Argentina

Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 - 05:32 UTC
Argentina states 'lack of confidence' in mediator Pollack named by Judge Griesa

The Argentine government has turned down a plea from mediator Daniel Pollack to return to the negotiating table with holdout investors, with the Economy Ministry considering that talks with the speculative funds, so-called 'vulture funds', would be inappropriate given the behavior of the litigants.
Monday, June 1st 2015 - 07:42 UTC
Argentina's soybean crop forecasted to be comfortably above 60m tons

Surprising Argentina: with over 90% of the soybean crop harvested, (approximately 17.2 million hectares), the Buenos Aires Cereals Stock exchange has again risen the total 2014/15 crop estimate to over 60 million tons.
Monday, June 1st 2015 - 07:25 UTC
Argentine oil-crushing industry unions back to work after 26-day strike

Argentine oil crushing industry workers reached over the weekend a much disputed salary agreement, ending a 26 day strike, and hopefully resuming activities which have paralyzed the Rosario cereals and oilseeds stock market and forced a queue of over 140 vessels and barges along the Paraná river.
Monday, June 1st 2015 - 06:36 UTC
Falklands born Alejandro Betts entitled to vote in coming Argentine elections

For the first time a man born in the Falkland Islands, will be voting in the coming Argentine elections, according to reports in the Buenos Aires media. The man is Alejandro Betts, 58, who received his Argentine ID at a ceremony in the Argentine embassy before United Nations, and will thus be eligible to cast a ballot in the coming Tierra del Fuego provincial and municipal elections.
Saturday, May 30th 2015 - 09:15 UTC
Interpol and Argentine police raid sports media office linked to FIFA scandal

Interpol and Argentine federal police officers conducted a raid at the San Telmo offices of Torneos y Competencias, the sports media company directed by Alejandro Burzaco, one of the three Argentine citizens indicted by the US in the corruption scheme that involves FIFA.
Saturday, May 30th 2015 - 09:01 UTC
Ford announces investments to boost car production in Argentina

Ford Argentina announced investments in the country for some 220 million dollars following a meeting between President Cristina Fernández and local and regional executives from the US corporation.
Saturday, May 30th 2015 - 01:39 UTC
Interpol after Argentine promoters linked to FIFA corruption case

Argentine judge Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi has approved the arrest of three Argentine business leaders named in a corruption scandal engulfing world football and facing US extradition requests, though he acknowledged he did not know if they were in the country. The businessmen were considered fugitives from justice on Thursday after Interpol was unable to locate them at their residences.
Friday, May 29th 2015 - 09:34 UTC
Falklands War plates' complaint rejected by BBC Trust: 'lack of evidence'

The BBC Trust has rejected complaints over Top Gear's Patagonia special, in which a car number plate which appeared to refer to the 1982 Falklands war. The production team fled Argentina following protests over the use of the registration number H982 FKL.
Friday, May 29th 2015 - 09:05 UTC
Oil crushers strike in Argentina on 25th day; 100 vessels delayed waiting to load

The head of an Argentine soy crushers' union expressed optimism on Thursday that a salary agreement was near and would end the strike, which has affected the key Rosario soy market.
Friday, May 29th 2015 - 08:56 UTC
Argentine football and government pledge support for investigation and call for transparency

The Argentine Football Association (AFA) issued on Thursday a press release in support of the US led investigation into FIFA and called for transparency in football, adding it joins the efforts to investigate corruption in the sport.