Argentina

• Saturday, November 24th 2018 - 14:37 UTC

  The only real “Summit” in Buenos Aires is hours away

  

  Fake bomb threats, loose World War II grenades, actual explosions that kill nobody and leave one perpetrator seriously injured at a cemetery, the mayor's entourage becoming 35 percent wealthier on average since in office, airline strikes, and the looming G20 Summit with the most prominent world leaders all in one place, an air traffic ban in addition to land circulation restrictions are just a part of the landscape to the people of Buenos Aires who are becoming more and more used to living in a war-like zone since the beginning of the century.

• Saturday, November 24th 2018 - 13:14 UTC

  Argentine printing company lands at Colonia's free trade zone

  

  The Arcángel Maggio printing company has announced plans to invest US $ 6 million to produce school books and novels for the Spanish-speaking market (except Uruguay) from Colonia's free-trade zone in a 4,000 square meter plant due to start operating in February, 2019.

• Saturday, November 24th 2018 - 09:10 UTC

  Prudent optimism that China and US can reach a trade understanding in Buenos Aires

  

  The United States and China have in the coming week what may be their last chance to broker a ceasefire in an increasingly dangerous trade war when their presidents meet in Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, November 24th 2018 - 03:07 UTC

  Labour strike grounds all Aerolíneas Argentinas flights for November 26

  

  Aerolíneas Argentinas has cancelled all flights scheduled for this coming Monday, Nov. 26, due to a workers' strike, it was announced Friday.A total 371 flights are to be grounded, affecting the travel plans of over 40,000 passengers, which will cost the state-run company around 20 million US dollars in losses.

• Friday, November 23rd 2018 - 09:45 UTC

  Argentina: waiting for a strong agriculture recovery to help end recession

  

  The industrial production in Argentina dropped 4.8% in October compared to the same period a year ago, accumulating a seven-month consecutive slide, according to the Center of Economic Studies from Orlando Ferreres. Between January and October manufacturing activity registers a 3.5% contraction relative to the same period in 2017.

• Friday, November 23rd 2018 - 09:44 UTC

  New Zealand promotes trade and farm expertise with Argentina and Uruguay

  

  Farmers, dairy product manufacturers and trade representatives in Uruguay and Argentina are hearing a New Zealand take on current agricultural issues this week.

• Friday, November 23rd 2018 - 08:59 UTC

  May and Macri will announce the Falklands' second commercial flight with a stopover in Cordoba, insists Ambito

  

  The Argentine financial newspaper Ambito Financiero is insisting with its version of the agreement reached on the second commercial flight of the Falklands to the region, which is anticipates will be formally announced by president Mauricio Macri and UK Prime Minister Theresa May when they meet next 30 November in Buenos Aires in the sidelines of the G20 leaders' summit.

• Friday, November 23rd 2018 - 07:41 UTC

  Argentina announces the name of its 104 combatant buried in the Falklands

  

  Argentina announced the full name of the 104th combatant whose remains are buried in the Falkland Islands Argentine military cemetery at Darwin. According to the Human Rights Secretariat, conscript Fabricio Edgar Carrascull, born in Cordoba province was 18 when he died at the Goose Green battle on 28 May 1982.

• Friday, November 23rd 2018 - 03:57 UTC

  Falklands says a decision on a second flight stopover in Argentina “has yet to be made”

  

  * MLA Elsby anticipates the public will be engaged on the final proposal. A final decision on where in Argentina a second commercial flight from the Falklands to a third country in the region will land “has yet to be made,” assured Member of Legislative Assembly Barry Elsby on Thursday.

• Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 20:23 UTC

  Putin meeting with Saudi crown prince in BA cannot be ruled out

  

  A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud during the upcoming G-20 Summit in Buenos Aires is not to be ruled out, according to a Kremlin official source.