Argentina

• Tuesday, October 15th 2013 - 23:13 UTC

  Argentine dictatorship human rights case involving Mercedes Benz reaches US Supreme Court

  

  Disappearances allegedly perpetrated during the last Argentine dictatorship by automaker Mercedes Benz will be discussed at the US Supreme Court as part of a civil suit launched by victims and relatives against the subsidiary of Germany’s Daimler.

• Monday, October 14th 2013 - 23:43 UTC

  Uruguay accuses Argentina of violating Mercosur cultural accords by demanding work visas for artists

  

  Uruguay’s Director of Culture, Hugo Achugar accused Argentina of violating Mercosur cultural accords from the moment it is demanding work visas for Uruguayan artists performing in Argentina.

• Monday, October 14th 2013 - 05:38 UTC

  Brazil considers ‘absurd’ some of Mercosur limitations and points to Argentina

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff said it was ‘absurd’ that in the context of Mercosur the free circulation of goods was non existent and expressed disappointment with Argentina’s obstacles, but nevertheless insisted dialogue was the only valid instrument to overcome trade differences.

• Monday, October 14th 2013 - 05:35 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez resting in Olivos; 30 days of strict recovery

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández, 60, was discharged Sunday midday from the Buenos Aires Favaloro Foundation hospital where she underwent successful surgery on a ‘subdural chronic haematoma’ after being given the all-clear from doctors.

• Sunday, October 13th 2013 - 11:47 UTC

  Argentina will not accept the remains of Nazi officer Erich Priebke

  

  Argentina will not accept the remains of Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke who died in Italy, officials in Buenos Aires said on Friday. Priebke died in Rome aged 100 after serving nearly 15 years under house arrest for a World War II massacre in Italy for which he never expressed remorse.

• Saturday, October 12th 2013 - 23:20 UTC

  Malvinas claim mentioned at 65th anniversary celebration of Anglo-Argentine Society in London

  

  Argentine ambassador in London Alicia Castro underlined the “very deep friendship and understanding links” that exist between Britain and Argentina and also reiterated the need for dialogue in the Malvinas Islands question. The occasion was the 65 anniversary of the Anglo-Argentine Society which was celebrated at the Argentine embassy in London.

• Saturday, October 12th 2013 - 22:24 UTC

  Falklands: G24 Caribbean member PM visits Argentina, special guest of Cristina Fernandez

  

  Argentine Vice-president and acting President Amado Boudou, Foreign Minister Hector Timerman, other cabinet ministers and lawmakers met this week with Saint Vincent and Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Everard Gonsalves, on an official invitation to visit the country to thank the Caribbean leader for his support in the Malvinas cause.

• Saturday, October 12th 2013 - 22:11 UTC

  Argentina and Brazil blast IMF for its excess of pessimism regarding emerging economies

  

  Argentina and Brazil strongly questioned the IMF generalized “excess of pessimism” because of a slowing down in emerging economies but also underlined that these countries have the sufficient ‘training’ and recent experience to confront the new challenges.

• Saturday, October 12th 2013 - 21:55 UTC

  Argentina denies having set any ultimatum regarding the pulp mill controversy with Uruguay

  

  The Argentine Foreign ministry denied on Friday it had given a two-day ultimatum to Uruguay to suspend the decision allowing the controversial Botnia/UPM pulp mill a production expansion and also demanded an immediate return to bilateral negotiations.

• Friday, October 11th 2013 - 13:23 UTC

  Argentina September ‘Congress index’ inflation 2.11% and 25.44% in twelve months

  

  Argentina’s “Congress” Consumer Price Index which is an average of private consultants and is released by opposition lawmakers, showed that inflation in September increased 2.11%, the highest September since 1991, accumulating 25.44% in the last twelve months.