Argentina

• Thursday, March 14th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Argentina and Colombia will host the 2020 Copa America; US proposal rejected

  

  The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) has rejected a proposal from the United States and awarded the 2020 Copa America tournament to Argentina and Colombia. CONMEBOL officials meeting in Miami on Wednesday said the joint bid was accepted as a way of “bringing South American football to the fans” and would be subject to a more detailed presentation by both countries.

• Thursday, March 14th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Argentina forecasted to increase the wheat area planted for the 2019/20 season

  

  Argentina's wheat planting area will rise again in 2019/20, industry experts anticipated, which could mean another bumper harvest after a record wheat crop last season. The area could reach up to 6.9 million hectares, analysts and farmers said, which would be the fourth consecutive increase and a rise from 6.3 million hectares in the 2018/19 season when the country produced a record 19.5 million tons of wheat.

• Thursday, March 14th 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  Union halts operations at Argentina's biggest gold mine

  

  A strike at Canadian Goldcorp Inc’s Cerro Negro mine in Argentina has forced a halt to operations, the company said on Tuesday, calling the union’s action at its biggest mine illegal. Mining activities stopped when the strike by the Asociacion Obrera Minera Argentina (AOMA) union began on March 8, and processing is also now halted as surface stockpiles have run out, Vancouver-headquartered Goldcorp said in a statement.

• Thursday, March 14th 2019 - 08:12 UTC

  Relatives of identified Argentine combatants visit cemetery in Falklands; accord not to fly defaced Argentine flags

  

  Sixty-five next of kin of Argentine combatants buried in the Falkland Islands and whose remains were recently identified, visited the Argentine military cemetery at Darwin to pay their respects and pray next to the graves of their loved ones.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 08:27 UTC

  Argentina boosting natural gas output and plans pipeline to supply Buenos Aires

  

  Argentina’s efforts to boost its natural gas output and supply are progressing through new pipeline and transport projects and auctions, moves that are expected to balance the country’s production and demand, the energy secretary said on Monday.

• Monday, March 11th 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  Governor of Argentina's shale gas and oil province reelected, defeating Macri and Cristina Fernandez candidates

  

  The governor of Argentina's Neuquen province, home to the vast Vaca Muerta shale gas and oil formation, easily won re-election on Sunday, defeating a candidate allied with President Mauricio Macri and another with former President Cristina Fernandez.

• Monday, March 11th 2019 - 08:31 UTC

  Next visit of Malvinas relatives to the Falklands takes off on Wednesday 

  

  Next Wednesday a group of relatives of Argentine soldiers fallen in the 1982 South Atlantic conflict and  whose remains were recently identified will be travelling to the Argentine military cemetery at Darwin in the Falkland Islands. Relatives will be able to mourn and pray next to the gravestones which now have the full name of their loved ones. A military ceremony will also be held to honor the Argentine soldiers buried at Darwin.

• Friday, March 8th 2019 - 08:58 UTC

  Argentina's Peso hit a record low to the dollar weakening 4%

  

  Argentina’s struggling currency hit a record low against the dollar on Thursday, weakening over 4% to close at 42.5 pesos per dollar, a challenge for President Mauricio Macri as he looks to right the economy ahead of elections in October.

• Thursday, March 7th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Falklands coordinates distressed yacht Paradise rescue; injured crew member will be helicoptered to Stanley

  

  Early morning Thursday a helicopter from the Falkland Islands will be lifting ashore from the search and survey vessel Seabed Constructor, a Luxembourg national who suffered head injuries during the capsizing of the French flagged yacht Paradise in the South Atlantic.

• Thursday, March 7th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Argentina and Brazil markets open Wednesday with steep losses

  

  Latin American stocks hovered near 2019 lows on Wednesday led by steep losses in Argentina and Brazil which resumed trading after a two-day Carnival holiday, while currencies of oil exporters in the region fell as crude prices came under pressure. MSCI's index of Latin American stocks fell 1.3%, tracking losses across the region, barring Chile and Colombia which ended higher.