Argentina

• Tuesday, April 29th 2014 - 06:27 UTC

  Pope/Cristina Fernandez relation is 'fluid and direct with no intermediaries'

  

  The relationship between Argentine President Cristina Fernández and Pope Francis “is fluid and direct” with a “permanent dialogue and no intermediaries,” Religion Secretary Guillermo Oliveri told a Buenos Aires radio on Monday from Rome, where he attended Sunday's canonization ceremonies for John Paul II and John XXIII.

• Tuesday, April 29th 2014 - 06:20 UTC

  Timerman in Israel to rebuild relations deteriorated because of Iran accord

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman began a two-day visit to Israel on Monday that aims to strengthen the diplomatic ties weakened last year after the signature in Buenos Aires of the memorandum of understanding with Iran for the investigation of AMIA bombing.

• Monday, April 28th 2014 - 08:09 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez preparing for the day after October 2015 elections

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez faithful participated on Sunday in a major political rally to celebrate the eleventh anniversary of Nestor Kirchner's victory in the 27 April 2003 elections, but also to indicate how the incumbent Victory Front will be acting ahead of, and after the October 2015 presidential election, to ensure the Kirchner political legacy.

• Saturday, April 26th 2014 - 06:08 UTC

  Argentine Malvinas Solidarity Day, proposed by the Central American parliament

  

  The Central America Parliament (Paralacén) International Relations and Migratory Affairs committee unanimously approved on Thursday an initiative to promote in the region the 10th of June as the “Day of Central American solidarity with Argentine Malvinas Islands”.

• Saturday, April 26th 2014 - 06:00 UTC

  Malvinas 'sooner than later' will return to Argentina, forecasts Maduro

  

  Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro forecasted that “sooner than later, the Malvinas Islands will return to the hands of the Argentine people” and recalled that during the recent Celac summit in Cuba (Community of Latin-American and Caribbean States) Latin-American was declared “a territory of peace and free of colonialism”.

• Saturday, April 26th 2014 - 05:57 UTC

  Argentina's industrial production and trade surplus falls point to recession

  

  Argentina's industrial production contracted 6% in March from the same month last year, the government said on Friday, marking the sixth consecutive monthly loss in factory output due in part to weakness in the auto-making sector. In another report released on Friday Argentina's trade surplus contracted dramatically, indicating the country could be effectively heading for a recession.

• Friday, April 25th 2014 - 06:04 UTC

  After a long debate, Argentine Congress approves Repsol/YPF agreement terms

  

  After a 16-hour debate, Argentina's Lower House passed the law to pay Spanish Repsol 5 billion dollars in bonds to compensate for the 2012 seizure of a majority stake in Argentina's energy company YPF.

• Friday, April 25th 2014 - 05:56 UTC

  Argentina's poverty index closer to “25% than to the official 5% from Indec”

  

  Argentina's stats office, Indec failed on Wednesday to deliver the country's poverty and indigence rates due to “methodological” reasons, the head of ministers explained on Thursday morning adding the measurement of the basic basket “differs totally” from CPI’s calculations. His comments triggered a cataract of criticisms.

• Friday, April 25th 2014 - 05:51 UTC

  Argentina: Macri suggests to the Broad Front 'an agreement after the presidential election'

  

  Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri rejected on Thursday rumours suggesting a political alliance with the left leaning Broad Front UNEN, born this week and called for its leaders to seek an agreement for “after the (presidential) elections,” in 2015.

• Friday, April 25th 2014 - 05:31 UTC

  Brazil investigating potential case of atypical mad cow disease in Matto Grosso

  

  Brazil is investigating a potential case of atypical mad cow disease, the agriculture ministry said on Thursday, just over a year after several countries banned Brazilian beef imports when a similar case of the disease was confirmed.