Argentina

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 15:10 UTC

  Argentina's shale boom at Vaca Muerta seems to be finally taking off

  

  By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com - After years of drilling and development and billions of U.S. dollars of investment, Argentina’s vast shale play Vaca Muerta has finally seen the first tangible results with the first exports of light crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the resource-rich formation.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 14:54 UTC

  Argentina trade surplus for nine months running, but imports in May drop 28%

  

  Argentina's trade surplus in May reached US$ 1.373m, the highest in five years and a record nine months running with positive results, reported on Wednesday the country's stats office, Indec.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentina claims Boris Johnson is willing to dialogue on the Falklands issue

  

  Boris Johnson, the leading candidate in the current process to replace Theresa May as UK prime minister is open to dialogue on the Falklands/Malvinas issue, said Argentine foreign minister Jorge Faurie during a meeting with the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  ARA Belgrano relatives will travel next October to the spot where she went down torpedoed in May 1982

  

  Relatives of the sailors who lost their lives when the sinking of the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano, during the Falklands' conflict will be travelling to the area where she went down, sometime in mid-October.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:34 UTC

  US and Argentina sign revised agreement to boost air travel and cargo

  

  The United States and Argentina on Wednesday signed a revised agreement on air services that could boost air travel and cargo between the two nations.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:16 UTC

  First shipment of Argentine beef to the Japanese market

  

  The first-ever shipment of Argentine beef to Japan was sent on Wednesday, a significant achievement for both countries made possible through an effective and coordinated effort between health authorities, Agro-Industry Ministries, Foreign Ministries, and the respective embassies.

• Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  C24 reiterates call for Argentina/UK negotiations on Falklands/Malvinas dispute

  

  The United Nations Decolonization Committee, C24, reiterated its call on Argentina and the UK to resume bilateral negotiations for a “peaceful and long-lasting” solution to the Falkland/Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute.

• Tuesday, June 25th 2019 - 23:38 UTC

  The last Kirchner government taught a generation of Falkland Islanders not to trust Argentina

  

  Falkland Islands elected lawmaker MLA Roger Spink in his Tuesday speech before the UN Committee on decolonization called on the Argentine representatives to leave aside colonial and conquering wishes over the Islands and start behaving as a 21st-century member of the world community, respecting democratic rights and living and working in harmony with regional neighbours.

• Tuesday, June 25th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  The Economist: “In Argentina, the IMF has been neither toxic nor triumphant”

  

  “What good is it to throw a man ten feet of rope if he is drowning in 20 feet of water?” asked Kenneth Rogoff, former chief economist of the IMF, to The Economist 15 years ago. His question still bothers the institution he used to advise.

• Tuesday, June 25th 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  Argentina sowing what is forecasted as an excellent crop of wheat, some 22 million tons

  

  Argentine farmers are expected to plant 6.5 million hectares of wheat in the 2019/20 season, the government said in a report, citing good rainfall as the reason for the increase from its previous forecast of 6.46 million hectares.