Argentina

• Saturday, July 6th 2013 - 07:09 UTC

  Piscator incident: Spain says fishing vessel was operating eight miles outside Argentina’s EEZ

  

  The Spanish government believes an “error of appreciation” was committed in the incident involving the Galician trawler “Piscator” captured this week in the South Atlantic allegedly operating in Argentine waters. Spain is hopeful that the situation will be resolved in “coming hours”.

• Friday, July 5th 2013 - 22:57 UTC

  John Paul II and John XXIII will be made saints, announced the Vatican

  

  The late Pope John Paul II will be made a saint, the Vatican said on Friday, announcing that Pope Francis had approved a second miracle attributed to the Polish pontiff, who led the Roman Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005.

• Friday, July 5th 2013 - 06:50 UTC

  Departing US ambassador in Buenos Aires praises strengthened relations with Argentina

  

  Amidst Independence Day celebrations, US ambassador in Argentina Vilma Martínez bid farewell to her post after almost four years in office, assuring that the relationship between both countries “has been strengthened.”

• Friday, July 5th 2013 - 05:03 UTC

  Calling the Malvinas: Argentine news broadcast in English from Rio Grande

  

  Since Wednesday midnight Radio Nacional from Radio Grande is broadcasting news in English targeted to the Falkland Islands. The news bulletin has been prepared by Radio Nacional Buenos Aires through Radio Argentina al Exterior and will be broadcasted at the break of every day, reports Tierra del Fuego media.

• Friday, July 5th 2013 - 03:45 UTC

  Argentina prepares to confiscate wheat stocks to ensure bread supply at ‘normal prices’

  

  Argentina Domestic Commerce Secretary, Guillermo Moreno has given mills and exporters until Friday to normalize the wheat market which has been under stress with bread prices doubling in the last month, and farmers’ complaining about the worst harvest in decades because of government policies.

• Friday, July 5th 2013 - 03:40 UTC

  Argentina contributed to Israel nuclear bomb supplying ‘yellowcake” says Foreign Policy

  

  Argentina may have sold Israel material necessary for making a nuclear bomb in the 1960s, Foreign Policy reported on Monday, citing newly declassified US archive documents. Israel has never clearly admitted to having a nuclear weapons program in the country, although it is has been estimated that the Jewish State has dozens of nuclear warheads.

• Friday, July 5th 2013 - 00:50 UTC

  FIFA wants 2030 World Cup centenary jointly staged by Uruguay and Argentina

  

  FIFA wants the centenary World Cup in 2030 to be jointly staged by Uruguay and Argentina, who met in the final of the inaugural tournament, Argentine FA (AFA) president Julio Grondona said on Thursday.

• Friday, July 5th 2013 - 00:30 UTC

  Buenos Aires will host the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2018

  

  The City of Buenos Aires will be hosting the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2018, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge announced following a vote by the IOC members at an Extraordinary IOC Session in Lausanne.

• Wednesday, July 3rd 2013 - 08:00 UTC

  Argentina captures a Spanish vessel for presumed illegal fishing in the Argentine Sea.

  

  The Argentine Coast Guard (the Prefectura) has captured a Spanish flagged vessel in waters of the Argentine Sea that was carrying out fishing activities presumed to be without authorisation, Coast Guard sources confirmed to EFE today.

• Wednesday, July 3rd 2013 - 04:08 UTC

  Give Us Your Real Dollars for Our Fake Dollars: Argentina Credit

  

  President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner’s wish of being able to print dollars is coming true as the central bank begins issuing dollar-denominated certificates today that trade in pesos.