Argentina

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

  Mrs. Kirchner denies rift with Spain over air flag carrier

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner underlined on Monday the close relations with Spain and vehemently denied tensions over the situation of Aerolíneas Argentinas whose major shareholders are Spanish and allegedly room is being made for Argentine investors to join.

• Tuesday, April 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine farmers' conflict: extension of deadline considered

  Argentine farmers and government representatives met late Monday in an undisclosed location and no information was available as to the terms and agenda of the much expected encounter with the new Economy minister Carlos Fernandez, but a new atmosphere seems to prevail.

• Monday, April 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina's country risk reaches highest since June 2005

  Argentina's country risk according to JP Morgan signaled last Friday a new high, matching the June 2005 mark, following Standard & Poor's negative rating of Argentina's foreign debt.

• Monday, April 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine gov. support falls 13 points in one month

  

  Just four months in office President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has suffered a considerable loss of support and over half of Argentines feel the country is in the wrong track, according to a public opinion poll released Sunday in Buenos Aires.

• Sunday, April 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina: Largest sunflower crop in six years, 4.52 m tons

  

  Argentina's sunflower crop was greater than forecasted totalling 4.52 million tons, the largest of the last six seasons, according to Buenos Aires Grain Exchange. The total area planted was 2.636.000 hectares, with an average yield of 1.720 kilos per hectare, which is 2.5% over last year's crop.

• Sunday, April 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine gov. looks split over farmers' conflict

  

  The doves of the Argentine cabinet headed by vice president Julio Cobos called on farmers to give the new cabinet a chance and more time to discuss the issues which so far have stalled negotiations.

• Saturday, April 26th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Zero in Argentine geography: Malvinas are Falklands (GB)

  

  School text books distributed by an Argentine provincial government identify the Islas Malvinas as the “Falklands” with the GB for Great Britain next to the map. The error (blooper¿?) triggered a strong reaction from the local chapter of the Malvinas veterans and the provincial congress.

• Friday, April 25th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Two insights into the “new” and the “old” Argentina

  In early April, The Guardian published a piece by Latinamerican expert Richard Gott, on the new Argentina and its architects, as the title suggests.
  
  However, Argentine born Celia Szusterman and a political scientist from University of Westminster is not convinced with Mr. Gott's idea of a new Argentina and believes it's very much like the old 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.