Argentina

Monday, May 4th 2015 - 05:56 UTC
Argentina's Jewish community urges for Nisman's death inquiry to continue

The president of Argentina's Jewish organization AMIA, president Leonardo Jmelnitzky urged for prosecutor Alberto Nisman´s suspicious death inquiry to continue, and pointed out that the institution is waiting for the confirmation of the unconstitutional nature of Iran´s Memorandum.
Monday, May 4th 2015 - 05:19 UTC
Falklands/Malvinas claim: “Argentina following on Ghandi's teachings”

Argentina is following on Mahatma Gandhi's teachings or ahimsa (truth, love and fraternity) that brought independence to India, to claim the Falklands/Malvinas and other South Atlantic islands, said Daniel Filmus, head of the Malvinas Issues Desk in the Argentine foreign ministry during his latest incursion this time in Ethiopia.
Friday, May 1st 2015 - 07:22 UTC
Argentine central bank president contracts wife and son; blames lobbies for releasing the news

Argentina's central bank president Alejandro Vanoli strongly defended the recent contracting of his wife and son in the bank, arguing they are 'well trained' for the jobs and blamed local speculative financial groups of being behind the news which was published in the Buenos Aires media.
Friday, May 1st 2015 - 07:14 UTC
Tax free imported vehicles for residents from Kirchner's Santa Cruz province

Argentine residents from the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz, the Kirchner family political stronghold, will be allowed to buy imported cars free of federal taxes, according to the latest resolution 31/2015, signed by president Cristina Fernandez and published in the official Gazette.
Friday, May 1st 2015 - 06:44 UTC
Leading Argentine economist says that we must admit “IMF is incorrigible”

Economist Aldo Ferrer has said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was “incorrigible”, questioning the report the multilateral credit organism released this week saying Argentina should devalue on its peso currency and carry out austerity policies to get back on the track of growth.
Friday, May 1st 2015 - 05:29 UTC
Argentina and Chile coordinate joint scientific research in South Atlantic

Outstanding researchers and scientists from Argentina and Chile in the fields of marine sciences, fisheries Antarctica and technology innovation met this week in Buenos Aires for a day's work coordinating the scientific efforts of both countries.
Thursday, April 30th 2015 - 07:03 UTC
Jewish organizations 'dismayed' by Timerman's 'threats and slanders'

The Argentine-Israel Association, AMIA, expressed on Wednesday great dismay given the “strong threats” in the letter sent by Argentine Foreign minister Hector Timerman announcing he was quitting as member of the century old organization.
Thursday, April 30th 2015 - 01:12 UTC
IMF insists with gloomy forecasts for Argentina's economy this year and 2016

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has repeated its forecast of a 0.3% drop in Argentine GDP over the course of 2015, while recommending a devaluation of the Peso and austerity measures in order to stimulate growth in the economy.
Wednesday, April 29th 2015 - 09:22 UTC
Argentine central bank increases reserves to highest level since November 2013

Argentina's central bank bought 630 million of dollars on the local currency market on Tuesday in one of its largest-ever purchases, a move that will bolster the country's precariously low hard currency reserves. Some 500 million of the dollars purchased were proceeds from last week's 1.5 billion auction of bonds by state energy company YPF.
Wednesday, April 29th 2015 - 08:12 UTC
Falklands/Malvinas: Unasur message in support of Argentina's claims

Unasur and Argentina made public on Tuesday a letter dated last 5 April in which the regional group' Secretary General and former Colombian president Ernesto Samper, strongly supports Argentina's sovereignty claims over the Falklands/Malvinas and other South Atlantic Islands plus the adjoining maritime spaces.