Argentina

• Monday, October 22nd 2018 - 06:57 UTC

  Argentine Pope “thumbs down” to the IMF agreement and austerity

  

  Argentina's powerful teamsters union organized on Saturday a well attended march to the Cathedral of Lujan under the rallying call of ”bread, peace and work (jobs)”, which concluded with a mass, homily and strong message from Archbishop Agustin Radrlzzani, the only speaker at the event.

• Monday, October 22nd 2018 - 06:42 UTC

  Identification process of Argentine remains in the Falklands will be praised by Red Cross in Geneva

  

  Next month, on the 21st the International Committee of the Red Cross will be holding a special ceremony in Geneva to acknowledge the identification process of the unknown Argentine combatants buried at the Argentine military cemetery in the Falkland Islands, a legacy of the 1982 South Atlantic conflict.

• Sunday, October 21st 2018 - 23:41 UTC

  British submariners honour ARA San Juan crew

  

  The British We Remember Submariners group, who pay tribute to “our Brothers who have sailed on Eternal Patrol over the 6 month period 1st July - 31st December 2017, along with the twenty three submarines that were lost during 1918” has made room to honour the crew of the Argentine Navy's ARA San Juan in this year's commemorative pin.

• Saturday, October 20th 2018 - 18:15 UTC

  Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires deemed most important opera house in the world

  

  The Italian tourism website Travel365.it has found Buenos Aires' Teatro Colón to be the most important of its kind in the world due to its architecture and history.

• Friday, October 19th 2018 - 10:18 UTC

  Dollar, prices go up in inflation-ridden Argentina

  

  The US dollar rose 22 cents against the Argentine peso and closed at a 1 US$/ AR$37.50 parity on Thursday. It was the second day in a row for an upward trend following seven straight slumps.

• Thursday, October 18th 2018 - 17:31 UTC

  Judge orders BA metro bus companies to hire 30% female drivers

  

  A group of female job seekers obtained a favourable ruling from Buenos Aires Judge Graciela González to their “gender discrimination” claim against three Buenos Aires metropolitan bus lines where they had applied for drivers' vacancies.

• Thursday, October 18th 2018 - 08:57 UTC

  “The Falkland Islands belong to you, the Islanders”. The key to “Malvinas is in the hands of Islanders”

  

  Twenty years ago, this month, one of Argentina's then leading political analysts and journalist publicly admitted the Falkland Islands belong to the Islanders. Mariano Grondona had been invited to the Islands by the Legislative Council and during a gathering with locals said the famous quote, “The Falkland Islands belong to you, the Islanders”.

• Thursday, October 18th 2018 - 07:36 UTC

  Argentina with a record 6.5% inflation in September, and 40.5% in twelve months

  

  Argentina says that consumer prices rose 6.5% in September bringing the twelve month inflation rate to 40.5%, one of the world's highest. The inflation rate published by the official statistics agency Indec, on Wednesday follows a sharp devaluation of Argentina's currency. The nine month rate reached 32.4%.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 09:16 UTC

  Argentine industrial activity contracts 4.1% in August year-to-year

  

  Industrial activity in Argentina dropped 4.1% in August compared to a year ago, completing a 0.8% contraction so far this year, according to a survey by the country's Industrial Union, UIA. However compared to last July industrial production was up 0.7%.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 08:24 UTC

  Jamaican economist will oversee Argentina's compliance of IMF accord

  

  The International Monetary Fund has announced that Jamaican economist Trevor Alleyne will be the institution's representative in Argentina, after confirming it had decided to reopen an office in Buenos Aires, six years after leaving. The decision comes after Buenos Aires reached a deal with the IMF on the money supply, interest rates and an exchange rate framework.