Argentina

• Friday, April 24th 2015 - 07:15 UTC

  Chilean volcano third blast forecasted; ashes reach neighboring Argentine provinces

  

  Chile's Calbuco volcano erupted for the first time in over 42 years on Wednesday, creating a remarkable scene of smoke plumes and ash shooting into the sky. A second eruption Wednesday night blasted red-hot rocks skyward and produced an extraordinary display of volcanic lightning. Winds are pushing the ashes north and easr to several neighboring Argentine provinces.

• Thursday, April 23rd 2015 - 08:54 UTC

  Griesa rules hedge funds entitled to details of recent Argentine bond offering and banks must comply

  

  U.S. judge on Wednesday ruled that hedge funds suing over unpaid debt stemming from Argentina's 2002 default are entitled to details of a recent bond offering by Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, April 23rd 2015 - 04:50 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez invites Russian investors to Argentina; Thursday she meets Putin

  

  “Argentina is a country where it is worth investing in and producing, not only because of its natural resources, also because of the human resources we have” said president Cristina Fernández in Moscow on an official visit to Russia. She praised the “recovery of Argentina's flag carrier that allows connectivity among all the zones in the country, not only the richest ones.”

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2015 - 06:25 UTC

  Nisman's successor calls prosecutor who dismissed the case “a grave digger”

  

  Argentine prosecutor German Moldes has blasted the decision of colleague Javier de Luca to dismiss in the Court of Cassation (Appeals) the cover-up accusation filed by late AMIA lead investigator Alberto Nisman, accusing the official of trying to bury the investigation against President Cristina Fernandez.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2015 - 05:55 UTC

  Gazprom and YPF will sign agreement to develop Argentina shale oil and gas deposits

  

  Argentine energy company YPF CEO Miguel Galuccio is scheduled to sign on Wednesday in Moscow a contract on joint exploitation of shale oil and gas in the rich Vaca Muerta fields of Patagonian province Neuquén. The contract is part of the bilateral agenda to be addressed by visiting Argentine president Cristina Fernandez on Thursday, when she meets with Vladimir Putin.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2015 - 03:18 UTC

  Falklands' Argentine cemetery remains' identification turns into controversy

  

  The United Kingdom regretted that Argentina was 'making politics out of a humanitarian issue”, following the claim from the administration of President Cristina Fernandez that UK was delaying the identification process of 123 Argentine soldiers, who died during the 1982 Falklands War and were buried as the Unknown Warriors on the Islands Argentine cemetery.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2015 - 01:58 UTC

  Argentina sues Falklands' oil and support companies involved in hydrocarbons drilling

  

  The Argentine government on Tuesday sued several energy and support companies that are drilling for oil near the Falkland Islands, the latest chapter of a longstanding dispute over the South Atlantic archipelago, though analysts say it will have little practical effect. The criminal case was filed in Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego province which according to the Argentine constitution includes the Falklands and Antarctica.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 08:09 UTC

  Jewish association denies any link with hedge funds demanding Argentina, as claimed by Cristina Fernandez

  

  Top Argentine Jewish association, DAIA, on Monday denied that there was any relationship linking the Argentine Jewish community with deceased prosecutor Alberto Nisman and hedge funds involved in a U.S. court case in response to accusations made on the weekend by President Cristina Fernandez.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 08:00 UTC

  Appeals court dismisses Nisman's case against President Cristina Fernandez

  

  A Court of Cassations (Appeals) prosecutor on Monday refused to take on the criminal complaint formulated by late AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, in which he accused Argentine President Cristina Fernández and other government officials of covering up the identities of those responsible for the deadly bombing at the Jewish community centre.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 06:59 UTC

  Argentine opposition gets most votes in primaries of two main electoral districts

  

  Argentine opposition parties came ahead in the regional primaries for governors held on Sunday in two important electoral districts, Santa Fe and Mendoza. Argentina is holding general elections next October but the law makes mandatory the open, simultaneous and mandatory primaries, PASO, which also help to give an idea of the electoral map and political feeling of public opinion.