Argentina

Monday, November 4th 2013 - 05:48 UTC
Argentina will continue with its policy of 'containing' imports, says Moreno

Argentina Secretary of Domestic Trade Guillermo Moreno anticipated that the current policy implementing obstacles to contain foreign trade will continue to promote the domestic market and production, and ”because I follow the orders from the President (Cristina Fernandez)”.
Monday, November 4th 2013 - 05:43 UTC
Uruguay extends UPM pulp mill production license for another three years

The Uruguayan government announced it has renewed until 2016 Botnia/UPM pulp mill license so it can continue with production since it complies with the necessary environmental requisites and is committed to the additional standards demanded, said Housing and Environment minister Francisco Beltrame.
Monday, November 4th 2013 - 05:38 UTC
Malvinas: Panama reaffirms support for Argentina; disregards links with Falklands

Panama reaffirmed its support for Argentina and its sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands following on a complaint from Buenos Aires regarding a trip of Panamanian lawmakers to the Islands invited by the local government
Sunday, November 3rd 2013 - 03:18 UTC
US appeals court rules in favor of Argentina; rejects lift of stay requested by hedge funds

A US appeals court said on Friday it would leave a freeze in place on an order requiring Argentina to pay 1.33 billion dollars to bondholders suing for full face repayment in the wake of the country’s 2002 default.
Sunday, November 3rd 2013 - 01:12 UTC
Former Paraguayan president ambassador in Argentina to improve 'Mercosur links'

Former Paraguayan president Nicanor Duarte Frutos is scheduled to arrive this week in Buenos Aires where he will be taking the post of ambassador in Argentina one of the most politically important for the land-locked country.
Saturday, November 2nd 2013 - 21:03 UTC
Mujica says Argentina's attitude in Mercosur is 'insular' and shatters integration

Uruguay President José “Pepe” Mujica questioned Argentina’s recent decision to stop freight transfers at ports belonging to Mercosur countries Buenos Aires has no maritime agreements with. Mujica blasted an “insular” position that “shatters” regional integration.
Friday, November 1st 2013 - 21:40 UTC
Argentina warns Barrick on announced suspension of gold mine project

Barrick, the world’s largest gold mining company, is indefinitely suspending construction of its troubled gold mine straddling the Chile-Argentine border, part of a cost-cutting effort that also involves 10 other mining projects around the world.
Friday, November 1st 2013 - 05:59 UTC
Argentina will again be 'a normal country', when Cristina Fernandez is out of the political stage

Uruguayan former president Jorge Batlle (2000/2005) said on Facebook that Argentina will again “be a normal country” when President Cristina Fernandez “disappears from the political stage”. And when this happens “the Argentines are going to be happier and as a consequence so will we”.
Friday, November 1st 2013 - 05:31 UTC
Malvinas' flagged vessels ideological solidarity with Argentina costs Uruguay lost jobs and income

To the loss of transshipments from Argentina, estimated in 100 million dollars a year by Montevideo port authorities, must be added the 60 million dollars following the ban on Falklands' flagged vessels from operating in Uruguay, claimed Mario Baubeta, president of Uruguay's Navigation Centre.
Friday, November 1st 2013 - 05:14 UTC
Malvinas claim 'enshrined in the Constitution and supported by all political parties'

Argentine ambassador in London Alicia Castro in a letter published in The Times, defended the “peaceful call” from President Cristina Fernandez to dialogue and negotiations on the Malvinas Islands issue and underlined that the sovereignty claim over the Islands is 'enshrined in the national constitution'.