Argentina

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2015 - 08:52 UTC

  Argentine squid catch this season was down 23% to 127.217 tons

  

  The squid season closed in Argentina with a total landing of 127,216.9 tons of Illex argentinus, representing an annual decline of 23% (38,005.6 tons), according to the latest stats published by the Under secretariat of Fisheries of the Nation. Last year the catch totaled 165.221 tons.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2015 - 07:05 UTC

  Brazil's currency falls to its weakest level against the US dollar, 4.06 Reais

  

  Brazil's currency fell to its weakest level ever as investors cast a wary eye on negotiations over spending bills that could further complicate the country's tenuous fiscal position. The currency, like others across Latin America, was also hammered by a global rise in the dollar sparked by increased expectations that the US Federal Reserve is still on track to raise interest rates this year.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2015 - 06:55 UTC

  'Cristina Fernandez 2019' and a Scioli 'constructive transition' burst into the presidential campaign

  

  Estela de Carlotto, the president of Argentina's Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo human rights organization, considered Daniel Scioli a “faithful and different man” whose triumph in the October presidential elections could pave the way for a “constructive transition” toward the “return of Cristina” Fernández to power in four years time.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2015 - 05:52 UTC

  Argentina: Double celebration for Kirchnerism, in Chaco and Tucuman provinces

  

  Double victory for Cristina Fernandez and the 'Kirchnerite' model: her candidates won the governorship in the northern province of Chaco and the Tucuman Supreme Court validated the result which confirmed that former Healthcare minister Juan Manzur last 23 August was the clear winner and the next governor of the province.

• Monday, September 21st 2015 - 08:34 UTC

  Argentina's top Electoral Court announces measures or ensure transparency

  

  After considering the proposals made by opposition parties and NGOs, and “irregularities” during the recent election for governor in the province of Tucumán, Argentina's top electoral court has announced more than 20 measures aimed at reinforcing the transparency of the October 25 general elections.

• Monday, September 21st 2015 - 08:19 UTC

  Barrick Gold cyanide spill in Argentine mine analyzed by UN team of experts

  

  A group of United Nations experts have started to analyze water samples in the Argentine northeastern province of San Juan where a spill from a malfunctioning cyanide pipeline in a gold mine belonging to Canada's multinational Barrick Gold has caused a water emergency. The Veladero mine in San Juan is one of the largest in Argentina and apparently the spill reached the rivers Jachal, Las Taguas and Blanco.

• Monday, September 21st 2015 - 07:38 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez attends Havana mass and meets with Pope Francis

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernández took part in Pope Francis' Sunday's mass from Havana's Plaza de la Revolucion, as she watched the pontiff in the company of her Cuban counterpart Raul Castro. Sitting next to the Cuban president, CFK followed Francis' services as he called for society to “protect the most fragile,” in a service witnessed by more than 100,000 worshippers at the Havana landmark.

• Friday, September 18th 2015 - 07:22 UTC

  Argentine officials furious with court annulment of gubernatorial election

  

  The annulment by a Tucuman court of a gubernatorial election in a stronghold of Argentina's ruling party, outraged officials of President Cristina Fernandez's administration and gave a boost to opponents ahead of the Oct. 25 presidential contest.

• Thursday, September 17th 2015 - 10:10 UTC

  Argentine province court orders new governor elections, annulling 23 August polls

  

  The Administrative Court of the Argentine northern province of Tucuman has ordered fresh elections for governor, annulling the polls which took place on August 23, in which a close ally of Cristina Fernandez and former Healthcare minister, Juan Manzur allegedly won by a considerable margin.

• Thursday, September 17th 2015 - 09:10 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez' most hated Justice resigns, but effective the day after she steps down from office

  

  The oldest Justice on the Argentine Supreme Court, Carlos Fayt, 97, on Tuesday presented his resignation, which will take effect on Dec. 11, after President Cristina Fernandez's successor is scheduled to take office, judicial officials said.