Argentina

• Thursday, October 8th 2015 - 08:37 UTC

  Argentine Jewish community asks Washington to reveal whereabouts of former spymaster

  

  The Argentine Jewish community has requested that the United States reveal the whereabouts of their country’s former spymaster – who reportedly fled to Miami in February following the shooting death of a prosecutor investigating the 1994 car bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people and injured hundreds.

• Thursday, October 8th 2015 - 08:25 UTC

  University of Cordoba receives Sustainability award from Argentine/British chamber of commerce

  

  Argentine-British Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of the Sustainable Leadership Awards. The National University of Cordoba’s Hemoderivatives Lab won the CCAB Excellence in Sustainability award for its positive impact on the community, high degree of innovation at the implementation level and strong leadership in the field of sustainability.

• Wednesday, October 7th 2015 - 06:41 UTC

  Scioli continues ahead in polls despite having missed the presidential debate

  

  Argentine incumbent candidate absence from Sunday's presidential debate has not altered the electoral landscape for next 25 October, according to the latest public opinion polls released in Buenos Aires. On Sunday night Daniel Scioli did not show up to the debate with all presidential contenders, particularly Mauricio Macri and Sergio Massa, the two closest challengers.

• Wednesday, October 7th 2015 - 01:37 UTC

  Noble Falklands Ltd oil activities are 'illegal' and 'clandestine' claims Argentina

  

  The Argentine government has declared “illegal” and “clandestine” the hydrocarbons' exploration activities carried out off the Falklands/Malvinas Islands by the Houston based Noble Falklands Limited company, according to a resolution by the country's Energy Office.

• Tuesday, October 6th 2015 - 08:39 UTC

  “Malvinas Hall” in Comodoro Rivadavia recalls Air Force strikes command against UK Task Force

  

  The room in Comodoro Rivadavia from where the Argentine Air Force command operated its attacks on the Falkland Islands during the 1982 conflict has been renamed 'Malvinas Hall', and has been declared part of the city's heritage, a place where students and visitors can recall “the ever present Argentine claim over the Malvinas Islands, and the heroism of its pilots”.

• Tuesday, October 6th 2015 - 08:20 UTC

  Ushuaia expects this cruise season 336 vessel calls and over 100.000 visitors

  

  Tierra del Fuego Tourism Institute (Infuetur), in extreme south Argentina, is expecting 25% more cruise visitors this 2015/16 season, most probably breaking the 100.000 milestone, with 336 calls involving 47 cruise vessels. The estimate is 112.170 passengers by April 2016, of which 79.486 non Antarctic and 36.684 Antarctic visitors.

• Tuesday, October 6th 2015 - 07:28 UTC

  Victory for Argentina in its ongoing battle with speculative funds

  

  The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in New York refused on Monday to force Bank of New York Mellon Corp to turn over to holders of defaulted Argentine bonds any of the $539 million the country deposited in 2014 to pay creditors who participated in its past restructurings.

• Tuesday, October 6th 2015 - 07:19 UTC

  Argentina cancels $5.9bn Boden 2015 bond and issues new debt for $500m

  

  Argentina's central bank on Monday afternoon confirmed the 5.9 billion dollar payment Argentina was due to make ended successfully, adding “the level of reserves is enough for the execution of our exchange policy.”

• Monday, October 5th 2015 - 07:35 UTC

  “Hands off, Tories will never sell out the Falklands”:Hammond's message to Cristina Fernandez

  

  UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has issued a firm hands-off warning to Argentina by insisting the government will “never sell out” the Falkland Islands. The Foreign Secretary insisted the “bullying and harassment” against the Islanders must stop, adding it is counter-productive and “shameful”.

• Saturday, October 3rd 2015 - 11:01 UTC

  Argentina's incumbent presidential candidate Scioli could just make it in the first round

  

  Ruling party candidate Daniel Scioli could win Argentina's presidential election in the first round, after an opinion poll published on Friday showed he had widened his lead over his closest rival. Scioli, the anointed candidate of President Cristina Fernandez, would win 41.3% of voters' support, including his share of projected undecided votes, the survey by Ricardo Rouvier & Associates showed. Second-placed mayor of Buenos Aires City, Mauricio Macri would secure 30.5%.