than the most negative of private forecasts, according to the latest information from the Argentine Central Bank.

• Wednesday, July 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Russian officials inspect Mar del Plata fish plants

  

  A delegation from Russia's Federal Veterinary and Phyto-Sanitary Control Service (Rosselkhoznadzor) this month visited the South Buenos Aires Regional Centre of the National Food Safety and Quality Service (SENASA), and a number of fisheries plants and vessels of Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, July 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Farm leaders become most popular figures in Argentina

  

  Argentine farm leaders involved in the recent stand off with the administration of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner have soared in public opinion consideration according to the latest survey released this week in Buenos Aires by Giacobe and Associates.

• Wednesday, July 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine farmers reject gov. attempts to divide them

  Argentine farmers' organizations have anticipated that they will only meet with government officials as a group and reject efforts to divide them. The warning follows statements from Argentina's new Agriculture minister who argued the liaison committee lacks “representativeness” hinting he would talk to each farm association on an individual basis.