Argentina

• Tuesday, September 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina targeting 7 million foreign tourists in 2016

  

  Three million and a half foreign tourists will be visiting Argentina by the end of 2007 totaling 3.2 billion US dollars, according to the country's Tourism Under Secretary Daniel Aguilera.

• Monday, September 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina: 14 hopefuls register for Oct 28 presidential elections

  

  Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Argentina's First Lady, will face two major opposition contenders among the 14 candidates who registered by Sunday's deadline for October 28th presidential election.

• Monday, September 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Menem's millionaire assets frozen

  

  A judge has ordered that 112 million dollars of former Argentine president Carlos Menem's assets be frozen as he investigates the allegations of illegal weapons deals during Menem's term of office.

• Sunday, September 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Mrs. K admits some economic “gradual corrections” needed

  

  Presidential candidate Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner admitted to the German press that some of Argentina's economic, social and institutional issues “must be corrected”, and in the event she leads the next government, “changes will be gradual”.

• Saturday, September 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Mummified Inca maiden exhibit attracts hundreds

  

  Hundreds flocked this week to a museum in the north of Argentina to admire a well-preserved mummy of an Inca maiden that is on display for the first time and who five hundred years ago was sacrificed and froze to death in the Andes.

• Friday, September 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Cordoba's dispute, unexpected “gift” for the Kirchner couple

  

  The disputed results of a controversial and tight governor election in the Argentine province of Cordoba, one of the country's main electoral districts, is rapidly becoming another volatile and unpredictable hot issue for President Nestor Kirchner's administration.

• Friday, September 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Rising costs, poor catches and prices hit Argentine hake industry

  

  Hake (Merluccius hubbsi) landings in Argentina totaled 189.756 tons to August 31, which is 13% less than the same period of 2006, according to figures released by the National Fisheries Sub-Secretariat, a branch of the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Foods, SAGP&A.

• Thursday, September 6th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina's robust economy reflected in August tax revenue

  August tax revenue in Argentina was a higher-than-expected 17.87 billion pesos, (almost 6 billion US dollars) rising 37.4% from the same month last year, partly due to big jumps in sales and income tax revenues, reported Economy Ministry.

• Wednesday, September 5th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine icebreaker “Almirante Irizar” replacement delayed

  

  The charter of a Russian icebreaker to replace Argentina's navy “Almirante Irizar” severely damaged by fire, for the coming Antarctic season remains undecided according to Foreign Affairs ministry sources quoted in the Buenos Aires press.

• Monday, September 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Kirchner ally loses gubernatorial race

  

  A socialist beat a candidate allied with Argentine President Nestor Kirchner for the governorship of a key province late Sunday, in a test of the strength of Kirchner's ruling coalition ahead of next month's presidential vote.