Argentina

• Wednesday, October 14th 2015 - 07:26 UTC

  Macri believes an anti-Kirchner front would have doomed his runoff chances

  

  Argentine presidential candidate Mauricio Macri who is running second in opinion polls, defended not having reached an agreement with the Renewal Front's Sergio Massa, (third in the polls) because otherwise incumbent Daniel Scioli would have reached 45% of vote intention which seals any chance of a runoff a month later.

• Wednesday, October 14th 2015 - 07:10 UTC

  If Scioli is Argentina' next president he should have a strong support in Congress

  

  Next October 25 Argentines will be voting for a new president but also to renew half of all seats (257) in the Lower House and one third of seats in the Senate. This means that more than fifty percent of the 130 seats available currently belonging to the ruling Victory Front (FpV) of Cristina Fernandez as the “first minority” within the legislature, will be disputed.

• Wednesday, October 14th 2015 - 06:46 UTC

  Falklands: Argentina declares Italy's Edison oil activities 'illegal' and 'clandestine'

  

  The oil and gas operations being undertaken by Italy's Edison International S.p.A. on “the Argentine continental shelf” near the disputed Falkland Islands are “illegal” and “clandestine,” the Argentine Energy Ministry said Tuesday.

• Tuesday, October 13th 2015 - 08:02 UTC

  Argentine presidential candidate Macri calls for the 'helpful vote' to defeat Kirchnerism

  

  Argentine conservative presidential candidate Mauricio Macri, which opinion polls have him as a solid runner up, has called on the 'helpful vote' arguing that third placed Sergio Massa, has “no chances of making it to a run-off”. The latest polls show incumbent Daniel Scioli with 37/38% of vote intention followed by Macri with 27/28% and Massa 20/21%.

• Tuesday, October 13th 2015 - 07:53 UTC

  Scioli needs to convince some non-Peronist voters to reach the 'magic 40%'

  

  With less than three weeks to Argentina's presidential election, the government's candidate Daniel Scioli has chances of avoiding a runoff but he still needs a couple of points, according to Fabian Perechodnik, head of pollster Poliarquía. In Argentina the winning candidate needs 45% of the votes or 40% but with a ten-point difference over the runner up.

• Tuesday, October 13th 2015 - 07:00 UTC

  Brazilian recession begins to hit US companies profits and shares

  

  Agricultural giant FMC is the latest company to warn about operations in Brazil and now the stock is crashing. On Monday the $5 billion agricultural company announced that it would lay off 800-850 people — saving the company about $150 million a year by 2017 — while also cutting its profit outlook for the third quarter and all of 2015.

• Monday, October 12th 2015 - 06:22 UTC

  Scioli leads presidential race in Argentina but still a puff short to avoid runoff

  

  Argentine ruling party's candidate Daniel Scioli maintains a commanding lead in the presidential race but still lacks enough voter support to win outright in the first round, an opinion poll by the Poliarquia consultancy showed on Sunday.

• Saturday, October 10th 2015 - 07:24 UTC

  Rousseff fears “Paraguay-style democratic coup” to remove her from office

  

  President Dilma Rousseff said in a closed-door meeting that Brazil is experiencing a “Paraguayan-style democratic coup,” alluding to the 2012 removal of Paraguay's then-head of state, the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper reported Friday.

• Friday, October 9th 2015 - 10:20 UTC

  Corriere Della Sera apologizes to Cristina Fernandez for publishing 'false news on her shopping'

  

  A Roman appeals court has confirmed a ruling against Italy’s Corriere Della Sera newspaper for a defamatory piece on Argentine president Cristina Fernández.

• Friday, October 9th 2015 - 06:42 UTC

  Falklands' bound Argentine 'militant' yacht rescued abandoned by fisheries protection vessel

  

  An Argentine flagged yacht “La Sanmartiniana” belonging to a political group which responds to Argentine president Cristina Fernandez son, Maximo Kirchner, was detected abandoned in the high seas by the Falklands Islands Fisheries Protection Vessel, FPV Protegat and is being towed to Port Stanley, reports a release from the Falklands government.