Argentina

• Wednesday, March 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  High speed train in Argentina?

  A French consortium headed by Alstom was the only candidate left in the race for the ambitious project of President Nestor Kirchner's administration of a high speed train linking the capital Buenos Aires with the country's main two cities, Rosario and Cordoba.

• Wednesday, March 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Scioli and Taiana to lead main Malvinas conflict commemoration

  

  Argentina's vice president Daniel Scioli and Foreign Affairs minister Jorge Taiana will lead next Monday April 2 in Ushuaia the main commemorations of the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the South Atlantic conflict which in Argentina is remembered as Malvinas Veteran's Day.

• Tuesday, March 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Squid catch normal according to fishery authorities

  

  Argentina - The 2007 squid (Illex argentinus) season shows a “normal” development, affirmed the substitute President of the Federal Fisheries Council (CFP), Marcelo Santos.

• Tuesday, March 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  UK “regrets” Argentine decision to cancel oil cooperation

  

  “We regret the Argentine decision” to end the South Atlantic joint hydrocarbons understanding with the United Kingdom; “it sends a political signal in a sensitive year”, said late Tuesday a spokesperson from the British embassy in Buenos Aires.

• Sunday, March 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina plans diplomatic barrage for Falkland's war anniversary

  

  After having rejected Britain's offer for a sober commemoration of the 25 years of the Falkland Islands conflict, Argentina is preparing a diplomatic barrage before international forums demanding UK resumes sovereignty negotiations, according to Buenos Aires Sunday press.

• Sunday, March 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Britain considered invading Tierra del Fuego in 1982

  

  United Kingdom considered the possibility of invading Argentine territory during the Falkland Islands conflict in 1982, according to Lawrence Freedman interviewed by Chile's newspaper La Tercera and published Sunday in Santiago.

• Sunday, March 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina's summer season foreign tourism grows 20.6%

  The number of foreign tourists visiting Argentina during the month of February had an inter-annual increase of 22% and accumulated a 20.6% expansion in the first two months of 2007, according to official sources.

• Friday, March 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Strong Argentine reactions to US criticisms

  

  Argentina reacted strongly to United States criticisms for having allowed Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez to hold a political rally in Buenos Aires while George Bush was on a tour of the region early March.

• Thursday, March 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Petrobras backs from criticism of Argentina's energy policy

  The Argentine government rejected this week calls from the head of Brazil's government owned oil company, Petrobras, for changes in energy pricing in Argentina, where gasoline and diesel prices have been virtually frozen for more than four years.

• Thursday, March 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Kirchner will lead main Falklands' war commemorations

  

  President Nestor Kirchner will reaffirm Argentine “legitimate and imprescriptible” sovereignty over the Falkland Islands next April 2 in Ushuaia when he leads the main commemoration of the 25th anniversary of Argentina's 1982 military landing in the Islands, reports the Buenos Aires press.