Argentina

• Friday, February 6th 2015 - 07:25 UTC

  Argentina warns the US not to interfere with the investigation of Nisman's death

  

  Argentina will not tolerate any United States intervention in the investigation of prosecutor Alberto Nisman's death, and will consider any attempt as an interference in the country's domestic affairs and a violation of Argentine sovereignty.

• Friday, February 6th 2015 - 07:15 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez will write letters to Mia Farrow and Navratilova explaining the Nisman case

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez plans to write actress Mia Farrow and retired tennis star Martina Navratilova to rebut their recent criticism and explain that the scandal engulfing her is a smear campaign, officials said Thursday.

• Friday, February 6th 2015 - 01:46 UTC

  Falklands want to be good neighbors and have closer links with Latin America

  

  The Falkland Islands and its people want to be 'good neighbors, have trade links, cooperation agreements and closer relations with the southern cone of South America, but 'without losing our identity', said Falklands lawmakers to Punta Arenas Prensa Austral that was present at the celebrations last Saturday for the 250th anniversary of the first flying of the Union Flag in the Islands marking the beginning of British rule.

• Thursday, February 5th 2015 - 11:10 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez hails 'strategic partnership' with China; blasts Argentine industry for mistrusting agreements

  

  President Cristina Fernandez expressed her satisfaction for the over 1,000 businessmen that attended the Argentinean-Chinese forum she presided in Beijing and praised the 'strategic partnership' with China. The president also rejected criticism voiced by the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) against her trip to China and the bilateral deals reached.

• Thursday, February 5th 2015 - 10:12 UTC

  Judge Rafecas ordered to take Nisman's complaint against Cristina Fernandez

  

  The President of Argentina's Federal Criminal Appeals Court, Martín Irurzun, has ordered Judge Daniel Rafecas to take late AMIA special prosecutor’s complaint against President Cristina Fernández and Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman for allegedly covering up Iranian officials suspected of attacking the AMIA Jewish community centre.

• Thursday, February 5th 2015 - 10:05 UTC

  Prosecutor investigating Nisman's death cancels announced holiday

  

  The prosecutor in charge of the investigation of Argentine special prosecutor Alberto Nisman’s death, Viviana Fein, finally announced that she will not be leaving on two-weeks holiday on February 18 as she had confirmed on Tuesday.

• Thursday, February 5th 2015 - 09:58 UTC

  Four child malnutrition deaths in northern Argentina; another 1.800 in danger

  

  Two new deaths of minors by malnutrition were uncovered in Argentina's northern province of Salta while the provincial health minister has acknowledged that 1.800 to 1.900 children are suffering from nutritional problems, suggesting the scourge may be more widespread than first thought, according to a report in the Buenos Aires Herald.

• Thursday, February 5th 2015 - 09:44 UTC

  YPF obtains through bonds 500 million dollars; target was 750 million

  

  Argentine state majority owned petroleum company YPF has secured funds worth around 500 million dollars on the international finance market after issuing new bond titles, according to the president of the enterprise.

• Thursday, February 5th 2015 - 03:31 UTC

  China to supply Argentina five “Malvinas Class” offshore patrol vessels

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is expected to sign agreements with China to increase military co-operation, including construction of new warships for the Argentine Navy, during her current state visit to Beijing, according to media reports and Jane's Defense Weekly.

• Thursday, February 5th 2015 - 03:26 UTC

  Uruguay with Pope's blessing to try new approach to human rights and disappeared persons issues

  

  Uruguay will be attempting a new approach to the human rights and disappeared persons issues, a still unfinished legacy from the military dictatorship, (1973/1984) and the decade of armed sedition which preceded the collapse of the country's democracy. The announcement is expected later this month and basically means replacing “truth and justice” for “truth and memory”, following to a certain extent the South African experience.