Argentina

• Tuesday, November 8th 2016 - 06:56 UTC

  Argentine-Qatari fund created for infrastructure works

  

  Argentina and Qatar agreed to create a billion-dollar joint fund to carry out infrastructure works, as part of Vice President Gabriela Michetti's visit to Middle Eastern countries, it was announced Monday.

• Tuesday, November 8th 2016 - 06:48 UTC

  BA Governor Vidal, World Bank agree to finance Salado River works

  

  María Eugenia Vidal, governor of the province of Buenos Aires, reached an agreement with the World Bank for a 380-million-dollars loan to finance infrastructure works that would be beneficial to more than sixty municipalities. Bidding to start in March.

• Tuesday, November 8th 2016 - 06:38 UTC

  Esteche: if a judge orders CFK's arrest he might end up dead

  

  La Plata Prosecutor Marcelo Romero Monday filed charges Monday against Fernando Esteche for public intimidation, following the Quebracho picket grouping leader's radio statement where he warned that if any judge should order the arrest of former President Cristina Fernandez he could “end up dead”.

• Monday, November 7th 2016 - 09:21 UTC

  Argentine Human Rights Secretary agrees “stronger immigration controls” necessary

  

  Argentina's Human Rights Scecretary Claudio Avruj agreed with Senator Pichetto, saying that “stronger controls” are needed. During the previous administration, people entered the country without a proper background check.

• Sunday, November 6th 2016 - 14:13 UTC

  Argentina tops list of attractive countries for UK investments

  

  So said British Deputy Foreign Minister Alan Duncan on Friday during the Business Networking Day, a gathering organized by the Argentine-British Chamber of Commerce at the Embassy in London.

• Saturday, November 5th 2016 - 10:17 UTC

  Ezeiza airport shortlisted for 'domestic' gateway into the U.S.

  

  Buenos Aires' Ezeiza International Airport was shortlisted by the Department of Homeland Security of the United States along with ten other terminals in the world to be of “assessed preference” in the preclearance program.

• Saturday, November 5th 2016 - 10:00 UTC

  Argentina's 2017 inflation expected to reach 19.7%, reveals Central bank poll

  

  Argentina's consumer prices will rise by 19.7% in 2017, according to a central bank poll of 56 economists published this week, a slight drop from median expectations in last month's survey but still higher than the central bank's target.

• Saturday, November 5th 2016 - 03:50 UTC

  Opposition leaders Boudou, Esteche and D'Elia head march onto Plaza de Mayo

  

  Former Argentine Vicepresident Amado Boudou and other Kirchnerite leaders took centre stage on Friday as unions marched onto Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires to demand the resumption of collective bargaining talks and a year-end bonus, “If they do not listen, there will be a strike”

• Thursday, November 3rd 2016 - 08:21 UTC

  Identification of Argentine soldiers' remains in Falklands: Geneva meeting in December

  

  Argentine and British diplomats will be meeting next 10 December in Geneva with the Red Cross to advance in the identification of the remains of 123 Argentine combatants buried at Darwin cemetery in the Falkland islands since 1982.

• Thursday, November 3rd 2016 - 08:05 UTC

  European lawmakers in Argentina to boost EU/Mercosur trade talks

  

  A European Union parliament delegation of fourteen lawmakers is in Buenos Aires to prop Mercosur/EU trade talks, and even admitting there has been advances, and prospects are encouraging, they also acknowledged that many objections from both sides persist.