Argentina

• Wednesday, December 19th 2018 - 09:12 UTC

  Latin American markets and currencies cautious ahead of Fed's two-day meeting

  

  Latin American currencies failed to gain against a weak dollar on Tuesday, as cautious investors pared exposure ahead of the end of the U.S. Federal Reserve's two-day meeting on Wednesday, while Latin American stocks ticked up in line with their U.S. peers.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2018 - 08:53 UTC

  Patagonia indigenous peoples suing oil majors for “environmental contamination”

  

  A major group of indigenous people living in Argentine Patagonia are taking some of the world's biggest oil and gas multinationals to court for “environmental contamination,” Greenpeace said this week. The Mapuche are suing American giant Exxon, French company Total and the Argentina-based Pan American Energy, which is part-owned by BP.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2018 - 08:49 UTC

  Bolivia offers to join Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay 2030 World Cup bid

  

  Bolivia’s football-mad President Evo Morales has offered his Argentine, Uruguayan and Paraguayan counterparts help in their joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup.
  Morales made the offer to the equally passionate presidents, Mauricio Macri of Argentina, Uruguay’s Tabare Vazquez and Paraguayan Mario Abdo Benitez during regional Mercosur heads of state meeting in Montevideo.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2018 - 08:43 UTC

  Abundant rains in Argentina's soy belt help expectations of a good harvest

  

  Rainstorms are sweeping Argentina’s soy belt, building soil moisture needed to guarantee good yields when crops blossom in February and providing some cushion for China to buy should its trade war with the United States continue to limit U.S. supplies.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2018 - 19:50 UTC

  Former President Julio Argentino Roca not good enough for a Neuquén school's name

  

  School No. 103 in the Argentine city of Neuquén Tuesday changed its name from that of two-time President “Julio Argentino Roca” to “Rosa Alaniz,” who was one of the first teachers of the institution.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2018 - 19:43 UTC

  Mercosur leaders agreed on need for reforms in the midst of Bolsonaro's threat to leave

  

  The presidents of all Mercosur member and associate countries gathered Tuesday in Montevideo for a summit to redefine the bloc's future, in light of recent statements from Brazil's future government that the region will not be among the priorities of Jair Bolsonaro when he becomes president on January 1.

• Monday, December 17th 2018 - 21:34 UTC

  Argentine cemetery benefactor visits Falklands to say “thank you” for the joint humanitarian identification program

  

  Argentine entrepreneur Eduardo Eurnekián, who financed the Argentine cemetery in the Falkland Islands to bury with dignity those who perished in the 1982 war and also the March 26 flights for relatives to visit the graves of the newly-identified bodies, last week flew to the Islands to the place that has touched his heart since 2003 and thank everybody for the humanitarian accomplishment.

• Monday, December 17th 2018 - 08:35 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez is back on stage and preparing for her presidential bid next October

  

  Argentine ex-president and Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is back on stage and looking to run in next October's presidential election, hopefully with a united opposition. Mandatory primaries in Argentina are only eight months away and several of her acolytes over the weekend and with her blessing announced she is prepared to run for the presidency.

• Monday, December 17th 2018 - 08:09 UTC

  Argentina creates two marine protected areas in the South Atlantic

  

  Argentina has officially created two large marine protected areas: the Yaganes Marine National Park, lying off of the country’s southern tip, and the Namuncurá-Burdwood Bank II Marine National Park in the South Atlantic. Together, the two parks cover a total area of about 98,000 square kilometres.

• Sunday, December 16th 2018 - 23:44 UTC

  Argentine city of Rosario to grant allowance to victims of gender violence

  

  The City Hall of Rosario has passed an ordinance whereby victims of gender violence housed in one of the city shelters are to collect a monthly allowance of 2,000 pesos (52 US dollars) during six months, it was reported.