Argentina

Saturday, February 9th 2019 - 09:08 UTC
Argentine Coast Guard seize South Korean trawler allegedly operating in the EEZ

A South Korean flagged trawler allegedly operating in Argentine waters was caught on Thursday red-handed with its nets in the sea and is being escorted to Comodoro Rivadavia.
Friday, February 8th 2019 - 10:13 UTC
Vaca Muerta shale oil production soared 52% and gas 193%, during 2018

Vaca Muerta, the biggest shale play in Argentina, led a year-on-year increase in oil and natural gas production in 2018 in Neuquen, as more companies bet on the resources for growth in the southwestern province.
Thursday, February 7th 2019 - 10:05 UTC
Manufacturing in Argentina was 5% down during 2018

Manufacturing performance in Argentina during 2018 was one of the worst since the 2001/02 collapse and melting of the country's economy according to the latest release from the stats office, Indec. Manufacturing dropped 14.7% in December compared to the same month in 2017, ending 2018 with an overall decrease of 5%.
Thursday, February 7th 2019 - 10:00 UTC
Argentina's auto production down 32.2% in January compared to a year ago

Auto production in Argentina continued to fall at the beginning of the year, having dropped 32.2% compared to twelve months before. This means total January auto production was 14.803 units, which is 7.055 less than in January 2018, 21.858. The figures were made public by Argentina's Automobile Manufacturers Association, Adefa.
Thursday, February 7th 2019 - 09:57 UTC
Argentine construction industry activity in the doldrums

The construction industry in Argentina ended 2018 with a paltry 0.8% growth, and although taking off at the beginning of last year with a vigorous impulse but beginning May, when the financial situation forced the Peso to lose half of its purchasing power, activity started to freeze ending December with a 20.5% collapse.
Thursday, February 7th 2019 - 09:31 UTC
Cristina Fernandez back in court for questioning at the end of February

Argentine ex-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has – for the third time – been called for questioning under the framework of so-called “notebooks” graft case. Key business leaders and ex-public officials were also summoned, with prosecutors and judges probing alleged corruption and bribery centred on the ex-head of state's government.
Wednesday, February 6th 2019 - 09:19 UTC
LGBT tourism in friendly Argentina on the rise and down in Brazil

Argentina and Brazil had always been competing. This is not only true for soccer, but also for tourism. Anti-LGBT policies in the making in Brazil may contribute to an even bigger growth for tourism from this sector for Argentina.
Tuesday, February 5th 2019 - 09:40 UTC
Falklands Sao Paulo air link to become operational next October to coincide with tourist season

Argentina and the UK have agreed that the second commercial air link between the Falkland Islands and South America, with a stopover at Cordoba, Argentina, will begin operational next October in coincidence with the South Atlantic summer tourist season, according to Martin Dinatale, an Argentine journalist who specializes in diplomatic affairs.
Tuesday, February 5th 2019 - 06:17 UTC
Argentine embassy thanks UK government efforts in locating the aircraft carrying Emiliano Sala

Following the discovery of the plane carrying Argentine football player Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson on Sunday, the UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) issued a press release midday Monday reporting that “in video footage from the ROV, one occupant is visible amidst the wreckage” of the fuselage identified on the seabed.
Monday, February 4th 2019 - 08:05 UTC
Macri on an ambitious trade and cooperation visit to India

Argentine president Mauricio Macri will be visiting India from February 17 to 19 as part of an ambitious bilateral agenda to expand trade and cooperation in a range of sectors including renewable energy, nuclear energy, space and agriculture, aviation, mining (lithium, gold and copper), pharmaceuticals and automobiles.