Argentina

• Thursday, May 16th 2013 - 19:39 UTC

  Falklands’ lawmakers meet Chaco human rights group following formal Argentine request

  

  On request from a group of human rights representatives from Chaco, Argentina, Falkland Islands lawmakers met and listened to their views on a number of issues resulting from the 1982 war. The meeting followed a formal request from the group directly to the Falklands elected Legislative Assembly.

• Thursday, May 16th 2013 - 07:13 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez will veto constitutional reform even from her militant lawmakers

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández is not turning back on her word and even if Kirchnerite lawmakers propose and agree on a constitutional reform, she would certainly veto it, said Senator Aníbal Fernández.

• Thursday, May 16th 2013 - 07:10 UTC

  Argentina challenges EU bio-diesel import restriction rules before WTO

  

  Argentina has launched a challenge at the World Trade Organization against European Union rules for importing and marketing bio-diesel, the WTO said.

• Thursday, May 16th 2013 - 06:55 UTC

  Argentina inflation in April was 0.7%, according to the official stats office

  

  Argentina’s Consumer Price Index was up 0.7% in April and 3.1% in the first four months of the year according to the official stats office, Indec. Clothing, education, transport and communications were the items which experienced the strongest increase over March.

• Thursday, May 16th 2013 - 06:41 UTC

  US environmentalist donates 15.000 hectares of pristine Patagonia land for a national park

  

  US millionaire and environmentalist Douglas Tompkins who has dedicated his life to promoting the beauty and wildlife of Patagonia will be donating one of his several estancias of pristine land to the Perito Moreno National Park in the extreme south of Argentina.

• Thursday, May 16th 2013 - 03:24 UTC

  Chevron agrees to invest 1.5bn dollars in developing YPF shale field in Patagonia

  

  Argentina’s nationalized oil company YPF signed on Wednesday an agreement with US oil major Chevron Corp to define the terms and conditions of Chevron's investment of 1.5 billion dollars in the vast Vaca Muerta shale field.

• Wednesday, May 15th 2013 - 07:46 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez pledges she will not propose any constitutional reform

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández defended her controversial judiciary reform and announced that deep reforms require “amendments to the Constitution”. However, she emphasized she would not push any initiative in that sense.

• Wednesday, May 15th 2013 - 07:38 UTC

  Allegations of a network of corruption money involves former president Kirchner

  

  Argentine and Uruguayan magistrates and prosecutors are investigating an alleged network of corruption money, and probably money laundering involving former president Nestor Kirchner and close political and business cronies some of which continue in key positions or proximity to current head of state Cristina Fernandez.

• Wednesday, May 15th 2013 - 07:32 UTC

  Argentina April inflation 23.67% in 12 months; partial prices-freeze to continue until October election

  

  Argentina’s inflation in April was 1.52% and 23.67% in the last twelve months according to the so called Congress index which is calculated by private agencies and was released on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, May 15th 2013 - 07:29 UTC

  Spain no longer discusses Argentina’s ‘sovereign decision to seek energy sector control”

  

  Spain’s Foreign Affairs Minister José Manuel García Margallo said the Spanish government is no longer “discussing” Argentina’s “sovereign decision to seek energy sectors’ control.” “It could seem to me a mistake, but it is the responsibility” of the Argentine government, García Margallo stated.