Argentina

• Thursday, August 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Interpol arrest warrant for the cash-filled suitcase man

  

  Interpol Argentina Office said Wednesday an international arrest warrant has been issued for a Venezuelan-US businessman wanted in Argentina on fraud charges stemming from the seizure of a cash-filled suitcase in a Buenos Aires airport.

• Wednesday, August 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Unrelenting upheaval in President Kirchner's home province

  Argentine president Nestor Kirchner faced on Tuesday another political challenge in his own turf, the province of Santa Cruz he ruled for years and where unions and other social groups marched along the capital Rio Gallegos to reject violence and bullying by former local allies of the president, one in particular who last Friday with his vehicle run over seventeen protestors.

• Wednesday, August 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Suitcase scandal in limelight in spite of Kirchner and Chavez

  

  Argentina's renowned anti-corruption crusader, lawyer Ricardo Monner Sans, urged the prosecution in the so-called suitcase scandal to investigate whether controls that led to the discovery of 800,000 dollars in possession of Venezuelan-US citizen Guido Antonini Wilson in Buenos Aires, also applied to other officials who arrived on the same plane.

• Wednesday, August 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chubut joins Oceanic Bio-geographic Information System

  

  The Onboard Observers Programme of the Argentine province of Chubut Fisheries Secretariat (POBCH) will participate in the Oceanic Bio-geographic Information System (OBIS) by supplying periodic marine biodiversity data acquired from fishing results on specific species.

• Wednesday, August 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Menem on Mrs. K: “she's s arrogant, full of hatred and rancor”

  

  President Nestor Kirchner administration is “the most corrupt ever in Argentina” claimed former president Carlos Menem in an interview with Chile's El Mercurio.

• Monday, August 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina's Menem loses governor's race

  

  Former President Carlos Menem was easily defeated by an incumbent governor of a western province on Sunday, ending a comeback bid by the 77-year-old who governed the country from 1989 to 1999.

• Saturday, August 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina plays tariffs to help industry and agriculture

  

  Argentina announced Friday custom duties and tariffs to restrict imports of certain goods that are having a negative impact on its industry. Sectors benefited include tires, bicycles, foot wear, auto parts, leather goods, toys and textiles.

• Saturday, August 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine economy grows 8.4%; unemployment down to 9.8%

  

  The Argentine economy expanded 8.4% during the first half of 2007 compared to a year ago reported Friday the country's Statistics and Census Office, Indec. President Nestor Kirchner also announced that unemployment in the second quarter of 2007 dropped to 8.5% of active population.

• Friday, August 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  First arrest warrant in money stashed suitcase scandal

  

  Argentine Economic Crimes Federal Judge Marta Novatti issued Thursday an international arrest warrant for Venezuelan businessman Guido Alejandro Antonini Wilson who last August 4th tried to illegally introduce in Buenos Aires, traveling on an Argentine government chartered jet, a suitcase containing almost 800,000 US dollars in cash.

• Thursday, August 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Malvinas war veterans file lawsuit against Argentine officers

  

  About 39 Argentine war veterans from the 1982 Falkland/Malvinas conflict with Great Britain are expected to file a lawsuit before a federal judge in Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, accusing their officers of torture during the war.