Argentina

Thursday, September 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Iran rejects Kirchner claims and points to Judiciary “corruption”

Iran strongly rejected on Thursday Argentine President Nestor Kirchner's claim that the country failed to cooperate in a probe of a 1994 terror bombing in Buenos Aires which left hundreds dead and maimed.
Wednesday, September 26th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands: Kirchner blasts British “obstinacy” in the UN

British “obstinate reluctance” to dialogue with Argentina over the Falkland Islands sovereignty is “incompressible” said Argentine President Nestor Kirchner on Tuesday in his address to the United Nations General Assembly.
Wednesday, September 26th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
“Queen Cristina's” travels trigger political controversy

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner overseas trips respond to her condition of elected Senator or First Lady and not as presidential candidate said Argentina's cabinet chief Alberto Fernandez against a background of mounting criticisms.
Tuesday, September 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
In Argentina, the Campaign of 'Queen Cristina' Focuses on Global Relations

With just over a month to go before voters will choose a new president of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, or “Queen Cristina,” as she is widely known here, is living up to her nickname.
Monday, September 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands' ocean bed dispute and lure for “Earth's last frontier”

Argentina will object any British initiative to extend the “illegitimate occupation” of the Falkland Islands and its adjoining waters, in the event of such a decision, Argentine Foreign Affairs minister Jorge Taiana was quoted on Monday by the Buenos Aires press from New York.
Sunday, September 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina fury at UK bid for Falkland seas

Argentina has reacted furiously to plans by Britain to lay claim to vast new tracts of potentially oil and gas-rich territories in the seas off the Falklands.
Sunday, September 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Kirchners face busy New York agenda

President Néstor Kirchner and his wife (and would-be successor) Cristina Fernández arrive in New York today to attend the United Nations General Assembly.
Saturday, September 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Estrada: K team “has no environmental policy.”

Argentina key negotiator in the Botnia pulp mill dispute with Uruguay was ousted from his Foreign Ministry post because of his disagreement with the official policy, according to the fired diplomat, Raúl Estrada Oyuela.
Wednesday, September 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina rallies for “first missing man” in democracy

Thousands of demonstrators have rallied in cities across Argentina to mark a year since a key witness in a landmark human rights trial disappeared.
Wednesday, September 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Golden kingclip fishing prohibited until end of year

Argentina - The nation's Subsecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture (SSP&A) has prohibited golden kingclip (Genypterus blacodes) fishing from 17 September to 31 December, 2007.