Argentina

Thursday, February 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Wildfires in Patagonia threaten centuries old trees

Wildfires raging at a national park in Argentina's Patagonia region since last Sunday are threatening to destroy trees up to thousands of years old and the government has called for residents in the area to evacuate homes and farms.
Tuesday, February 26th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Anti yellow fever vaccination campaign reaches Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires health centres have begun to vaccinate against yellow fever in support of a national campaign to prevent the spread of the viral mosquito transmitted disease following serious outbreaks in Brazil and Paraguay, both neighboring countries with Argentina reported Buenos Aires City authorities.
Monday, February 25th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine economy breaks production and job records

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner administration might have mid term energy problems incubating but the latest data indicates that the Argentine economy keeps steaming ahead with increased employment and record industrial production. Trade surplus in January was also unexpectedly high.
Monday, February 25th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Inflation in Argentina “around 20%” says ex minister Lavagna

Argentina's former economy minister Roberto Lavagna claimed that inflation is “round 20%” departing from the government line that puts the index of rising prices at 8.5% for 2007.
Monday, February 25th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina promotes bird-watching as form of tourism

An estimated 500 ornithologists from Argentina are to meet in San Martín de los Andes, Neuquén, next March 5 to seek ways of promoting bird-watching as a form of tourism.

Argentina is scheduled to host a world birdwatchers conference in September.
Friday, February 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
The Argentine airline with no planes and which never flew

A fraud case involving an airline with managers, pilots, stewardesses, cabin crew, mechanics, ground crew, even a passengers complaint office butÃ¢€Â¦which has never taken off nor does it have aircrafts was filed Thursday at the office of an Argentine federal prosecutor in Buenos Aires.
Friday, February 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Arab-South American support for Argentine Malvinas claim

Foreign ministers and envoys from South American and Arab countries meeting in Buenos Aires vowed Thursday to increase cooperation and trade, while pledging to bolster Middle East security.
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).