Argentina

• Wednesday, November 14th 2018 - 19:25 UTC

  Buenos Aires airport saboteur arrested

  

  A 58-year-old private pilot who on Monday posed as a control tower operator at Buenos Aires' Jorge Newbery airport was arrested Tuesday and held incommunicado.

• Tuesday, November 13th 2018 - 13:29 UTC

  Combatant buried in the Falklands is taken back by the family to Argentina

  

  Next 5 December for the first time in 36 years the remains of an Argentine combatant buried in the Falkland Islands will be returned to the province of Córdoba where his family lives. Air Force Captain Luis Darío José Castagnari remains lie in a grave at the Argentine military cemetery in Darwin, and in a special ceremony, with members of his family, will be flown back to Argentina.

• Tuesday, November 13th 2018 - 13:06 UTC

  Roger Waters accused of anti-Semite by Jewish institutions in Argentina

  

  Jewish institutions in Argentina have launched a campaign against British singer Roger Waters, the former Pink Floyd front-man. Waters’ Us +Them tour has been travelling around Latin America for the last month.

• Tuesday, November 13th 2018 - 12:49 UTC

  British tourists should not be afraid visiting Argentina, minister tells UK

  

  Argentine Security minister Patricia Bullrich rejected the UK's latest report on security in Argentina arguing there are “no reason for a change of the country's status” regarding possible terrorist attacks during the coming G20 leaders summit, scheduled to be hosted at the end of the month in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, November 13th 2018 - 11:18 UTC

  S&P downgrades Argentina's long term sovereign debt from “B+” to “B”

  

  Standard & Poor's on Monday downgraded Argentina's sovereign long term credit rating from “B+” to “B” and reviewed the country's debt prospects to “stable”, following on the “negative” review from last August.

• Tuesday, November 13th 2018 - 08:30 UTC

  YPF faces weaker gas demand and shifts focus to Vaca Muerta shale oil

  

  Argentina's energy company YPF said on Monday its 2018 hydrocarbon production likely will fall by 3% to 4% on the year, more than previously expected, as low natural gas demand forces it to close wells and shift its focus to Vaca Muerta shale oil.

• Monday, November 12th 2018 - 13:27 UTC

  Argentina's industrial activity in September down 11.5% in the last twelve months

  

  Argentine industrial activity plunged 11.5% year-on-year in September – the biggest drop in 16 years. The INDEC national statistics bureau said that manufacturing witnessed a fifth consecutive month of decline, following drops of 1.2% in May, 8.1% in June, 5.7% in July and 5.6% in August. It’s the biggest contraction since July 2002.

• Monday, November 12th 2018 - 07:36 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez and “the K money route”, judge asks for further information

  

  Argentine federal Judge Sebastian Casanello ruled lack of admissible evidence in the case involving ex president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and referred to the alleged laundering of money from public works contracts during the Kirchner couple's rule (2003/2015), better known as “the route of the K money”.

• Monday, November 12th 2018 - 07:30 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez, Jose Mujica and Dilma Rousseff in a Critical Thinking forum

  

  Several Latin American presidents and political activists are scheduled to hold the First Forum of Critical Thinking next week in Buenos Aires, just a few days before the G20 summit which this year in being hosted by Argentina and will convene the world's leaders.

• Monday, November 12th 2018 - 01:48 UTC

  Axion cuts down fuel price in Argentina

  

  Fuel retailer Axion cut down its prices by 3.2% in Argentina, in line with declines of both the US dollar exchange rate and the international oil barrell, it was reported Saturday. Other companies are expected to follow suit shortly.