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Argentina

  • Monday, March 18th 2019 - 06:30 UTC

    Iranian couple caught in Argentina with fake Israeli passports

    Police first thought the passports were stolen but numerous misspellings in Hebrew let both Argentine and Israeli officials realize the passports were forged

    Argentine security officials say that an Iranian couple was arrested in Buenos Aires for travelling on fake Israeli passports. Local reports say a 27-year old man and a 30-year old woman were arrested on March 12, travelling on forged Israeli passports under the fake names of Netanel and Rivka Toledano. The couple travelled from Spain to Argentina.

  • Saturday, March 16th 2019 - 10:15 UTC

    IMF prepared to help Argentina stabilize exchange market volatility in election year

    The announcement followed a sharp fall in the Peso, dragged down by emerging doubts about the economy and rising political uncertainty by elections in October

    Argentina’s central bank wants to license market makers to help stabilize its embattled peso currency when the Treasury starts newly announced dollar sales in April. The bank hopes the market makers, dealers who agree to buy and sell at set prices, would bolster liquidity in the exchange market to help avoid the sharp gyrations the peso has suffered in recent weeks when it hit a record low of 42.5 pesos per dollar in thin trading.

  • Saturday, March 16th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

    China and Argentina resume talks for the construction of a nuclear power plant

    Argentina had hoped to announce an agreement on China-financed construction of Atucha III, during a state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping last November

    A delegation from China will visit Argentina this month to discuss the construction of a nuclear power plant, signaling possible progress in a deal that could increase Beijing’s deepening influence in Argentina. Accordingly, the “technical team” from China would meet local suppliers about the long-stalled nuclear power plant project, reportedly worth up to US$8 billion.

  • Friday, March 15th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

    Argentine inflation in February, 3.8% and 51% in twelve months; central bank new measures

    Inflation rose 3.8% in February, INDEC said, as President Mauricio Macri struggles to bring down prices ahead of key national elections this year.

    Argentina’s stubbornly high inflation accelerated again in February, the government said on Thursday, sparking the central bank chief to pledge new measures to rein in rising prices that have dogged the South American economy over the last year.

  • Friday, March 15th 2019 - 04:40 UTC

    Cristina Fernandez flies to Cuba to be next to her sick daughter

    CFK suggested Florencia's poor health was caused by “the fierce persecution to which she has been subjected to”, a reference to ongoing criminal investigations

    Ex-Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner left on Thursday for Cuba to assist her 29-year-old daughter Florencia, who is receiving medical treatment. In a dramatic video posted on her Twitter, the senator for Buenos Aires province said that her daughter was suffering from ”severe health problems” and began special treatment in Cuba last December.

  • Thursday, March 14th 2019 - 09:52 UTC

    Argentine foreign minister receives next of kin who returned from “our Malvinas”

    Argentine Foreign minister Jorge Faurie at Ezeiza airport receives the next of kin delegation and underlines the significance of the Malvinas Humanitarian Plan

    “I imagine you have gone through moments of great emotion in the Islands, next to the graves with the 112 full names, which until now remained unidentified”, Argentine foreign minister Jorge Faurie was quoted in an official release, on receiving the delegation of next of kin, on their return trip from the Falkland Islands, Wednesday evening.

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

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

    The next edition of the tournament, usually played by all 10 South American nations and at least two invited guests, is due to be held in Brazil in June.

    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

    The area could reach up to 6.9 million hectares, which would be the fourth consecutive increase and a rise from 6.3 million hectares in the 2018/19 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

    “It is unlikely the work stoppage will materially impact the fundamental value of the mine,” analysts at Canaccord Genuity wrote in a note

    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

    Malvinas veteran bugler Omar Tabarez plays “Silence”, the Argentine version of “The Last Post”. Pic: Infobae

    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.