Argentina

• Tuesday, May 31st 2016 - 07:36 UTC

  Poor squid season hits Argentina's seafood exports in first quarter

  

  Argentina's Under Secretariat of Fisheries reported that landings between January first and 30 April plummeted19.3% but exports in the first quarter achieved significant growth in foreign currency: 16.2%, with a slight increase in volume 1.7%. The poor landings are attributed to a “terrible” squid season, while the jump in export value was supported by extraordinary sales of shrimp.

• Tuesday, May 31st 2016 - 07:30 UTC

  Macri pledges to repatriate overseas savings in Bahamas and buy Argentine bonds

  

  President Mauricio Macri said Monday that he will repatriate $1.3 million in savings from the Bahamas and use the money to buy Argentine treasury bonds because he is confident the struggling economy will recover and thrive.

• Tuesday, May 31st 2016 - 06:51 UTC

  “Argentina needs its armed forces for peace; they have been ignored for years”, says Macri on Army Day

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri said Monday that Argentina needs armed forces adapted to the 21st century, ready to carry out peace missions and come to the rescue in times of disaster, after “years” of being ignored by the government. He made the statement at an Army Day event.

• Saturday, May 28th 2016 - 08:04 UTC

  Operation Condor condemns Argentine ex dictator and 14 top military officers

  

  Former Argentine dictator Reynaldo Bignone and 14 other ex-military officials were found guilty by an Argentine court on Friday of conspiring to kidnap and assassinate leftist dissidents as part of the Operation Condor program. Bignone, 88, the highest ranking figure on trial, was sentenced to 20 years in jail. Fourteen of the remaining 16 defendants got eight to 25 years behind bars. Two were found not guilty.

• Saturday, May 28th 2016 - 06:08 UTC

  UK-Argentina: a new start for an old relationship, according to The Economist

  

  With its green bell tower and royal coat of arms, the Torre Monumental in Buenos Aires would not look out of place in a British market town. The 60-metre Palladian clock tower was a gift from the city’s British community to mark the centenary of Argentina’s 1810 revolution (though it was completed in 1916). On May 24th this year around 200 people gathered to commemorate its centenary.

• Saturday, May 28th 2016 - 05:53 UTC

  Falklands claim and UN chief post bid', “not incompatible” for Argentine minister Malcorra

  

  Argentina's foreign minister Susana Malcorra said on Friday she believes there's no conflict of interest between her bid to be the next U.N. secretary-general and her ministerial work including pressing Argentina's sovereignty claim over the disputed Falkland Islands.

• Thursday, May 26th 2016 - 06:34 UTC

  Falklands are “most satisfied with Chile links and excellent health services”

  

  Falkland Islanders are very satisfied with the Chile links and health services in Santiago, was the first reply to media speculations in the Buenos Aires media regarding possible changes in the Argentine government attitude and policies towards the disputed Falklands.

• Thursday, May 26th 2016 - 06:19 UTC

  Falkland Islanders must be addressed ”as Argentines or foreigners living in (mainland) Argentina”

  

  The Falkland Islands and Falkland Islanders must be addressed as if they were Argentines or foreigners living in mainland Argentina, which means a more “normal relation” with the Islands including extending healthcare services, education and even greater air connectivity, according to the latest column from Martin Dinatale, editor in chief of La Nacion who in a previous piece revealed the “humanitarian approach” the government of Mauricio Macri has in mind on the Falklands/Malvinas dispute.

• Thursday, May 26th 2016 - 06:05 UTC

  Argentina confident Patagonia's shale formation foreign interest remains strong

  

  Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale formation in Patagonia remains an attractive asset for international investors, many of which are looking to increase the amount they have invested so far, according to the country's Energy Minister Juan José Aranguren, a former Shell Argentina CEO.

• Thursday, May 26th 2016 - 05:03 UTC

  Macri's government in “100% agreement” with the Church's dialogue message

  

  Argentina's cabinet chief Marcos Pena said president Mauricio Macri administration was “100% in agreement” with the Catholic church 25 May Day message “to leave aside statistics, think in the Argentine people and not fight among ourselves”.