Argentina

• Friday, October 18th 2019 - 10:55 UTC

  New IMF chief pledges full support for Argentina, but will wait for election results

  

  The International Monetary Fund will stand by Argentina as it works through its economic crisis, Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday. She added that the Fund was waiting to see the future policy framework adopted by Argentina, which holds an election later this month in which a change of government is widely predicted.

• Friday, October 18th 2019 - 10:36 UTC

  Argentina advances the 2020 squid season: 10 January

  

  Argentina's Federal Fishing Council ratified the anticipated start of the 2020 squid season following a request from the fishing organizations and the technical support from Inidep, Argentina's fisheries research and development institute, located in Mar del Plata.

• Thursday, October 17th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Argentina has bent over to please the UK while gaining nothing in return

  

  By Facundo Rodriguez (*) - It's now been three years since the British and Argentine governments signed the Foradori-Duncan agreement and committed to taking “appropriate measures to remove all obstacles limiting the economic growth and sustainable development” of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.

• Thursday, October 17th 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  September inflation in Argentina reaches 5.9% and 53.5% in twelve months

  

  Argentina consumer prices rose 5.9% in September, the country’s statistics agency said on Wednesday, the sharpest jump in a year amid a flaring economic crisis in Latin America’s no. 3 economy. That brought year-to-date inflation to 37.7%, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) said, while rolling 12-month inflation was running at 53.5%.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2019 - 18:24 UTC

  Women's rally in Argentina ends with attacks on churches and a “boob protest”

  

  A rally happening during Argentina’s annual “National Encounter of Women” on Sunday included a topless protest (”Tetazo) against the cathedral of La Plata, the city hosting the event this year. The rally, organized by Argentina’s leading leftwing party, wasn’t officially supported by the organizers of the women’s event.

• Monday, October 14th 2019 - 17:57 UTC

  Falklands' sovereignty claim, a priority for opposition presidential frontrunner

  

  The Falklands/Malvinas were not absent from the Argentine presidential candidates' debate on Sunday evening in Santa Fe province. President Mauricio Macri running for reelection was criticized by opposition front runner Alberto Fernandez for “forgetting to claim the Islands' sovereignty”.

• Monday, October 14th 2019 - 16:49 UTC

  Falklands oil industry warned by the Argentine government

  

  The recent announcements by Rockhopper PLC and Premier Oil referred to the development of the Sea Lion project in the Falkland Islands, have triggered a reaction from the Argentine foreign ministry.

• Monday, October 14th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentine opposition presidential candidate reaches out to undecided voters

  

  The front-runner in Argentina’s presidential election reached out to undecided voters on Sunday, promising both orthodox and unorthodox policies to cure the country’s deep economic troubles.

• Monday, October 14th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Argentina recognizes Guaidó's ambassador as Venezuelan government representative

  

  Elisa Trotta is the new Venezuelan ambassador in Argentina, following the acceptance of her Credentials by Argentine foreign minister Jorge Faurie. According to an Argentine foreign ministry release, Ms Trotta will make her official presentation to president Mauricio Macri sometime this week.

• Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego condemns 1989 Madrid Treaty and UK “unilateral actions” in the South Atlantic  

  

  “Thirty years since the Madrid Treaty: rethinking a new national strategy for Malvinas”, was the heading of the conference held in the extreme south Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego with the participation of the governor, Rosana Bertone, former foreign minister Jorge Bielsa, and the Malvinas Question related affairs Secretary, Jorge Arguello a diplomat and one of possible foreign minister names if the opposition candidate Alberto Fernandez wins the presidential election this month.