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MercoPress, en Español

Montevideo, July 3rd 2025 - 01:10 UTC

Argentina

  • Friday, April 12th 2013 - 06:39 UTC

    Argentina inflation congress index for March was 1.54% and 24.43% in last 12 months

    Spending related to the re-opening of schools and winter season clothing had an impact in March

    Despite the efforts from the administration of President Cristina Fernandez that brokered a price freeze for another two months with the main supermarket chains of Argentina, March inflation according to the average of private estimates stood at 1.54% and 24.43% in the last twelve months.

  • Friday, April 12th 2013 - 06:35 UTC

    Argentina’s Antarctica flagship ‘Almirante Irizar’ remains ‘grounded’ in controversy

    The icebreaker has been in repairs for the last six years

    Six years ago this week Argentina’s icebreaker ‘Almirante Irizar’ and symbol of the country’s presence in Antarctica caught fire and was an almost loss. The government pledged to have the vessel back sailing in a couple of years but now it has surfaced that only 50% of repairs have been completed and the whole enterprise is involved in deep controversy.

  • Friday, April 12th 2013 - 00:34 UTC

    The Iron Lady and I!

    Harold Briley (R) interviewing Margaret Thatcher in London as a Falklands’ anniversary reunion with David Tatham, a former governor of the Islands

    Mercopress correspondent Harold Briley knew Margaret Thatcher well, here reminiscing on fifty years of reporting her activities for half a century as a BBC Political, Latin America. Defence and East Europe Correspondent.

  • Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 07:37 UTC

    Cooperate and move on

    Falklanders celebrating the March 10/11 referendum

    By Fabian Bosoer and Federico Finchelstein (*) - In Argentina, the passing of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher brings memories of a seemingly irresoluble conflict. The conflict stands as a metaphor of a larger history of global misunderstandings.

  • Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 07:31 UTC

    Confidence behind the Falklands

    (*) Klaus Dodds is a professor of geopolitics at Royal Holloway, University of London and the editor of The Geographical Journal.

    By Klaus Dodds (*) - Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s death does not represent an opportunity to resolve the long-standing sovereignty dispute over the Falkland Islands, or Islas Malvinas. If anything it is a reminder of how entrenched her legacy is to this particular aspect of British foreign and security policy.

  • Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 06:38 UTC

    When oil is involved, compromise is key

    Professor Terry Karl

    By Terry Karl (*) - The death of Margaret Thatcher will not change the necessity for or the timing of negotiations on the Falklands/Malvinas issue. This political football has re-emerged repeatedly – regardless of the leaders in power – usually for domestic reasons in both Argentina and the United Kingdom. There is little political will for a settlement in the short-term on either side, especially now that offshore oil is publicly and definitively in the picture.

  • Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 00:39 UTC

    YPF forced to import more fuel following fire in La Plata refinery

    CEO Galuccio estimated a full return to production in 30 to 45 days

    Argentina’s state oil and gas company YPF CEO Miguel Galuccio announced that fuel production could drop 7% because of a fire at its refinery in La Plata. A return to full operations at the 180.000 bpd facility is expected in 30-45 days time.

  • Wednesday, April 10th 2013 - 23:17 UTC

    Election year fever in Argentina: fuel price freeze and lower interests on bank arrears

    Cristina Fernandez, between the lame duck syndrome and staying in Casa Rosada for a third consecutive term

    Election fever in Argentina: the administration of President Cristina Fernandez froze the price of gasoline and diesel sold at service stations for six months and convinced banks to cut interest payments on arrears. Last month supermarket chains and other suppliers agreed to extend the current price freeze.

  • Wednesday, April 10th 2013 - 10:22 UTC

    Overwhelming support for Mujica’s comments on Cristina and Nestor Kirchner

    Mujica at the rally with other local leaders that motivated the incident

    A clear majority of Montevideo residents support Uruguayan president Jose Mujica controversial comments on Argentine President Cristina Fernandez and her deceased husband Nestor Kirchner, “the old lady is worse than the one eyed man”, according to an opinion poll made public on Tuesday by a local broadcasting station.

  • Wednesday, April 10th 2013 - 07:50 UTC

    Argentine lawmakers criticize Lady Thatcher over the ‘Belgrano’ and for promoting economic ‘neo-liberalism’

    “She was associated to an economic model that caused great harm and pain” said former Foreign minister Caputo

    The Argentine government remains silent on the death last Monday of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, but several lawmakers, former officials and Malvinas veterans organizations did have something say and not only linked to the Falklands war and the sinking of the Argentine cruiser ‘Belgrano’ in May 1982.