Argentina

Tuesday, July 2nd 2013 - 02:10 UTC
Timerman warns about South Atlantic nuclear threat

Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman ratified his government’s “commitment with nuclear safety” and warned about the continued dangers of “militarization in the South Atlantic Ocean.”
Thursday, June 27th 2013 - 05:31 UTC
‘Artigas never wanted to be Argentine; he was too smart for that’, a barrage of twits tell Cristina Fernandez

Never in his life did Artigas (Uruguay’s liberator from Spain and Portugal 200 years ago) wanted to be an Argentine, and since then all Uruguayans feel the same way, was the spirit of the barrage of twits from Uruguayan opposition leaders condemning President Cristina Fernandez interpretation of history events.
Thursday, June 27th 2013 - 05:07 UTC
Iguazu Falls Park closed because of heavy rains and flooding

Pouring rains and floods have forced the closure of the Iguazu Park, home of the world’s most famous waterfalls in the heartland of South America, shared by Argentina and Brazil, according to reports from the Argentine navy outpost in Puerto Iguazú.
Thursday, June 27th 2013 - 04:41 UTC
After a rough year Cristina Fernandez names new top heads of the Armed Forces

In a surprise move Argentine President Cristina Fernández replaced the top heads of the armed forces and appointed Brigadier General Luis María Carena as the new head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The changes announced on Wednesday come just a few weeks after former lawmaker Augstín Rossi was named new Defence minister.
Wednesday, June 26th 2013 - 21:02 UTC
Cristina Fernandez regrets Uruguay is not part of Argentina and praises Uruguayan liberator

President Cristina Fernandez deeply regretted that history did not allow Uruguay to be part of Argentina and blamed ‘so many other events that divided and separated’ the two neighbouring countries preventing them from being ‘a great, great nation’.
Tuesday, June 25th 2013 - 23:33 UTC
Argentina appeals to US Supreme Court its legal battle with ‘holdout’ creditors

Argentina took on Tuesday its legal battle with “holdout” creditors to the US Supreme Court by appealing an adverse decision handed down by a lower US court in October of last year, according to Telam the official news agency from the Argentine government.
Tuesday, June 25th 2013 - 18:39 UTC
Repsol to consider YPF compensation offer, including stake in shale deposits

Spanish oil corporation Repsol's board is scheduled to consider on Wednesday a non-cash compensation offer from Argentina over the seizure of its majority stake in energy firm YPF, according to the Spanish government news agency EFE.
Tuesday, June 25th 2013 - 17:08 UTC
Argentine indigenous people ask Francis to intercede before Cristina Fernandez

Leaders of an Argentine indigenous community together with Nobel Peace Prize Adolfo Perez Esquivel met on Monday with Pope Francis and requested he intercedes before Argentine president Cristina Fernandez so that she receives a delegation from the Qom community.
Tuesday, June 25th 2013 - 16:43 UTC
Ghana Supreme Court rules that seizure of ARA Libertad was “fundamentally and patently wrong”

Ghana's Supreme Court has ruled that the seizure of an Argentine warship that led to a weeks-long ordeal last year was “fundamentally and patently wrong,” a copy of the decision released last Friday said.
Tuesday, June 25th 2013 - 05:57 UTC
Argentine central bank has lost 17% of reserves since the ‘dollar clamp’

Argentine central bank international reserves dropped 17% since the government of President Cristina Fernandez imposed the ‘dollar clamp`, first limiting operations in the US currency and later savings in greenbacks. While this happened in Argentina in other regional central banks, international reserves kept climbing, according to a report from consultants Economia&Regiones (E&R).