Argentina

Thursday, January 17th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina awards contract for Latam's first high speed train

Argentina's president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner officially announced Wednesday that the French group Alstom and its partners IECSA, Emepa, Isolux Corsan have been awarded the first very high-speed train link project in Latin America.
Thursday, January 17th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chinese help for Argentina disarrayed Antarctic season

China has come to the rescue of Argentina's Antarctic effort with the icebreaker Xuelong (Snow Dragon) scheduled to call in Buenos Aires next January 25 and load 200 cubic meters of general cargo for Argentine bases.
Monday, January 14th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Argentine per capita beef consumption reached 67.2 kilos

Beef consumption in Argentina in 2007 reached 67.2 kilos per capita, 10.4% over the previous year according to the country's Chamber of Meat Industry and commerce, Ciccra, which also predicts a strong domestic demand in 2008.
Sunday, January 13th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Argentine flight delays spark passenger violence

Frustrated passengers smashed ticket counters and threw objects at airline staff at Argentina's main airport on Saturday after the country's flagship airline canceled international flights for a second day.
Saturday, January 12th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Air conditioner census to combat power cuts in Argentina

Although the Argentine government refuses to use the word “crisis”, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner launched Friday the energy rational consumption program geared to alleviate the power cuts and shortages that have plagued the city of Buenos Aires and metropolitan area.
Thursday, January 10th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
US Co. extracting crude and gas in Tierra del Fuego

Houston independent Apache Corp. reported that its Seccion Banos-2004 well on the Argentine side of Tierra del Fuego is producing 1,635 b/d of oil and 1.3 MMcfd of gas from the Lower Cretaceous Springhill sandstone. The well is the first large producer drilled following Apache's 1,800 sq-km, 3D seismic survey in the area.
Thursday, January 10th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Former admiral Anaya, Falklands War proponent, dead at 81

Jorge Isaac Anaya, a former Argentine navy chief who was the leading proponent of the past dictatorship's ill-fated 1982 invasion of the Falklands Islands, has died at 81.

Anaya, who suffered a heart attack in 2006 while awaiting court questioning about human rights abuses during military rule, died at home
Wednesday, January 9th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
The inflation data no one understands: Argentina's 8.5%

Argentina released the latest data on the consumer prices index which according to the controversial Nacional Statistics and Census Office, Indec, was 0.9% in December totaling 8.5% for the whole twelve months.
Monday, January 7th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina bans fuel exports and calls for pump price rollback

Argentina halted fuel exports and called for a pump price rollback on Monday amid reports of fuel shortages, government news agency Telam reported, citing unidentified government sources.
Monday, January 7th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chile/Argentina tax dispute delays gold mine development

Construction of the 2.4 billion US dollars Pascua Lama gold mine has been delayed at least one year due to a tax dispute between Chile and Argentina. The Pascua Lama mine straddles the Chile-Argentine border