Argentina

• Saturday, April 8th 2017 - 07:35 UTC

  UK's Startup Games contest in Argentina attracts over 100 participants

  

  An estimated 100 participants received training and competed for virtual investments during the Startup Games contest created by the UK's Department for International Trade, which this time was held at the UK embassy in Argentina.

• Friday, April 7th 2017 - 08:15 UTC

  Massive stoppage in metropolitan Buenos Aires but with limited response in the rest of the country

  

  Airlines in Argentina grounded international flights and riot police scuffled with protesters on Thursday as workers staged a general strike to protest job and pay cuts. Conservative President Mauricio Macri condemned the call to strike where he faces midterm legislative elections in October.

• Thursday, April 6th 2017 - 08:05 UTC

  General strike in Argentina; Macri hosts the World Economic Forum

  

  Workers are committed to a general strike in recession-hit Argentina on Thursday, drawing complaints from conservative President Mauricio Macri as he prepares to host leaders and business people for an economic forum.

• Wednesday, April 5th 2017 - 06:32 UTC

  S&P raised Argentina's credit rating to “B”, on the “verge of exiting recession”

  

  Standard & Poor's raised Argentina's credit rating one notch Tuesday, from B- to B, saying Latin America's third-largest economy was on the verge of exiting recession.The rating bump gives a boost to conservative President Mauricio Macri, who has launched sweeping - often unpopular - economic reforms aimed at reviving growth.

• Tuesday, April 4th 2017 - 19:42 UTC

  Kirchner family prosecuted charged with money laundering; court seizes US$ 8.5m in assets

  

  An Argentine court on Tuesday prosecuted ex president Cristina Fernandez and her children, Maximo and Florencia, as alleged heads of an illicit organization to launder money in association with public works contractors. The ruling includes the seizure of family assets equivalent to US$ 8.5 million and handing over their passports.

• Tuesday, April 4th 2017 - 10:10 UTC

  FIH independent directors still view Dolphin takeover approach as “unwelcome”

  

  FIH Group PLC said on Monday it still views a potential takeover approach from Dolphin Fund Ltd as “unwelcome” and recommends an existing bid from Staunton Holdings Ltd.

• Tuesday, April 4th 2017 - 09:50 UTC

  Torrential rains and mudslides destroy “80% of Comodoro Rivadavia”

  

  Comodoro Rivadavia, in Argentine Patagonia, also known as the “Oil capital” of the country is estimated to have experienced an “80% destruction” of the city, according to a first report from an Army engineers' battalion sent to set up bridges and repair highways. The city suffered a week of historic torrential rains (330mm) and strong winds with flooding, mudslides which swept away with bridges and tracts of roads and major highways.

• Tuesday, April 4th 2017 - 07:56 UTC

  Aerolineas Argentinas opens “Atlantic Corridor” linking Buenos Aires, Comodoro and Ushuaia

  

  Aerolineas Argentinas inaugurated on Monday the “Atlantic Corridor” which will have daily flights between Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata, Bahía Blanca, Trelew, Comodoro Rivadavia and Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego.

• Monday, April 3rd 2017 - 10:37 UTC

  Macri mixed local politics in the Malvinas Fallen and Veterans Day anniversary

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri underlined that dialogue will facilitate the Malvinas sovereignty non-renounceable claim and ensure that it is really effective. The Argentine leader was addressing a delegation of Malvinas Fallen Relatives and Veterans, at the Olivos presidential residence on Sunday which marked the 35th anniversary of the beginning of the South Atlantic conflict in 1982.

• Monday, April 3rd 2017 - 10:33 UTC

  Bertone invites Falkland Islanders to become Tierra del Fuego citizens

  

  Tierra del Fuego governor Rosana Bertone called the Falkland Islanders “fueguinos” and invited them to integrate based on respect for “cultural diversity”. Ms Bertone was addressing the crowd on Sunday at the Malvinas Fallen monument in Ushuaia on Sunday, 35th anniversary of the Argentine military invasion of the Falklands and which according to the local calendar is the Malvinas Veterans and Fallen Day.