Argentina

Wednesday, July 24th 2013 - 07:12 UTC
Argentina trade surplus up 26.9% in June as grains and oilseed exports get moving

Argentina's June trade surplus grew by 26.9% to 1.16 billion dollars from 910 million in the same month last year, but the six month period was down 26%, the government's national statistics institute Indec said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, July 24th 2013 - 07:09 UTC
Cristina Fernandez candidate for Army Chief questioned over human rights record

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has defended the designation of César Milani as head of the Armed Forces, and complained that “those who previously voted for the Due Obedience and Final Stop laws put in doubt” her administration's “human rights record”.
Wednesday, July 24th 2013 - 06:51 UTC
Argentina confirms one million dollars fines on each of four vessels caught illegally fishing

Argentina’s Fisheries Under Secretariat confirmed huge fines for three fishing vessels from China and one Spanish which were allegedly caught during the last six months illegally fishing in the South Atlantic exclusive economic zone, EEZ off the coast of Chubut province.
Wednesday, July 24th 2013 - 06:37 UTC
Argentina bans Illex squid catches for 30 days: average size is below 800 grams

Following on recommendations from scientific cruise surveys Argentina’s Federal Fisheries Council, CFP, decided to temporarily ban Illex squid catching operations, north of 44o South, with the purpose of giving the cephalopods time to increase in size.
Tuesday, July 23rd 2013 - 08:06 UTC
Argentina refuses to inform Paraguay on a nuclear reactor it is planning along the border

The administration of President Cristina Fernandez rejected a request from Paraguay on the nuclear plant, and area of influence, Argentina plans to build in the neighbouring province of Formosa. The situation was exposed by Paraguayan lawmaker Olga Ferreira de Lopez who called the Argentine president a ‘perverse woman’.
Tuesday, July 23rd 2013 - 07:16 UTC
Green Coke with natural sweetener stevia launched in Argentina

Coca Cola has used their familiar and distinctive curved script since 1887 and since the 1920s their famous logo has been placed on a red background on the company's classic cola. But the soda brand is now going green, at least in Argentina.
Monday, July 22nd 2013 - 06:47 UTC
Re-re-election of Cristina Fernandez “not in government’s agenda”, says Scioli

Re-re-election of President Cristina Fernandez is not in the government’s agenda, Buenos Aires province governor Daniel Scioli affirmed in tune with the Argentine president’s most recent messages: “I am not eternal,’ she has been long insisting.
Monday, July 22nd 2013 - 06:41 UTC
US Supreme Court gives hedge funds another 30 days to contest Argentina’s appeal

The US Supreme Court gave hedge funds another month to present their reply following on the request from the Argentine government to review the sentence handed down by Judge Thomas Griesa and partially supported by the Appeals Court.
Monday, July 22nd 2013 - 06:04 UTC
New Zealand fishing company gets burnt fingers in Argentina with hoki

The New Zealand Maori co-owned deep-sea fishing company Sealord is walking away from its disastrous hoki venture in Argentina with an estimated 60 million dollars loss, reports the NZ media.
Saturday, July 20th 2013 - 06:34 UTC
Falkland Islands brought into the IMF-siding-with-Argentina controversy

The IMF decision to side with Argentina in its dispute with the US hedge funds has triggered strong criticism in the UK and the issue was brought up in Parliament, according to a piece in the Daily and Sunday Express under the heading: “The British cash cow: Fury as UK money helps Argentina fight £66bn debt”.