Argentina

Friday, February 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina's January basic food basket index up 2.95%

Argentina's basic food basket consumed by the average family jumped 2.59% last January over December, which is more than double the official consumer prices index for the first month of 2007.
Friday, February 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina's unemployment drops below two digits

Unemployment in Argentina for the first time in thirteen years dropped below two digits to 8.7% in the last quarter of 2006 according to Senator and First Lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner currently visiting France.
Friday, February 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina mired by populism and lack of leaders' elites

President Nestor Kirchner administration is unfailingly heading towards populism and the accumulation of so much power in two or three people plus having the Executive control the other branches of government is highly negative for Argentina, said French political scientist Alain Touraine.
Friday, February 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Nordkapp en route to Buenos Aires; “no traces of pollution”

The Norwegian flagged Nordkapp which ran aground in the South Shetlands Islands at the end of January has caused no environmental damage and “no traces of pollution have been found at or around Deception Island” according to a release from the Norwegian Coastal Voyage cruise company.
Thursday, February 8th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Credibility blow to Kirchner's price controls policy

Argentine president Nestor Kirchner tried Thursday to disengage this week's rise in the country's risk rating and drop in sovereign bonds, from the controversy over the ousting of the head of the Statistics and Census Office (INDEC) responsible for calculating inflation.
Wednesday, February 7th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Squid: good season kick off in Argentina

Since the commencement of the squid harvest (Illex argentinus), this past 1 February, high performances of the resource have been registered in the area located south to the parallel 44Ãâ€šÃ‚Â° South.
Wednesday, February 7th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Kirchner ousts Agriculture minister before meeting farmers

Argentine president Nestor Kirchner named a new Agriculture and Livestock Secretary Wednesday, a day before a crucial meeting with farmers associations that have been bitterly complaining about the administration's current camp policies.
Tuesday, February 6th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
“Pinguino or pinguina” ? Argentina's version of Clintons

Argentina's first couple, a power pair often compared to Bill and Hillary Clinton, won't say whether it will be a his or hers candidacy in this year's presidential election.
Tuesday, February 6th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina CFP set the maximum allowable catch at 2,500 tonnes for toothfish

As a precautionary measure, the Fishery Federal Council (CFP) will establish a 2,500-tonnes maximum allowable catch (MAC) on toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) for the current year.
Tuesday, February 6th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
”Argentina top ten to live in'

Argentina for the first time made it to the top ten club that examines the best countries to live in, with France leading for the second year running and war-torn Iraq remaining at the bottom, also for the second year running, according to the latest ranking from International Living magazine.