Argentina

Thursday, September 1st 2016 - 11:04 UTC
Argentina recognizes Brazil's institutional process and president Temer

The Argentine government expressed on Wednesday respect for Brazil's institutional process and iterated its willingness to continue advancing toward a real and effective integration based on respect for human rights, democratic institutions and International law.
Wednesday, August 31st 2016 - 12:34 UTC
Macri at G20 to represent the “new” Argentina and after crucial investments

Argentine president Mauricio Macri is off to Hangzhou, China for this first G20 summit where he is expected to hold bilateral talks with the host Xi Jinping, Russia's Vladimir Putin, Germany's Merkel and probably UK prime minister Theresa May.
Tuesday, August 30th 2016 - 07:00 UTC
Argentina wants to make life easier for the Falklands: insists with air link to Buenos Aires

Argentine ambassador in the UK, Carlos Sersale Di Cerisano said that ”an association with Argentina will be favorable for the Falklands Islanders (kelpers)“ and added that ”the Argentine government will try to make life easier for Islanders”.
Tuesday, August 30th 2016 - 04:38 UTC
Mercosur members who disagree and don't accept consensus “can walk out”...

Paraguay said Mercosur will continue to function and is waiting for a reply from Uruguay to confirm a collegiate presidency of the block, until Argentina takes the helm at the end of the year. If not, “Mercosur members are well aware that the the same way they decided to belong to the group, they can walk away...”
Tuesday, August 30th 2016 - 04:07 UTC
HMS Protector crew parade next to the Chilean navy to honor Pilot Pardo in Punta Arenas

Sailors and Royal Marines from Ice Patrol HMS Protector participated on Sunday in a major parade in Punta Arenas, next to members from the Chilean Navy, local Fire fighters and two schools, as part of the commemorations to honor pilot Luis Pardo Villalón, the Chilean navy officer who a century ago rescued the 22 survivors of Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition “Endurance”.
Monday, August 29th 2016 - 03:59 UTC
Court ruling and economy contraction push Argentine inflation down in August

Inflation in Argentina during the current month of August could drop to 0.7% because of the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the hikes in natural gas prices for residential users, according to the official stats office Indec. Similar stats also indicate a strong contraction of the Argentine economy.
Saturday, August 27th 2016 - 05:45 UTC
Mercosur founding members confident of a solution to the Venezuela situation

The foreign ministers of Mercosur founding members will adopt a common position regarding the current disarray of the group following on Venezuela's unilateral attitudes said Paraguayan economic affairs and integration deputy minister Rigoberto Gauto.
Saturday, August 27th 2016 - 05:32 UTC
Tierra del Fuego gas field inauguración suspended; Macri wants to attend

The inauguration ceremony of the Vega Pléyade natural gas field offshore Tierra del Fuego scheduled for Friday, has been postponed, although no official explanation has been given, it is believed that Argentine President Mauricio Macri was determined to attend, but his political agenda is too full precisely over the energy controversy and the fact next week he flies to China for the G20 summit.
Friday, August 26th 2016 - 11:44 UTC
Total inaugurates gas field offshore Tierra del Fuego with potential production of 10m cubic meters per day

Argentina will officially inaugurate this Friday the Vega Pléyade natural gas field, twenty kilometers offshore Tierra del Fuego to the south of the San Sebastián bay. The field started production last February and as “a production potential of 10 million cubic meters per day”.
Friday, August 26th 2016 - 10:55 UTC
Argentina's economy contracts 4.3% year-on-year in June

Argentina's economy shrank 4.3% year-on-year in June, a much sharper contraction than expected in the first official growth data reported during President Mauricio Macri's term.