Argentina

• Monday, June 6th 2016 - 07:31 UTC

  UK dilemma with Malcorra at the UN, “a candidate favoured by Washington”

  

  Britain is facing a diplomatic dilemma since it seems quite clear that the US administration of Barack Obama favours the Argentine candidate and current foreign affairs minister Susana Malcorra as the next UN Secretary General, according to an article published on the Sunday edition of The Telegraph and written by Peter Foster, Europe editor and Harriet Alexander, New York editor.

• Saturday, June 4th 2016 - 10:54 UTC

  Argentina and Monsanto reach preliminary agreement on seeds and soy controls

  

  After weeks of crossed accusations, Argentina reached a preliminary deal with Monsanto, reportedly agreeing to cancel its controls on soybean shipments. Under the accord the Argentine government will be the one to carry out the inspections, as part of a proper framework for agriculture firms to be paid for royalties.

• Saturday, June 4th 2016 - 09:05 UTC

  Macri suffers a mild arrhythmia; back in Olivos after hospital checkup

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri was taken to hospital on Friday to be evaluated by doctors after he suffered a “mild arrhythmia”, or irregular heartbeats, the government said.

• Saturday, June 4th 2016 - 08:57 UTC

  YPF and ENAP agree to increase gas and oil production off Magellan Strait

  

  Argentina's YPF and Chile's Enap Sipetrol announced a joint project to expand the production of natural gas and crude from the offshore Magallanes Deposits, (PIAM), to the east of Magellan Strait Reserve. Representatives from Tierra del Fuego province and Magallanes Region, and from the two companies, attended the announcement ceremony.

• Saturday, June 4th 2016 - 08:43 UTC

  Argentina's main opposition political force names a shadow cabinet

  

  Argentina's largest political movement, almost hegemonic, but currently in the opposition under the name of Justicialista Party (PJ), announced this week a shadow Cabinet, saying they will work hard to return to power after losing last year’s election to President Mauricio Macri.

• Friday, June 3rd 2016 - 19:40 UTC

  Argentine hopes dashed on Falklands, Antarctica: Continental Shelf Commission refused to consider three major claims

  

  In April 2009, Argentina submitted a formal claim to sovereignty over an exceptionally large continental shelf, across hundreds of miles of the sea-bed to the east and south of Argentina. This year, in March, newspapers around the world incorrectly reported the whole Argentine submission had been endorsed.

• Friday, June 3rd 2016 - 19:34 UTC

  Delimitation of the Argentine continental shelf

  

  By Professor Peter Willetts, South Atlantic Council (*) - The Argentine Foreign Ministry announced on 28 March 2016 that it had gained international recognition of a claim to an exceptionally large continental shelf. But they were mistaken. Argentina had made a submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) on 21 April 2009 to claim sovereignty rights over the resources of the sea-bed.

• Thursday, June 2nd 2016 - 14:09 UTC

  Monsanto and Argentina closer to an agreement on exports inspections dispute

  

  Monsanto Co., eager to get royalties from growers in Argentina on genetically modified soybeans, said on Wednesday it was still trying to resolve a dispute with the government over inspections, while an agricultural ministry source said a deal may be reached in the coming days.

• Thursday, June 2nd 2016 - 09:20 UTC

  Argentina describes Falklands' governor speech on links as 'positive', but they must be bilateral through UK

  

  Argentina believes there is an opportunity to improve the relation with the Falkland Islanders, and 'we are exploring available options', but those links must be channeled through bilateral relations with the United Kingdom, since the Islands dispute is with the UK.

• Thursday, June 2nd 2016 - 09:03 UTC

  Argentina's industrial production down 6.7% year on year in April

  

  Argentina's industrial output contracted 6.7% in April compared with the same month last year, the country's newly revamped Indec statistics agency said, punctuating the effect of recent fiscal austerity measures.