Argentina

• Thursday, April 17th 2014 - 00:02 UTC

  Argentine government sponsors bill to regulate roadblocks and pickets

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández congressional group, 'Victory Front' submitted a bill in the Lower House to regulate street protests in a move that seeks to “guarantee and reinforce” the rights of citizens forced to deal with roadblocks and traffic chaos. The project bans the carrying of weapon by security forces during demonstrations too.

• Wednesday, April 16th 2014 - 04:54 UTC

  Dollar stabilizing in Argentina; central bank purchases 350 million

  

  Argentina's central bank purchased 390 million dollars, one of the largest operations in years, as part of its policy to keep the price of the greenback in the local market stabilized after months of distortions and a run on the bank's international reserves that dropped to a new low in the last twelve months.

• Wednesday, April 16th 2014 - 04:15 UTC

  Fiat Argentina CEO calls for one digit inflation to help stabilize production

  

  Fiat Argentina's CEO Cristiano Rattazzi compared inflation in Argentina with that of Venezuela and Sudan and called on the government of President Cristina Fernandez to bring it down to one digit and help stabilize production costs and exports.

• Wednesday, April 16th 2014 - 04:13 UTC

  March inflation in Argentina: official 2.6%; opposition index, 3.3%

  

  Official inflation in Argentina during March was 2.6%, according to Economy minister Axel Kicillof who underlined that during the month there was “a considerable deceleration in the increase of prices”, in most items with the exception of clothing and private schooling.

• Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 23:11 UTC

  Argentina prepares to celebrate worldwide Malbec Day on 17 April

  

  Next 17 April is “World Malbec Day” and for the fourth running year Argentina Wines will be promoting the image of the varietal in over sixty events in 55 different cities in 44 countries. This year the event will be supported by the pleasure of good music with the purpose of attracting young consumers, 25 to 35 year old.

• Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 06:51 UTC

  Kicillof downplays Argentina's relation with IMF; Capitanich describes it as 'normal'

  

  Argentina's Economy minister Axel Kicillof tried to downplay his recent to the G20/ IMF annual meetings held in Washington, saying the country is a regular attendant, and insisting that the country has no agreements with the IMF ”because it’s not an Argentine creditor”. Cabinet chief on the other hand described Argentina's relation with the IMF as 'normal'.

• Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 06:27 UTC

  Falklands' war: John Paul II feared Argentine defeat could lead to a left-wing pro-Soviet regime

  

  The Daily Express Sunday's edition reveals in an exclusive piece by Marco Giannangeli, based on uncovered documents that Pope John Paul II tried to convince Margaret Thatcher to abandon the Falkland Islands at the height of the 1982 war with Argentina, fearing a collapse of the military regime could lead to a left-sing government, under influence of the Soviet Union.

• Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 06:22 UTC

  Massa, Scioli and Macri emerge as Argentine presidential hopefuls with most support

  

  Argentine former cabinet chief and now dissident lawmaker Sergio Massa, the governor of Buenos Aires province Daniel Scioli and Mauricio Macri, mayor of Buenos Aires City outstand as the strongest presidential hopefuls for next year's primaries (August) ahead of elections to succeed Cristina Fernandez in October 2015.

• Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 06:14 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez former Transport minister indicted for unlawful enrichment

  

  Argentine presidential couple Nestor and Cristina Kirchner's former Transport Secretary Ricardo Jaime was indicted last week for unlawful enrichment and impounded for 40 million Argentine Pesos (approx 5 million dollars) He's the first of very close former aides of the powerful couple to face a jail sentence.

• Saturday, April 12th 2014 - 09:03 UTC

  Argentine government disavows the strike and confirms current policies

  

  The Argentine government said on Friday there is no turning back of current policies despite the massive national strike that paralyzed the country on Thursday and insisted that the real impact was the result of the roadblocks in the accesses to the main cities.