Argentina

• Friday, September 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Cordoba's dispute, unexpected “gift” for the Kirchner couple

  

  The disputed results of a controversial and tight governor election in the Argentine province of Cordoba, one of the country's main electoral districts, is rapidly becoming another volatile and unpredictable hot issue for President Nestor Kirchner's administration.

• Friday, September 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Rising costs, poor catches and prices hit Argentine hake industry

  

  Hake (Merluccius hubbsi) landings in Argentina totaled 189.756 tons to August 31, which is 13% less than the same period of 2006, according to figures released by the National Fisheries Sub-Secretariat, a branch of the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Foods, SAGP&A.

• Thursday, September 6th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina's robust economy reflected in August tax revenue

  August tax revenue in Argentina was a higher-than-expected 17.87 billion pesos, (almost 6 billion US dollars) rising 37.4% from the same month last year, partly due to big jumps in sales and income tax revenues, reported Economy Ministry.

• Wednesday, September 5th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine icebreaker “Almirante Irizar” replacement delayed

  

  The charter of a Russian icebreaker to replace Argentina's navy “Almirante Irizar” severely damaged by fire, for the coming Antarctic season remains undecided according to Foreign Affairs ministry sources quoted in the Buenos Aires press.

• Monday, September 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Kirchner ally loses gubernatorial race

  

  A socialist beat a candidate allied with Argentine President Nestor Kirchner for the governorship of a key province late Sunday, in a test of the strength of Kirchner's ruling coalition ahead of next month's presidential vote.

• Monday, September 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Following the storm new chances for the pulp mill's conflict

  

  Sunday's Argentine pickets' “invasion” of neighboring Uruguay attracted considerable media coverage but overall developed peacefully and uneventful. “Invaders” protesting the construction of an allegedly contaminating pulp mill along a river shared by both countries were thoroughly searched before leaving Argentina and again at the other head of the bridge by Uruguayan authorities.

• Monday, September 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Santa Fe thrashing: Bielsa announces he's quitting politics

  Argentina's presidential couple Nestor and Cristina Kirchner harvested another electoral defeat, this time in the province of Santa Fe, a ruling party stronghold since 1983, when their hand picked candidate, former Foreign Affairs Minister Rafael Bielsa lost to a coalition of left leaning parties led by Socialist Hermes Binner.

• Monday, September 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina/Chile Navies exchange in Punta Arenas

  An officers exchange program between the Argentine and Chilean navies is taking place in the extreme south of the continent where only two and a half decades ago both neighboring countries almost went to war over disputed islands in the Magellan Strait region.

• Friday, August 31st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Exxon plans to leave Argentina; Shell claims “discrimination”

  

  ExxonMobil is working with J.P. Morgan to sell its assets in Argentina including hundreds of service stations and a 200 million US dollars refinery, according to reports in the Buenos Aires press. Fuel companies in Argentina are operating under heavy government intervention.

• Friday, August 31st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Eight coalitions register for Argentine presidential vote

  

  As the deadline to register coalitions for the Argentine October 28 presidential vote expired this week, eight alliances registered, among them, the one led by first lady Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, which is widely predicted to obtain a first-round victory in the face of a highly dispersed opposition.