Argentina

• Friday, November 16th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina hikes fuel export taxes to ease domestic prices

  Argentina's government announced Thursday it will raise taxes on the country's gasoline and petroleum exports and their derivatives in an effort to contain domestic fuel prices.

• Wednesday, November 14th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  New Argentine cabinet targeted to face pending agenda

  

  Three clue names will remain in the cabinet of elected Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner: cabinet chief Alberto Fernández; Planning minister Julio de Vido the man responsible for upgrading Argentina's energy infrastructure and Foreign Affairs minister Jorge Taiana, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, November 13th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Mar del Plata fish landings drop 4.5% in ten months

  

  Fish and shell fish landings at Mar del Plata, Argentina's main South Atlantic fishing port totalled 368.859, tons in the first ten months of the year, which represents a 4.5% drop compared to the same period a year ago.

• Sunday, November 11th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentines protest against a Uruguayan pulp mill

  An estimated 20,000 Argentines marched to Argentina's river border with Uruguay on Saturday, some arriving by boat, to protest the opening of a paper plant in the neighboring Uruguay on fear its operations will endanger the environment and contaminate agricultural lands in their country.

• Friday, November 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina's business leaders optimistic about the economy

  Argentina's most influential businessmen anticipate a stable to optimistic economic scenario for the next semester according to an opinion poll among 173 corporate CEO, a most unusual forecast in a country historically unstable when governments change.

• Thursday, November 8th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Ban Ki-moon begins South American trip in Argentina

  

  United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived Wednesday in Argentina the first stop of his visit to three South American countries that will see him travel from the Amazon basin to Antarctica.

• Wednesday, November 7th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina's October inflation 0.7%; 6.6% in ten months

  October inflation in Argentina jumped 0.7% reaching 6.6% so far this year, while wholesale prices increased 0.9% and 12.7% in the last ten months according to the official release from Statistics and Census Institute.

• Wednesday, November 7th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina hikes export taxes on soybeans and cereals

  

  Amid protests from farmers' organizations, Argentina increased taxes on exports of soybeans, corn and wheat an average of five percentage points to boost government revenue from surging crop prices and limit domestic food inflation.

• Wednesday, November 7th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Interpol “red notices” for six Iranians wanted by Argentina

  

  Interpol rejected Wednesday a request by the government of Iran to drop arrest warrants against six leading Iranians, wanted by Argentina for their alleged role in a 1994 bombing that killed 85 people and left hundreds injured.

• Tuesday, November 6th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Malvinas dispute: “I've offered to act but sides must agree”

  

  United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he has repeatedly offered his good offices to address the Malvinas/Falklands issue, but there must be an understanding between the countries involved, “and that has not happened”.