Argentina

• Wednesday, February 19th 2014 - 22:50 UTC

  Majority of Argentines want Cristina Fernandez to finish her four year mandate

  

  Over half the Argentines want president Cristina Fernandez to remain in office and to finish her four year mandate and at the same time reject conspiracy theories which pretend to force the exit of the controversial leader.

• Wednesday, February 19th 2014 - 22:38 UTC

  Mercosur to meet 7 March to finalize the proposal to be presented to EU

  

  In early March Mercosur will have readied its proposal to liberate trade to be presented to the European Union, the basis for a wide-ranging cooperation and trade agreement between the two blocks, announced Rubens Barbosa, head of the Trade Council from the Sao Paulo State Industries Federation, FIESP.

• Wednesday, February 19th 2014 - 22:16 UTC

  YPF signs agreement with Petronas for shale development in Vaca Muerta

  

  Argentina's state oil company YPF announced this week that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a subsidiary of Malaysia's national oil company Petronas for unconventional oil and gas resources development in Argentine Patagonia.

• Wednesday, February 19th 2014 - 05:11 UTC

  Argentina appeals hedge funds case to US Supreme Court; warns of 'havoc' if lower court ruling stands

  

  Argentina announced on Tuesday it had appealed to the US Supreme Court against a lower court order to pay off hedge fund investors in its bonds, arguing that order violated its sovereignty.

• Wednesday, February 19th 2014 - 05:04 UTC

  Small meteorite bang spreads fear of mini earth tremor in central Argentina

  

  Argentine space expert Jorge Coghlan said that the huge bang heard on Tuesday and that scared many people in central Santa Fe province was caused by a “meteorite which disintegrated on entering the atmosphere and thus caused a major vibration”. The incident was reported early mid morning.

• Wednesday, February 19th 2014 - 04:48 UTC

  Kirchnerite picket leader tells Maduro he should have Lopez shot for being a traitor and CIA agent

  

  An Argentine picket leader closely aligned with the administration of President Cristina Fernandez openly supported the Venezuelan government of president Nicolas Maduro and called for the opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez to be sentenced to a firing squad.

• Tuesday, February 18th 2014 - 20:50 UTC

  Drug-trafficking controversy in Argentina involves several ministers

  

  As the debate over drug-trafficking in Argentina heats up, a leading official from the government of President Cristina Fernandez Security has said he supports Uruguay’s decriminalizing model that recently legalized the growing, sale and smoking of marijuana.

• Monday, February 17th 2014 - 09:03 UTC

  Argentina vs hedge funds: second chapter of appeal before the US Supreme Court

  

  The Argentine government will appeal on Monday before the US Supreme Court for the second time against the hedge funds claim. The Supreme Court is the last judiciary step in the dispute.

• Monday, February 17th 2014 - 07:49 UTC

  Argentina/Brazil diplomatic incident almost triggers another Mercosur stall

  

  In what was described as a “shameful incident”, Brazil had to retract from statements made by one of its diplomats, a condition demanded by Argentina to continue negotiations for a Mercosur common tariffs reduction proposal which was taking place in Caracas. The incident occurred last week but only came to light over the weekend.

• Friday, February 14th 2014 - 07:24 UTC

  Live Antarctic Search and Rescue Exercise by IAATO in conjunction with Ushuaia

  

  The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) and two IAATO Member Operators, Aurora Expeditions and Oceanwide Expeditions, took part in a live Search and Rescue Communications Exercise in collaboration with the Maritime Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC) Ushuaia, Argentina.