Argentina

• Tuesday, May 26th 2015 - 06:44 UTC

  Argentina invokes unity and rejects proposal for a more 'flexible' Mercosur

  

  Brazil and Uruguay's plan for a more 'flexible' Mercosur to speed negotiations for an encompassing long delayed trade agreement with the European Union have stumbled with the first official reaction from Argentina, which does not agree with the tariffs' proposals policy or individual trade initiatives from member countries.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2015 - 06:38 UTC

  YPF strikes oil in south Patagonia; resources estimated in 40m oil barrels

  

  Argentina's oil and gas government managed corporation YPF announced the discovery of a new oil field in Los Caldenes, in Patagonia Rio Negro province, with resources estimated in 40 million oil barrels. Manzano Grande x-1 is the second “discoverer well” in this block of 115 square kilometers located north of the Cinco Saltos town.

• Monday, May 25th 2015 - 07:38 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez leads ceremony returning San Martin's saber to the National History Museum

  

  President Cristina Fernandez led a ceremony on Sunday where the National History Museum received, after 48 years, the saber that belonged to Argentina's Liberator General José de San Martín currently at the Mounted Grenadiers Regiment.

• Monday, May 25th 2015 - 07:32 UTC

  Pope Francis lashes out at football hooligans and certain Argentine politicians

  

  Pope Francis has spoken out against the problem of violence in football, criticizing the role of hooligan groups within the game while admitting that he felt “used” by certain politicians in Argentina.

• Sunday, May 24th 2015 - 08:13 UTC

  Obama and Putin congratulate Cristina Fernandez and Argentina on 25 May, National Day

  

  US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, have sent letters to President Cristina Fernández to salute the head of state and congratulate the Argentine people on the anniversary of the May Revolution.

• Saturday, May 23rd 2015 - 10:33 UTC

  Argentine presidential hopefuls will debate ideas following on the Pope and local church suggestions

  

  Argentine presidential hopefuls Daniel Scioli, Mauricio Macri and Sergio Massa are willing to face off in a public debate, a leader from the local Catholic Church confirmed in Buenos Aires. Argentina is holding presidential elections next October when Cristina Fernandez two consecutive periods come to an end.

• Saturday, May 23rd 2015 - 06:06 UTC

  Argentina's soy market paralyzed by oilseed crushers union three weeks strike

  

  The soy market in Argentina's pivotal grains hub was virtually paralyzed for the fifth day on Friday as most exporters refrained from purchases in a bid to pressure the government to resolve a nearly three-week long strike among crushing workers.

• Friday, May 22nd 2015 - 08:36 UTC

  A quarter of Argentine children is poor compared to 10.8% for the whole population

  

  A quarter of children below the age of four in Argentina is poor and almost five in ten babies less than six months have malnutrition problems according to the Center for Implementation of Equity and Growth Public Policies, CIPPEC. The data was provided in the CIPPEC website dedicated to make first infancy a priority through a childcare integral policy.

• Thursday, May 21st 2015 - 06:56 UTC

  Iranian officers' interviews, allegedly linked to AMIA bombing, attract world media attention

  

  The interviews with former Iranian officials accused of the 1994 AMIA bombing of a Jewish organization in downtown Buenos Aires aired this week by Argentine news channel C5N were covered by a number of international media outlets.

• Thursday, May 21st 2015 - 06:40 UTC

  Pope Francis prays for Argentina on the country's National Day

  

  Pope Francis has sent a letter to President Cristina Fernández to mark festivities for May week, during which Argentina commemorates the formation of the First Patriotic Government on 25 May 1810.