Argentina

Friday, May 24th 2013 - 06:51 UTC
Argentina’s trade surplus shrank 38% in April as imports soar 32%

Argentina's trade surplus shrank 38% in April from a year earlier to 1.15bn, revealed the national statistics institute Indec, indicating the government has significantly loosened restrictions on imports. A year ago the surplus was 1.85bn dollars.
Friday, May 24th 2013 - 06:46 UTC
Two suspects of the Buenos Aires AMIA bombing, presidential candidate in Iran

Two suspects in the bombing of the AMIA Jewish centre in Buenos Aires are candidates in Iran’s presidential election. Mohsen Rezai and Ali Akbar Velayati, who are believed to have planned the 1994 attack, were among the eight candidates approved for the June 14 election by Iran’s Guardian Council to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Friday, May 24th 2013 - 06:38 UTC
Petrobras will continue to operate in Argentina but may sell some assets

Brazilian state-controlled energy giant Petrobras plans to continue operating in Argentina although it may sell some assets there, CEO Maria da Graças Foster said.
Friday, May 24th 2013 - 06:25 UTC
Argentina and Brazil jointly developing satellites for South Atlantic research

Argentina and Brazil will be launching their first two jointly developed scientific satellites for research along the Atlantic coast in a couple of years, according to Brazil’s Science and Technology minister Antonio Raupp.
Thursday, May 23rd 2013 - 19:26 UTC
Indigenous community asks Argentine president to protect their ancestral land

Northern Argentina Qom indigenous community leaders this week held a formal meeting with Supreme Court justices and Formosa government officials. After the hearing, the community leader Félix Díaz requested President Cristina Fernández support in a controversy over land property they have with the provincial authorities in Formosa.
Thursday, May 23rd 2013 - 07:20 UTC
Beware inflation: CFK announces “political groups” will keep track of prices in shops

Argentine President Cristina Fernández (CFK) indirectly acknowledged that inflation has become a major challenge for her government despite the fact that the official reading in twelve months is 10.6%, even when private estimates indicate 24% and expectations have soared to 34%.
Thursday, May 23rd 2013 - 07:06 UTC
Kirchnerite Senate majority approves whitewashing bill; next week in the Lower House

The Argentine government sponsored whitewashing or ‘tax amnesty’ bill received half approval on Wednesday when the Senate passed the initiative by 39 to 28 votes, a bill which the opposition has labelled ‘immoral’. After seven hours of debate and over twenty speakers the line was clearly drawn between the Kirchnerite group and its allies and the rest of the House.
Thursday, May 23rd 2013 - 07:01 UTC
Cristina Fernandez administration limits overseas dollar extractions to a minimum

Continuing with the so called ‘dollar clamp’ Argentine institutions issuing credit cards will further limit the extraction of dollars from automatic cashiers: travellers to neighbouring countries will only be allowed 100 dollars every three months and those visiting non neighbouring countries, 800 dollars per month.
Thursday, May 23rd 2013 - 02:19 UTC
Falkland Islands wish for normal neighborly relations with all South American neighbors

By MLA Jan Cheek - I was in The Hague in April on the last stop of my four capital trip planned to spread information about our decisive referendum. After London, a colleague and I visited Brussels before heading off to separate destinations. I visited Dublin and then returned to London to attend the funeral of Baroness Thatcher.
Thursday, May 23rd 2013 - 02:10 UTC
Argentine ports strike stalls oilseed and grains exports at peak harvest time

Argentine longshoremen on strike at the peak of summer harvests exports have scores of grains ships delayed in and around due to a three-day-old conflict that threatens to bog down shipments at a time of heightened world demand for South American soy and corn, according to industry sources.