Argentina

Friday, February 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
US Congress partisan delegation praises Cristina Kirchner

A bipartisan delegation of United States Congress members visiting Argentina said on Thursday that closer links between both countries are needed and described the hour and a half meeting with President Cristina Fernandez Kirchner as “excellent”.
Friday, February 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Bolivian gas test for Argentina/Brazil presidential summit

Argentina may apply pressure on local units of Brazil's government owned Petrobras in a battle to increase its share of Bolivian natural gas supplies and ease potential wintertime shortages, reported on Thursday Buenos Aires daily, Clarin.
Friday, February 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Poor beginning for Argentine squid season: 18 jiggers

Only 18 squid jiggers are fishing for squid (Illex argentinus) in Argentine waters south of parallel 44Ã‚Âº, since the season officially opened last February first. The rest of the fleet remains docked, revealed satellite-based information released by the Argentine Deputy Secretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture (SSP&A).
Wednesday, February 20th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina turns down Kosovo fearing Malvinas claim impact

Argentina will not recognise the newly independent Kosovo fearing this could have an undesired influence in the country's dispute with Great Britain over its unflagging Malvinas/Falkland Islands sovereignty claim, according to Wednesday's Buenos Aires press.
Tuesday, February 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina, first step to Arab-Latam leaders' summit

Argentina will host this week a meeting of Foreign Affairs ministers from Latinamerica and the Arab countries (ASPA), an idea promoted by the Brazilian diplomacy to expand economic and trade links and strengthen political ties between the two regions.
Monday, February 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina's 2007 foreign trade reached 100.7 billion dollars

Argentina's foreign trade last year reached a record 100.7 billion US dollars with a surplus of 11.154 billion US dollars according to the latest release from the Statistics and Census Institute, Indec.
Sunday, February 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Soy displaces cattle as main farm activity in Argentina

Soy beans has become the main commodity of Argentina's rich farmland displacing other traditional industries such as cattle breeding and dairy farming, according to studies and statistics from the country's main breeders organization the Rural Society.
Friday, February 15th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Feb 21 part of YPF shares back under Argentine control

Spain's Repsol YPF announced Thursday that the sale of 14.9% of its affiliate in Argentina to that country's businessman Enrique Eskenazi will become effective next February 21.
Friday, February 15th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Mrs. Kirchner can't convince protestors to end pickets

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Gualeguaychu pickets kept on Thursday to their positions in the controversy over the construction of a pulp mill in neighboring Uruguay which environmentalists and protestors claim is/will be highly contaminating.
Thursday, February 14th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Spanish minister visits Argentina to talk about fisheries

Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (MAPA) Elena Espinosa currently visiting Argentina held a meeting with Spanish fishing companies operating in Argentina and signed a fisheries scientific research cooperation agreement which includes surveying the South Atlantic, reports the Buenos Aires press.