Argentina

• Saturday, November 12th 2016 - 20:15 UTC

  Aerolíneas Argentinas prepares for the summer

  

  Aerolíneas Argentinas announced Friday a series of adjustments to its operations which will increase the seating capacity by 10% for peak summer season destinations - DAP starts flying between Ushuaia and Punta Arenas - The neverending story of Bolivia's haunted airport.

• Saturday, November 12th 2016 - 12:39 UTC

  DAP Airways opens summer link between Punta Arenas and Ushuaia

  

  Chilean privately owned DAP Airways inaugurated this week the link between Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile and Ushuaia, capital of Argentine Tierra del Fuego, a flexible commercial service that includes two weekly flights during the summer season and with the main purpose of increasing connectivity in the region and favoring tourism.

• Saturday, November 12th 2016 - 11:30 UTC

  The US dollar curse has Cristina Fernandez on the edge of a public trial

  

  Former Argentine president Cristina Fernandez was prosecuted on Friday for fraudulent administration in detriment of the Argentine state in the so called “dollar futures' ”case, including the seizure of 15 million Pesos in assets equivalent to a million dollars.

• Friday, November 11th 2016 - 08:57 UTC

  Seven percent more Britons traveled to Argentina this year

  

  The flow of British tourists into Argentina until August this year recorded a seven percent increase when measured against data from 2015. Ten percent rise forecast for 2017, accoring to Argentine Minister of Tourism Gustavo Santos.

• Friday, November 11th 2016 - 08:00 UTC

  Argentine agro-industrial exports up 25% this year

  

  It was in the first three quarters of 2016 compared to the same period in 2015, the Argentine Ministry of Agroindustry reported during the Agricultural Perspectives Conference at the Buenos Aires Cereal Exchange.

• Friday, November 11th 2016 - 07:04 UTC

  Trump's victory seen from Argentina as a global tendency in Western economies

  

  Under the heading of “Trump and Argentina”, political analyst Rosendo Fraga outlines what he believes are the reasons for the US tycoon victory in the presidential election, which he links to similar conditions in UK and the Brexit, and possible surprises next year both in France and Germany, the four leading Western economies.

• Thursday, November 10th 2016 - 12:08 UTC

  IMF lifts motion of censure on Argentina for manipulating data

  

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday lifted the censure motion that weighed on the country since 2013, when it decided to sanction Argentina because it considered that statistics at the National Census' Institute (Indec) were being manipulated.

• Thursday, November 10th 2016 - 08:11 UTC

  Malvinas is no impediment for dealing with UK, but “Islands population can't be denied”

  

  The Malvinas sovereignty dispute should not be an impediment to advance in a pro-active agenda with the United Kingdom, and to progress in agreements to attract investors to Argentina, said foreign minister Susana Malcorra, who also admitted that it's not possible to deny the existence of the Malvinas inhabitants, “of which we have been distanced for too long”.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2016 - 17:22 UTC

  Macri congratulates Trump, hopes both presidents can work together for the people

  

  The Argentine president posted his congratulations for Donald Trump as president-elect of the United States on his Twitter account. Malcorra wants quick transition. “I congratulate @realDonaldTrump on his triumph and I hope we can work together for the good of our peoples,” Macri said.

• Tuesday, November 8th 2016 - 09:23 UTC

  Argentina Mercosur parliament members left out in the cold

  

  Argentina's Lower House left its peers from the Mercosur Parliament, Parlasur, with no allowances, despite claims from most of its 43 members. Last week the Chamber of Deputies approved the Argentine budget which must now be considered by the Senate.