Argentina

• 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.

• Saturday, February 2nd 2019 - 08:59 UTC

  Argentine central bank “ready” to counter surprises ahead of this year's presidential election

  

  Argentina’s central bank has sufficient dollar firepower to deal with a spike in demand for the greenback if uncertainty over the country’s upcoming presidential election prompts another run on the peso, bank sources said on Friday.

• Saturday, February 2nd 2019 - 08:49 UTC

  Argentine Jewish institutions divided over strategy to help find culprits of several crimes against the community

  

  Two of Argentina's leading Jewish entities, the AMIA and the DAIA, this week made public their its difference over a role as a plaintiff in a criminal complaint against former president-cum-senator Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, involving a controversial Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2013 with the regime of Iran.

• Friday, February 1st 2019 - 11:08 UTC

  Argentina and EU reach an agreement over exports of biodiesel

  

  Argentina and the European Union (EU) reached an agreement to end a dispute over exports of biodiesel, the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The deal establishes price and volume limits to be announced next month, the ministry said in a statement.

• Friday, February 1st 2019 - 11:06 UTC

  Wines of Argentina marketing campaign for 2019 features a love story

  

  Wines of Argentina (WOFA) has launched a disruptive new marketing campaign for 2019 called “Vino Argentino: A Blind Tasting Story”, which features a love story between two people from opposite worlds and targets young women in the US.